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Study Shows Biodegradable Plastic Blends Offer New Possibilities for Disposal

Researchers have demonstrated that some blends of bioplastics can decompose under varied conditions.

7 Sep 2018

Turning Coffee Waste into Coffee Cups

A Macquarie PhD student believes he’s come up with a way to turn coffee waste into biodegradable plastic coffee cups.

22 Aug 2018

Model for Identifying Parts of the World that would Benefit from Wastewater Recycling

Although it may appear unpleasant to some people, human waste is full of nutrients that can be recycled into useful products that could promote better economic independence and agricultural sustainability for certain developing countries.

20 Aug 2018

Research Shows that Mid Scotland and Fife Recycle the Most Household Waste Throughout The UK

Research from home interiors specialists at www.Hillarys.co.uk shows that the UK recycles just 45% of its waste, a considerable amount less than in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany who are known to recycle around 60% of their waste.

10 Aug 2018

Optimized Method for Retention and Recovery of Precious Metals

Precious metals are great in demand. Chiefly sourced through mining, there is interest in recycling them from metallurgical waste leachates.

27 Jul 2018

Fourth Purification Stage in Wastewater Treatment Helps Protect Aquatic Organisms

Aquatic organisms could be endangered by tiny amounts of toxins in lakes & rivers. Recently, the public has become more aware of this issue.

27 Jul 2018

Enhancing Nature’s Enzyme for Breaking Down Plastic

Certain plastics can be broken down by enzymes found in nature, however, not well enough to aid industrial recycling and curtail the scourge of plastic waste.

13 Jun 2018

Innovative Process for Breaking Down Lignin in Scrap Wood to Make Adhesive Tapes

Adhesives are applied for various uses such as bandaging a wound or wrapping a gift. Usually, these sticky substances are made of petroleum-based materials; however, imagine a highly sustainable way to produce them!

6 Jun 2018

Researchers Develop Technique that Doubles the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene

Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are produced mostly by burning fossil fuels and these have increased from 280 parts per million in the pre-industrial era to approximately 410 PPM in the present day.

23 May 2018

MIT $100K Grand Prize Awarded to Device that Recycles Vaporized Water from Power Plants

The grand prize winner at this year's MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition was an MIT spinout that's developing a system that captures and recycles vaporized water from thermoelectric power plants. The recycled water can be constantly reused in the plant's cooling system, saving millions of gallons and dollars annually, or be shipped as potable water to water-scarce areas

17 May 2018