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Biodegradable Version of Medical Gowns Produce Harmful Greenhouse Gases

Biodegradable medical gowns, designed to be greener than conventional counterparts, actually produce harmful greenhouse gases, according to new research published Dec. 20 in the Journal of Cleaner Production.

21 Dec 2022

Green Graphene: Recycling Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries to Recover Valuable Metal Resources

A team of researchers at Rice University has developed a rapid green recycling method that is able to make key battery components available for reuse.

16 Dec 2022

New Device Could Help Ensure Captured Carbon Dioxide Stays Deep Underground

Sandia National Laboratories engineers are working on a device that would help ensure captured carbon dioxide stays deep underground -; a critical component of carbon sequestration as part of a climate solution.

14 Dec 2022

Mushrooms - A Biodegradable Solution for a Green Electronic Future

Researchers at Johannes Kepler University, Austria, have been focusing on the development of sustainable materials to replace nondegradable materials in electronics.

25 Nov 2022

Clean Vision’s Clean-Seas Signs Letters of Intent with MacVallee to Build Second Planned U.S. Plastics Conversion Facility

Clean Vision Corporation CLNV, today announced its wholly owned subsidiary Clean-Seas, Inc. has signed Letters of Intent with MacVallee LLC. to establish a co-located Clean-Seas facility in Central Massachusetts which will divert post-industrial and ocean-bound plastic from landfill and incineration, and convert it into precursors for new plastics, ultra-low sulfur fuels, pyrolysis oils, and Clean-Seas' branded hydrogen, AquaH™.

22 Nov 2022

Davie and Université Laval Partnership Could Pave Way for a Greener Shipbuilding Industry

Davie is pleased to announce a new partnership with world-renowned researchers at Université Laval to explore the conditions required to safely use green ammonia in a conventional diesel engine with the goal of bringing this new technology to market.

21 Nov 2022

Fast-Food Rubbish Solution in Sustainable Seaweed-Based Wrapper

Flinders University materials researchers and pioneering German biomaterials developer one • five are using seaweed extracts to develop next-generation biopolymer coating materials that could solve packaging waste dilemmas for the fast-food industry.

18 Oct 2022

Overcoming the Challenge of Soil Pollution

Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new method for tracking and measuring how polymer biodegrades, if at all, in soil.

17 Oct 2022

Sustainable Energy Storage Derived From Seaweed

Recently, a group of researchers based in Bristol have developed nanomaterials that incorporate seaweed into their makeup to produce a robust battery separator. The separators could herald a new wave of greener and more efficient energy storage devices.

7 Oct 2022

Novel Eco-Friendly Alternative to Conventional Cooling Systems

Researchers at MIT have developed a sophisticated eco-friendly solution in a system that utilizes passive cooling to preserve food crops and support traditional air conditioners in buildings. The system does not need an active power supply and requires only a small amount of water to enable it to run.

22 Sep 2022