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Firing up Phosphate Production

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has developed a smelting process to produce soluble phosphate for fertiliser from low value ores, eliminating hazardous waste and making production more economically and environmentally sustainable.

18 Feb 2019

Usual Household Chores Prove to be Greater Source of Global Atmospheric Air Pollution

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have found that cleaning, cooking, and other regular household chores create considerable levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, resulting in indoor air quality levels to be comparable with a polluted major city.

18 Feb 2019

Efforts to Curb Plastic Pollution Caused by Microplastics

Despite the polyester leisure suit being a 1970s mistake, polyester and other synthetic fibers such as nylon are still in use, and are a huge contributor to the volume of microplastics in the environment, according to a materials scientist from Penn State University (PSU), who suggests swapping to biosynthetic fibers to resolve this issue.

18 Feb 2019

About 12 Tons of Waste Kept Out of Landfills and Moved to Recycling Streams by Rubicon Global

Rubicon Global, a technology company that offers waste, recycling, and smart city solutions to industries and governments internationally, recently stated that it effectively diverted approximately 12 tons of waste intended for landfills from State Farm Arena during last week’s revelries in Atlanta, Georgia.

15 Feb 2019

VolCat: Process to Turn PET into a Renewable Resource Developed by IBM Researchers

IBM researchers have created a new technology called VolCat, a catalytic chemical process that can turn PET, a type of plastic commonly used in food packaging and polyester clothing, into a renewable resource.

15 Feb 2019

New J-WAFS Grants Support Researchers to Make Agricultural Practices More Sustainable

Two new J-WAFS Solutions commercialization grants will support novel technologies that aim to improve the economics and resiliency of farming.

15 Feb 2019

Upcycling Plastic Bags into Battery Parts (Video)

Plastic bag pollution has become a huge environmental problem, prompting some cities and countries to heavily tax or ban the sacks.

15 Feb 2019

RES Sends in Lidars for Australian Wind Development

Local engineering consultancy Energy3 delivers ZX Lidars to wind farm developer for wind resource campaigns.

From Renewable Energy Systems Ltd (RES) 15 Feb 2019

New Simple Process Converts Concentrated Brine into Useful Chemicals

In the fast-evolving desalination industry, water is produced for drinking as well as for agriculture in the barren coastal regions of the world.

14 Feb 2019

New Method to Convert Plastic Bags into Carbon Chips for Making Li-Ion Batteries

Plastic bag pollution has become a massive environmental concern, prompting many cities and countries to severely tax or ban the products.

14 Feb 2019

Green Dot Secures USD6.5 Mn Funding to Develop & Commercialize New Bioplastics

Green Dot Bioplastics has closed a $6.5 million Series A Round of funding led by Fulcrum Global Capital. Funds will be used to implement management’s strategic plan to capitalize on rapidly rising demand for more sustainable plastics.

From Green Dot Bioplastics LLC 14 Feb 2019

Sulfur: Alternative to Carbon in the Manufacture of Polymers

Sulfur is an abundant chemical element and can be found as a mineral deposit across the world. It is a waste product from the refining of crude oil and gas in the petrochemicals industry, which generates huge stockpiles of sulfur outside refineries.

14 Feb 2019

New Artificial Leaves Can Function Even Outside the Lab

Artificial leaves imitate photosynthesis—the process in which plants produce carbohydrates using water, carbon dioxide from the air, and energy from the sun.

13 Feb 2019

New Wave Energy Technology Could Deliver Low-Cost Energy to Numerous Houses

A device based on wave energy technology costs less than conventional designs, has fewer moving parts, and is built with durable materials. It is designed to be combined into present-day ocean energy systems and can change wave power into electricity.

13 Feb 2019

Imec and EnergyVille Present Unique Simulation Framework to Accurately Determine Energy Yield of Bifacial Solar Modules and Systems

Today imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy and digital technologies and EnergyVille present a new simulation framework that can accurately calculate the energy yield of bifacial PV systems

From IMEC 13 Feb 2019