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New Metrohm Eco Titrator Helps Manufacturers Reduce Risks in Quality Control

When something goes wrong in quality control, the reputation of the brand concerned is at stake. Better to exclude risks in the first place.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 15 Mar 2019

Polymers Pave Way for Wider Use of Recycled Tires in Asphalt

Each year, about 27 million tires end up in landfills, dumps and stockpiles, where they pose health and environmental hazards.

14 Mar 2019

New Research Center Launched to Develop Innovative E-Waste Recycling Technologies and Solutions

An innovative center, called the NTU Singapore-CEA Alliance for Research in Circular Economy (NTU SCARCE), will pay attention to four major research thrusts that will look into the recovery and recycling of materials from usual e-waste like discarded printed circuit boards and lithium-ion batteries.

14 Mar 2019

Emissions Reduction Alberta Announces $100 Million Funding For Clean Technology Projects

An innovative clean technology to transition Alberta’s diesel-powered transit buses to electric is getting a boost in funding from Emissions Reduction Alberta.

13 Mar 2019

Renewable Carbon-Free Solution for Industrial Heat Applications

Researchers at the University of South Australia have developed a new technique that may greatly reduce industry’s dependence on natural gas, combining renewable energy and low-cost thermal storage to deliver heat for high-temperature industrial processes.

13 Mar 2019

ACOR and Boomerang Alliance Announce the 5 Big Waste Policies for Federal Election

The Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) and national recycling campaign group, the Boomerang Alliance, have today released their 5 priority actions the next Commonwealth Government needs to implement to solve Australia’s waste and recycling crisis.

13 Mar 2019

Toray Plastics (America) Collaborates with Sustainable Packaging Coalition

Toray Plastics (America) has joined the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC). The Sustainable Packaging Coalition is a membership-based collaborative that believes in the power of industry to make packaging more sustainable.

From Toray Plastics (America), Inc 13 Mar 2019

Eastman Develops Advanced Circular Recycling Technology to Tackle Polyester Waste

Eastman has announced its intention to pursue the launch of an innovative advanced circular recycling technology that uses polyester waste which cannot be recycled by current mechanical methods, and as a result, often ends up in landfills and waterways.

From Eastman Chemical Company 13 Mar 2019

MIT Students Use Design Thinking to Solve Energy Issues on the Massachusetts Island Community

Some of the earliest and most adverse impacts of climate change are being faced by tiny island communities around the world.

11 Mar 2019

CO2 Mineralization in Geologically Abundant Rocks for Storing Carbon

To prevent the worst effects of climate change, humanity has to change when it comes to lowering carbon emissions. If the world is to adhere to the IPCC’s minimum target of keeping global temperature increases lower than 1.5 °C, every possible path for CO2 remediation must be investigated.

11 Mar 2019