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AIMPLAS Joins European Project GREEN to Develop Biodegradable Solutions for Sustainable Fertilizers

AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Center, is participating in GREEN (Generating sustainable, Responsible, Effective, and Eco-frieNdly delivery systems for fertilizing products), a European project coordinated by the University of Birmingham that has received almost €3 million in funding from the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU).

30 Oct 2026

Recycling Project Transforms Retired Fire-Service Uniforms Into New Fashion Fibers

Retired Western Australian fire-service uniforms are being given a second life through a pioneering textile recycling project led by an RMIT University researcher.

24 Oct 2026

Helcro Solar: New Rules Cut Commercial Solar Costs by 20% for Businesses, Strata and Farms

Helcro Solar, a CEC-accredited solar retailer operating in Melbourne for 18 years, says the expansion of the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme to 1 megawatt that took effect on 1 October opens the scheme's financial incentives to a segment of the market that has been locked out since the scheme's inception: commercial buildings, strata properties, agricultural facilities, and community organizations with systems between 100 kilowatts and 1 megawatt.

24 Oct 2026

What it Actually Takes to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water

For our grandparents, it was lead. For our parents, asbestos. Today, PFAS dominates the environmental narrative, and with good reason. Through the latter half of the 20th century, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) firmly integrated themselves into a wide range of industries.

24 Oct 2026

UV Chlorine System Achieves Largest Relative Boost From Aged Microplastics

A research team found that aged polyamide microplastics accelerated the breakdown of the pharmaceutical carbamazepine in three ultraviolet-based wastewater treatments.

24 Oct 2026

High Resolution Satellite Framework Tracks Divergence in Arctic Vegetation Trends

Arctic warming has promoted vegetation growth, but a pan-Arctic analysis shows human disturbance is eroding these gains.

24 Oct 2026

Wastewater Composition Dictates Recovery Technology and Final Fertilizer Form

A research team has mapped how wastewater, so far an overlooked source of potassium fertilizer, offers a potential alternative to conventional potash mining.

24 Oct 2026

Accelerating Direct Air Capture Through Ultra-Thin Amine-Based Surface Coatings

Removing CO2 directly from the atmosphere has so far been a complex, energy-intensive, and expensive process. Empa researchers are therefore pursuing a completely new approach: Instead of trapping the greenhouse gas in bulky filter materials over long periods of time, extremely thin coatings are designed to absorb and release CO2 in a matter of seconds - thereby requiring significantly less energy and material.

23 Oct 2026

Transforming Wastewater into Sustainable Potassium Fertilizer Sources for Modern Agriculture

A research team has mapped how wastewater, so far an overlooked source of potassium fertilizer, offers a potential alternative to conventional potash mining.

23 Oct 2026

Fermilab Village Serves as Living Lab for Midwest Energy Retrofits

The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a strategic approach for improving the energy performance of aging buildings at Fermilab Village in Batavia, Illinois.

22 Oct 2026