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New Sustainable, Plastic-Free Glitter for Use in the Cosmetics Industry

Glitter is the bane of every parent and primary school teacher. But beyond its general annoyance factor, it's also made of toxic and unsustainable materials, and contributes to plastic pollution.

12 Nov 2021

Melbourne's Buildings Could be Close to Self-Sustaining Through Fully Integrated Solar

Net zero within reach for major Australian city through comprehensive adoption of photovoltaics in built environment.

10 Nov 2021

New Material to Cut 3.7 Million Tons of CO2 Emissions in Aviation

As part of its Measurement for Recovery (M4R) programme, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is working with TISICS, an SME based in Farnborough, who are pioneering a new class of materials.

10 Nov 2021

Holmen Iggesund Awarded for Sustainability Leadership

The Holmen Iggesund mill, Iggesunds Bruk, has been awarded the EcoVadis Leadership Award for 2021 in recognition of its sustainability performance in 2020.

From Holmen Iggesund 10 Nov 2021

Students Shape Solutions to Net Zero at ‘Schools COP’

Revolutionary engineering ideas proposed by secondary school students will be debated in classrooms across the UK as part of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (8 to12 November 2021).

9 Nov 2021

Research Collaboration to Reduce Environmental Impact of Textile Dyeing

Dyeing is one of the most polluting and energy intensive processes in textile manufacturing.

9 Nov 2021

Degraded Landscapes can be Restored if Secondary Forests Surround Lakes

According to a recent study by Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) postdoctoral fellow Karina Chavarria and colleagues, bacterial communities in streams neighboring young secondary forests recover to look like those of mature forest streams in as little as 10 years after cattle has been moved away from the land, and that these communities are resilient during the course of the year.

8 Nov 2021