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Laser Technique Could Slash Emissions From Solar Panel Recycling

A new, more energy-efficient method of recovering valuable metals from solar panels at the end of their lives is gearing up to make its way to market.

12 Nov 2026

Renewable Energy Pathways for Reliable Water Pumping Across Nigeria

Reliable water supplies depend on reliable electricity, yet many Nigerian communities and institutions face limited grid access and costly pumping operations.

10 Nov 2026

How Plastic Waste Transforms into Higher-Value Products

A team of researchers at ETH Zurich is upcycling waste made from polyethylene and polypropylene – two of the world’s most used plastics – into an extremely strong adhesive – and much more besides.

6 Nov 2026

Aerobic Sulfate Reduction in Plant Roots Enables Sustainable Metal Upcycling

Conventional physical and chemical treatments can remove over 90% of heavy metals, but they often require energy-intensive steps and can generate secondary pollution. Phytoremediation is greener, yet plants mainly store metals in biomass, creating hazardous waste rather than recoverable products. Microbial biomineralization can make valuable metal sulfide nanomaterials, but many high-performing sulfide-producing microbes are sulfate-reducing bacteria that grow slowly and are inhibited by oxygen, including oxygen released from plant roots.

4 Nov 2026

Australia’s Clean Energy Success Creating a Million-Ton Waste Problem: Report

Australia’s rooftop solar revolution has been one of the nation’s great clean energy success stories, with more solar panels installed per person than anywhere else in the world.

30 Oct 2026

Nor-Shipping Aims to Demystify Ship Recycling with New Conference for 2027

With industry estimates suggesting more than 15,000 vessels will need to be recycled by 2032, more than double the number recycled in the previous decade, turning ageing ships into new assets has never been more critical.

30 Oct 2026

Nearly 50,000 Jobs Supported by Scotland’s Renewable Energy Industry, New Report Finds

Scotland’s renewable energy industry supported an estimated 49,200 full-time equivalent jobs and $14.9 billion of economic output in 2024, new research shows.

28 Oct 2026

Climate Change and Ozone Pollution Threaten Future Global Health Outcomes

Premature deaths linked to long-term exposure to ground-level ozone nearly doubled worldwide between 2000 and 2020, reaching an estimated 480,000 deaths annually, according to a new global assessment led by researchers at George Washington University.

28 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

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