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Research Shows that Mid Scotland and Fife Recycle the Most Household Waste Throughout The UK

Research from home interiors specialists at www.Hillarys.co.uk shows that the UK recycles just 45% of its waste, a considerable amount less than in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany who are known to recycle around 60% of their waste.

10 Aug 2018

Optimized Method for Retention and Recovery of Precious Metals

Precious metals are great in demand. Chiefly sourced through mining, there is interest in recycling them from metallurgical waste leachates.

27 Jul 2018

Fourth Purification Stage in Wastewater Treatment Helps Protect Aquatic Organisms

Aquatic organisms could be endangered by tiny amounts of toxins in lakes & rivers. Recently, the public has become more aware of this issue.

27 Jul 2018

Enhancing Nature’s Enzyme for Breaking Down Plastic

Certain plastics can be broken down by enzymes found in nature, however, not well enough to aid industrial recycling and curtail the scourge of plastic waste.

13 Jun 2018

Innovative Process for Breaking Down Lignin in Scrap Wood to Make Adhesive Tapes

Adhesives are applied for various uses such as bandaging a wound or wrapping a gift. Usually, these sticky substances are made of petroleum-based materials; however, imagine a highly sustainable way to produce them!

6 Jun 2018

Researchers Develop Technique that Doubles the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene

Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are produced mostly by burning fossil fuels and these have increased from 280 parts per million in the pre-industrial era to approximately 410 PPM in the present day.

23 May 2018

MIT $100K Grand Prize Awarded to Device that Recycles Vaporized Water from Power Plants

The grand prize winner at this year's MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition was an MIT spinout that's developing a system that captures and recycles vaporized water from thermoelectric power plants. The recycled water can be constantly reused in the plant's cooling system, saving millions of gallons and dollars annually, or be shipped as potable water to water-scarce areas

17 May 2018

Commercialization of BioEcoSIM Process for Eco-Friendly Treatment of Liquid Manure

SUEZ Germany, an operator of large-scale plants, will be introducing to the market the BioEcoSIM process for the treatment of liquid manure devised by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB.

4 May 2018

New Chemically Recyclable Polymer Shows Plastic-Like Properties

Plastics are cheap, lightweight, convenient and long-lasting, making them universally popular. However, plastics are now trashing the planet because of these very same reasons. Chemists have now devised an ‘infinitely’ recyclable polymer that shows practical properties of plastics.

1 May 2018

Crown Battery Promotes Recycling of Conventional Car Batteries

Typical car batteries are said to be 98% recyclable, making them more recyclable than an aluminum can. Earth Day is just the right time to recycle old car batteries safely and without difficulty across the U.S. Crown Battery suggests contacting a car mechanic or a local recycling center

24 Apr 2018

Recycling News

Research Shows that Mid Scotland and Fife Recycle the Most Household Waste Throughout The UK

Optimized Method for Retention and Recovery of Precious Metals

Fourth Purification Stage in Wastewater Treatment Helps Protect Aquatic Organisms

Enhancing Nature’s Enzyme for Breaking Down Plastic

Innovative Process for Breaking Down Lignin in Scrap Wood to Make Adhesive Tapes

Researchers Develop Technique that Doubles the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene

MIT $100K Grand Prize Awarded to Device that Recycles Vaporized Water from Power Plants

Commercialization of BioEcoSIM Process for Eco-Friendly Treatment of Liquid Manure

New Chemically Recyclable Polymer Shows Plastic-Like Properties

Crown Battery Promotes Recycling of Conventional Car Batteries

Producing Clean Hydrogen with Near-Zero Carbon Emissions with The Hazer Process

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