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Sustainable Seaweed Cultivation Using Process Water from the Food Sector

For land-based seaweed cultivation, process water from the food sector is an exceptional fertilizer.

30 Mar 2022

Recycling Metal Fuels For Future Advanced Nuclear Reactors

University of Utah engineering researchers will collaborate with a team from the Idaho National Laboratory for the development of an exciting process of innovative metal fuel recycling for nuclear reactors in the future.

24 Mar 2022

Plastic Upcycling Technique Might Help to Deconstruct and Recreate Polymers

In the United States, less than 10% of the 380 million metric tons of plastic generated yearly is recycled, posing a global environmental danger due to plastic manufacture and the annual absorption of millions of tons of garbage into bodies of water. When it comes to polymers, such as polyester, the proportion drops.

22 Mar 2022

CSIRO on a Mission to End Plastic Waste

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, will tackle Australia’s plastic pollution challenges, pledging to help Australia reduce its plastic waste by 80 per cent over this decade.

21 Mar 2022

Coffee Grounds and Hydrogen from Waste Green Steel Breakthroughs

The UNSW SMaRT Centre has had published three scientific papers that show that waste coffee grounds and hydrogen from other wastes can be used as part of its patented Green Steel technology.

18 Mar 2022

Researchers Suggest a Technique for Recycling Old Wind Turbine Blades

Scientists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and the Lithuanian Energy Institute suggested a technique for recycling wind turbine blades.

16 Mar 2022

Global Recycling Day: How Could Recycling Benefit Your Business?

In celebration of Global Recycling Day on 18th March 2022, experts at essentials service provider, Direct365, have shared a guide on the benefits of recycling for your business, and advice on how to achieve green goals.

16 Mar 2022

Researchers Receive $2 Million DOE Grant to Design New Recyclable Packaging Material

The Department of Energy has granted $2 million over three years to Braskem America, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Princeton University to develop plastic that can be recycled perpetually, reducing waste and pollution from single-use plastics.

11 Mar 2022

New Energy-Harvesting Wearable Device Made from Recycled Waste Material

Wearable devices could soon be entirely made of recycled waste materials – and powered by human movement, thanks to a new energy-harvesting device developed at the University of Surrey.

4 Mar 2022

Giving New Life to Dead Lithium-ion Batteries

A team of researchers based at Princeton have made steps towards developing a sustainable and economical way to recycle dead Li-ion batteries and make new ones in their place.

3 Mar 2022