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Common Mealworms Could Biodegrade Plastic

Consider the plastic foam cup. Every year, Americans throw away 2.5 billion of them. And yet, that waste is just a fraction of the 33 million tons of plastic Americans discard every year. Less than 10 percent of that total gets recycled, and the remainder presents challenges ranging from water contamination to animal poisoning.

1 Oct 2015

Researchers Develop Catalyst to Recycle Waste and Increase Biodiesel Production

Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process.

15 Sep 2015

Northrop Grumman Facility Receives Silver Level Zero Waste Certification

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that its Palmdale Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence (PAI CoE), within its Aerospace Systems sector, received the Silver level Zero Waste certification from the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council (USZWBC). This award is significant in that the site is the first aerospace production and manufacturing facility in the U.S. to receive this honor.

11 Sep 2015

Wastewater to Support Supply of Water, Energy and Fertilizer in Vietnamese City

To meet the requirements of Asian cities, researchers are adapting an idea they have already applied in Germany for comprehensive water management: They are developing a concept for reducing water use, treating wastewater and extracting fertilizer for a strip of coastline in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang.

3 Sep 2015

Chilean Government Grants SolarReserve Environmental Approval to Develop Copiapó Solar Project with Energy Storage

SolarReserve, the industry leader in baseload solar power solutions and advanced solar thermal technology, has received environmental approval from the Chilean government to develop one of the world's largest solar projects with energy storage.

26 Aug 2015

Economic Assessment Study Lays Groundwork to Assist in Decision-Making Around E-Waste Recycling Programs

Study published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews wins Elsevier's Atlas Award

From Elsevier 19 Aug 2015

Yulong Eco-Materials Begins Waste Hauling and Recycling Operations in Shangqiu, Henan Province

Yulong Eco-Materials Limited, a China-based vertically-integrated manufacturer of eco-friendly building products, today announced it has commenced waste hauling and recycling operations in the Lingyuan district section of a high-speed railway construction project in the city of Shangqiu, Henan Province. The railway will connect the cities of Zhengzhou in Henan Province and Xuzhou in Jiangsu Province. As announced last month, Yulong won this contract from a Central Government agency.

4 Aug 2015

New Strategic Analysis of Southeast Asian Biomass and Waste to Power Market

Rapidly increasing solid wastes and the acute shortage of landfills are pushing countries in Southeast Asia to adopt sound waste management practices.

From Frost & Sullivan 25 Jul 2015

MIT Spinout Develops Cost-Effective Systems to Treat Briny Oilfield Water for Reuse

Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” produces a lot of wastewater. Drilling one well requires millions of gallons of water that’s injected into the ground to loosen rocks and release oil. While some is reused, much of the produced water is discarded into deep injection wells, and clean water is purchased again and again.

17 Jul 2015

SPI, GIE Media to Copromote Re|focus Recycling Summit and Paper & Plastic Recycling Conference

SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association and GIE Media, publisher of Recycling Today, announced Tuesday that they would form a partnership to co-promote SPI’s Re|focus Recycling Summit & Expo, which will take place April 25-27, 2016 in Orlando, Fla., and GIE’s Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference (PPRC), which will take place October 14-16, 2015 in Chicago.

15 Jul 2015