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SC Johnson Professional Launches New Washroom Soap Dispenser Made from 70% Recovered Coastal Plastic

SC Johnson Professional is launching a new washroom soap dispenser made from recovered coastal plastic. The SCJ Professional® Proline WAVE 1 litre washroom soap dispenser is made from 70% recovered coastal plastic, which is post-consumer recycled waste plastic collected on land within 31 miles of an ocean so that it does not reach oceans or landfills.

From SC Johnson Professional USA, Inc. 24 Nov 2022

A Viable Strategy for Mitigating the Spread of Infectious Diseases in Corals

Disease-resistant corals can help “rescue” more vulnerable corals in the appropriate living conditions, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, which investigated a disease outbreak at a coral nursery in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands.

23 Nov 2022

Examining the Presence of Plastic Pollution Within the North Atlantic

Researchers found that the North Atlantic gyre had much higher concentrations of plastic, which is made up of polymers derived from packaging, rope, and paint particles, when compared to other open ocean regions.

23 Nov 2022

Research Identifies How Climate Change Could Alter Spring Snowmelt in Iconic Mountain Landscapes

Researchers say that the Chilean Andes could face marked snow loss and roughly 10% less mountain water runoff with a global warming of approximately 2.5 degrees Celsius over the next 30 years. The study has implications for the California Sierra Nevada and highlights the need for carbon mitigation.

23 Nov 2022

Three-Day Symposium to Focus on Saving the Coastal Habitats

A global gathering of marine scientists has set a three-day symposium to work out how we can maximise the many life and planet protecting services we as humans benefit from our coastal habitats.

23 Nov 2022

Europe is Warming Much Faster than the Global Average During Summer Months

The warming during the summer months in Europe has been much faster than the global average, shows a new study by researchers at Stockholm University published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

23 Nov 2022

Chemicals in Plastics Could Undermine the Global Plastic Treaty's Effectiveness

Next week the United Nations intergovernmental negotiating committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution will meet in Uruguay.

23 Nov 2022

Lack of Supply Hinders EV Sales and Charging Network Growth

Lack of demand for public electric car chargers has been identified by industry as one of the biggest hurdles to the growth of the charging network and industry, according to new research.

23 Nov 2022

ANL Receives Funding to Develop Technologies to Recycle UNF

Nuclear energy is produced using only a small portion of the energy contained in nuclear fuel. The remainder can be recovered and recycled to generate a large amount of electricity.

23 Nov 2022

Pryme Group Launches Two Offshore Wind Installation Solutions to Global Market

Pryme Group, an innovative engineering collective that designs, creates and delivers solutions to diverse global industrial markets, has launched two specialist tooling systems for offshore wind installations, via Caley Ocean Systems.

23 Nov 2022

The Right Temperature for a 300-year-old Church

“Steam usually maintains a high pressure and temperature in our assignments, but in the beautiful church of Kättilstad in Östergötland Sweden, the pressure is no higher than under the lid of a kettle on the stove when everything is as it should be. That was the challenge,” says Johan Söderberg at FVB, who has worked on a somewhat unusual project.

23 Nov 2022

Clean Vision’s Clean-Seas Signs Letters of Intent with MacVallee to Build Second Planned U.S. Plastics Conversion Facility

Clean Vision Corporation CLNV, today announced its wholly owned subsidiary Clean-Seas, Inc. has signed Letters of Intent with MacVallee LLC. to establish a co-located Clean-Seas facility in Central Massachusetts which will divert post-industrial and ocean-bound plastic from landfill and incineration, and convert it into precursors for new plastics, ultra-low sulfur fuels, pyrolysis oils, and Clean-Seas' branded hydrogen, AquaH™.

22 Nov 2022