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Robotic System that can Sort Recycling

Every year trash companies sift through an estimated 68 million tons of recycling, which is the weight equivalent of more than 30 million cars.

17 Apr 2019

Clean Carbon Conversion Aims to Develop Green Tech Solution to Fight Constantly Growing Waste

Vincent Keller recollects alarming facts: the World Bank expects 70% waste growth by 2050.

16 Apr 2019

Imperial Launches Clean Power Programme Addressing Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Energy System

Imperial introduces the Clean Power Programme, a Professional Certificate Programme about the worldwide shift to a low-carbon energy system.

16 Apr 2019

Study Reveals Reasons for the Success of MDG Target 7C-Water

Although the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) made efforts between 2000 and 2015 to produce mixed and disputable results, there was at least one clear-cut MDG success, that is, safe drinking water.

16 Apr 2019

UCLA Engineers Design Effective Water Vapor Capture System that Could Produce Clean Water

UCLA mathematicians and engineers were inspired by how dew drops develop on spider webs and have developed a distinctive and effective water vapor capture system that could be used to obtain clean, fresh water, or to recycle industrial water that would otherwise be thrown away.

15 Apr 2019

Researchers Offer Evidence of the Positive Impact of Electric Vehicle Adoption on the Environment

In determining the effect of electric vehicle (EV) adoption on the environment, a new study has provided evidence that EV adoption could enhance overall air quality and reduce carbon emissions.

15 Apr 2019

Researchers Solve the Structure of Key Enzyme for Sustainable Recycling of PET Polymer

The molecular structure of a key enzyme called MHETase has now been solved by researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum-Berlin (HZB) and the University of Greifswald and Helmholtz-Zentrum-Berlin (HZB) at BESSY II.

15 Apr 2019

Study Reveals Plant Ingredients are not Sustainable Fishmeal Substitutes

Commercial fish feed manufacturers are progressively switching fishmeal – a powder made from fish – for crop-based ingredients in a move compelled by economic incentives and a desire to enhance the sustainability of aquafeed.

15 Apr 2019

McDonalds and Miele Professional tackle fatbergs through laundry grease recovery

McDonald’s Restaurants in the UK is working alongside Miele to help local authorities and water companies combat the creation of fatbergs and reduce the resources required to respond to grease related drain blockag...

15 Apr 2019

Current International Target for the Protected Area Estate Fails, Argue Scientists

An international research reported in the journal Science on April 11th, 2019 claims that the existing international target for the protected area estate, approved by more than 190 countries, is failing.

12 Apr 2019

Scientists Help Reconstruct Ancient Transformations in the Ice Cover over the Arctic Ocean

Hokkaido University scientists and colleagues have discovered that the Beaufort Sea, on the margin of the Arctic Ocean, was not totally frozen over during the coldest summers of the late Ice Age, about 12,800 years ago.

12 Apr 2019

Expert Delivers Strong Warning About Dangers of Climate Change

Prominent economist and policymaker Lord Nicholas Stern delivered a strong warning about the dangers of climate change in a talk at MIT on Tuesday, calling the near future "defining" and urging a rapid overhaul of the economy to reach net zero carbon emissions.

12 Apr 2019