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Nitrogen-Rich Fertilizer can be Produced by Recycling Human Waste

News - 3 Jun 2020

Researchers from Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan have proven it is possible to create...

Low-Cost, Simple Method to Create Biofuel, Fertilizer from Seaweed

News - 12 May 2020

Scientists in the United Kingdom have designed an easy and affordable technique to produce fertilizers and biofuels from seaweed, while eliminating plastic from the oceans and cleaning up tourist...

Maintaining High Crop Yields with Reduced Nitrogen Fertilizers

News - 27 Mar 2020

In the last few decades, there has been a considerable increase in crop yields, together with the increasing use of nitrogen fertilizer. Although nitrogen fertilizer is beneficial to crop growth, it...

Carbon Dioxide to Fuel Cars and Make Rural Farm Fertilizers Thanks to £9m ERC Funding

News - 20 Mar 2019

A University of Warwick researcher, Prof. Evgeny Rebrov, together with members of an international team, has won a £9 million ERC Synergy grant SCOPE to study the effect of fast temperature...

Waste Canola Oil Becomes a Key to Improved Fertiliser

News - 11 Oct 2018

A new type of slow-release fertiliser that results in better plant health and less wasted nutrients has been invented at Flinders University by Dr Justin Chalker and his team in the Institute for...

Study Determines the Presence of Microplastic Particles in Organic Fertilizers

News - 6 Apr 2018

Private households dumping plastic materials into their organic waste bins contributes to environmental pollution. This is because these wastes are usually used by communal facilities to synthesize...

Cold Conversion of Food Waste into Renewable Energy and Fertilizer Could Reduce Canada's Carbon Footprint

News - 1 Jun 2017

A team of researchers from Concordia’s Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in partnership with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. are keen on tackling global warming in...

Pasteurized Sludge Could be Used in Farmland as Fertilizer and Soil Improver

News - 23 May 2017

An astonishing 700,000 microfibres – threads of plastic the size of an ant’s leg – leach out of an average 6kg wash of acrylic clothing. And research by Brunel University London...

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

News - 3 Sep 2015

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...

Using Organic Manure Instead of Chemical Fertilizer Can Help Decrease Emission of Greenhouse Gases

News - 30 Apr 2015

Approximately 35% of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) come from agriculture. Some argues that human can reverse global worming by sequestering several hundred billion tons of excess CO2 through...