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Carolina Chemists Suggest a Method to "Upcycle" Discarded Plastic to Tougher, Stronger Material

News - 8 Feb 2022

According to a 2020 study, more plastic trash is generated by the United States than any other country in the world—approximately 46.3 million tons of it, which can be interpreted as 287 pounds...

Study Shows How Circular Waste Management Systems can Help Curb Emissions

News - 11 Jan 2022

The increasing amounts of municipal solid waste and ineffective waste management systems threaten the environment and contribute to climate warming, yet the waste sector is often neglected in...

New Strategy in PSA Video can Help Improve Recycling Compliance

News - 11 Nov 2021

A specific messaging strategy used in a public service announcement (PSA) video can effectively encourage New Yorkers who struggle with recycling compliance to properly separate their trash from...

Study Reveals Connection Between Climate Change and Plastics Pollution

News - 22 Oct 2021

University of Rhode Island researchers Andrew Davies and Coleen Suckling say that when a major hurricane churns up storm surges and heavy, drenching rains, the storm washes trash from the land into...

Novel Method to Increase Energy Production from Microalgae

News - 19 Oct 2021

The multitude of common algae covering the surface of seas and ponds may be the solution to increasing the efficiency of artificial photosynthesis, enabling researchers to create more energy and cut...

AI to Set the Stage for Growing Waste-to-Energy Production

News - 28 Sep 2021

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in 2018, Americans generated 292 million tons of trash-also known as municipal solid waste (MSW)-triple the amount generated just sixty...

New Curtin Research Shows Mother Nature Recycles Trash to Create Diamonds

News - 23 Aug 2021

The Earth’s deepest diamonds are commonly made up of former living organisms that have effectively been recycled more than 400 kilometres below the surface, new Curtin research has...

Researchers Find No Single Solution for Dealing with Food Waste Disposal in the U.S.

News - 7 Jul 2021

The expected decline in the number of landfills across the United States coupled with bans on disposing large amounts of organic waste in landfills that have been enacted in multiple states has...

Current Rates of Global Plastic Emissions may Trigger Irreversible Effects

News - 2 Jul 2021

Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to reverse, argues a new study by researchers from Sweden, Norway and Germany published on July 2nd in...

New Technique Uses NASA Satellite Data to Track the Movement of Ocean Microplastics

News - 28 Jun 2021

Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an innovative way to use NASA satellite data to track the movement of tiny pieces of plastic in the ocean. Microplastics form when plastic...