Author: Kirsi Seppänen
Design students target household recycling challenges
Sustainable packaging solutions provider, DS Smith, is collaborating with product design students at Cardiff Met University to tackle the “crucial recycling issues” affecting households and…
CEWEP: Waste Incineration Safely Destroys Viruses at High Temperature
The Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants (CEWEP) has welcomed the recognition of waste management as a sector providing an essential service to society by Virginijus…
Troy University center researching ways to recycle medical plastic scrap
Troy University’s Center for Materials and Manufacturing Sciences, Troy, Alabama, plans to research ways to recycle medical plastic scrap as well as ways to bolster…
Scientists: Great Barrier Reef suffers worst-ever coral bleaching
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said today in a dire warning about the threat posed by…
Virtual reality training wins water industry innovation award
Drainage and utility specialist Lanes Group plc has won a coveted water industry innovation award for its development of the world’s first virtual reality team…
Climate change: UK forests ‘could do more harm than good’
Badly-planned trees would increase greenhouse gas emissions, say the government’s advisers on the economic value of the natural environment. The report comes from the Natural…
World Athletics aims to be carbon neutral by 2030
The governing body of athletics aims to become carbon neutral by 2030, it said on Tuesday, recognising that the sport has a significant environmental footprint….
Millions in US at risk of ‘water shutoffs’ amid layoffs triggered by pandemic
Millions of Americans risk losing running water if they fall behind with bill payments in coming months, as mass layoffs triggered by the coronavirus pandemic…
Government fund to fight coronavirus food waste
Defra has announced £3.25m of government funding to help reduce food waste during the coronavirus outbreak. The COVID-19 Emergency Surplus Food Grant will be available…
Missing battery recycling link affecting lead market
The global success story of vehicle lead-acid battery recycling is likely to become apparent if COVID-19-related shutdowns restrict the collection of scrap batteries. In China,…
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