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Spotlight on feedstocks: Carbon-loving materials designed to reduce industrial emissions
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, are advancing gas membrane materials to expand practical…
Kleenex debuts plastic-free tissue boxes as Mr Muscle unveils 100% ‘ocean-bound’ plastic bottle
Kleenex will remove the plastic opening from all tissue boxes by August 2020, parent firm Kimberly-Clark has announced in the same week that SC Johnson…
MP calls for crackdown on raw sewage discharges in English rivers
A fresh attempt to change the law to stop water companies from releasing raw sewage into rivers has been launched by a senior Conservative MP….
Huge acceleration of clean energy innovation needed to meet net zero target – IEA
A global goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 will not be met without a huge acceleration in clean energy innovation, the International…
Amazon fires at 13-year high for June
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose by almost 20% in June – a 13-year high for the month, according to government data. With such an…
White paper outlines steps to combat escalating textile waste
Resource Recycling Systems (RRS), Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced the release of its “Textile Recovery in the U.S.: A Roadmap to Circularity” white paper on June…
Project develops novel method to repurpose bread waste
Foodprint, a student-led enterprise which runs a social supermarket and redistribution network in Nottingham, has collaborated with the University of Nottingham’s Food Innovation Centre to…
EU progress on cutting food waste “too slow,” says new report
Six weeks after the publication of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, a new report published today outlines the additional action still needed to put…
China’s petroleum industry steps up to tackle plastic waste
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste and the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) are working together to promote the reduction and elimination of…
Carlsberg opens water recycling plant at Denmark brewery
Carlsberg has inaugurated a new water recycling plant at its brewery in Fredericia, Denmark, claiming that the new plant will “virtually eliminate water wastage” at…
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