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Volvo FE Electric garbage trucks in use in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast Recycling

Volvo FE Electric garbage trucks in use in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast

Volvo Trucks Australia and key waste management contractor, JJ’s Waste and Recycling have joined forces to trial the Volvo FE Electric in waste applications.  Affectionately dubbed “Oscar” by VGA staff, the 6×2 FE Electric featured on the Volvo Group Australia stand at the 2023 Brisbane Truck  Show. The truck has been…
bubmag
August 15, 2023
New recycling process could find markets for ‘junk’ plastic waste Recycling

New recycling process could find markets for ‘junk’ plastic waste

Although many Americans dutifully deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of colored plastics, are not recyclable using conventional mechanical recycling methods. In the end, only about 9 percent of plastic in the United States…
bubmag
August 11, 2023
NASA is recycling 98 percent of astronaut pee and sweat on the ISS into drinkable water Recycling

NASA is recycling 98 percent of astronaut pee and sweat on the ISS into drinkable water

NASA has achieved a technological milestone that could one day play an important role in missions to the Moon and beyond. This week, the space agency revealed (via Space.com) that the International Space Station’s Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) is recycling 98 percent of all water astronauts bring…
bubmag
June 25, 2023