Recycling

A typical recycling process converts large quantities of items made of a single material into more of the same. However, this approach isn't feasible for old electronic devices, or "e-waste," because they contain small amounts of many different materials that cannot be readily separated. Now, in ACS Omega, researchers report…

THE top three greenest cities in the UK are York, Cardiff and Oxford, according to a study. Researchers looked at the nation’s eco-friendly habits - taking into account a host of factors such as tendency to buy refurbished items, recycling rates, methods of travel – and even time in the…

Monks at Thailand's Chak Daeng Temple have expanded a plastic recycling program to help fight coronavirus and reduce the pandemic's environmental impact. NBC News' Larissa Johnsson reports.July 25, 2020Read More

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan urban farmer Francis Wachira credits a soil recycling company with keeping him afloat financially during the coronavirus crisis: it helped him to start producing herbs and vegetables on his tiny Nairobi plot. Ted Gachanga and Michael Kanywiria agronomists who co-own Sprout Organic company display samples of…

Tastier pork comes from pigs that eat the barley left over after making the Japanese liquor shochu. A team of professional brewers and academic farmers state that nutrients in the leftover fermented barley may reduce the animals' stress, resulting in better tasting sirloin and fillets. "Kyushu, in Western Japan is…

Tastier pork comes from pigs that eat the barley left over after making the Japanese liquor shochu. A team of professional brewers and academic farmers state that nutrients in the leftover fermented barley may reduce the animals' stress, resulting in better tasting sirloin and fillets. "Kyushu, in Western Japan is…

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have conducted the first global assessment into the most promising approaches to end-of-life management for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. PV modules have a 30-year lifespan. There is currently no plan for how to manage this at end of their lifespan. The volume…

An innovative Australian is doing his bit to tackle the mountains of used tyres going into landfill by recycling them for use on farms.Key points:Australians discard around 56 million car tyres a year27 million of those tyres aren't recycledFrom December 2021, there will be a ban on exporting discarded tyre…

news, act-politics, capital recycling solutions, Inner South Canberra Community Council, Marea Fatseas, ACT Planning and Land AuthorityResidents in Canberra's inner south have called for a ban on future waste centres in Fyshwick, after the ACT government announced controversial plans for a new recycling centre could progress to the next stage.…

Some 30 firemen from five stations helped to contain a fire at Esiltuli Transport Logistics and Recycling in Boksburg. They found recycled materials, like paper and plastic, on fire in the factory's yard. No structures were affected by the blaze; the cause of the fire has yet to be determined. Five fire…