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New Generation of Electric Vehicle Batteries to Consider Second Life Applications 25.08.2017 12:18 Axion to Report on Lithium Ion Battery End-of-Life Research Manchester, UK based resource and recycling Axion, is taking part in a research project looking into battery packs for the next generation of electric vehicles, including end-of-life solutions. read more …
Flinders University Cuts Costs of Cleaning Up Mercury 08.08.2017 09:47 Researchers Use Waste Cooking Oil to Capture Mercury Pollution in Mines Flinders University in South Australia has developed a technology to recycle used cooking oil from cafes and fast food outlets to capture mercury pollution from mine sites and industrial plants. read more …
Campus to Operate as a Living Laboratory 04.08.2017 12:53 Princeton University to Compost Food Waste with FOR Solutions On-Site System Princeton University’s Facilities Organisation has selected FOR Solutions Model 1000 Composting System to add to its sustainability efforts. read more …
University College London to Participate in Two Month Recycling Trial 04.08.2017 12:29 Bywaters 650,000 TPA Recycling Facility to Recover Coffee Cups from UCL London based waste and recycling firm, Bywaters, is piloting a solution designed to overcome the difficulties of recycling paper coffee cups from University College London’s campus. read more …
By 2015 Mankind Had Produced 6.3bn tonnes of Plastic Waste 26.07.2017 16:11 UCSB Report: of the 8bn Tonnes of Plastics Made Since 50s Most is Waste Since the early 1950s over 8bn tonnes of plastics have been produced. Most now resides in landfills or the natural environment, according to a new study led by UC Santa Barbara industrial ecologist Roland Geyer. read more …
UKWIR Funded Research Project on Sewage Sludge Recycling 21.07.2017 15:00 Consultancies Team Up to Investigate Threats of Recycling Biosolids to Ground Environmental consultants, Aqua Enviro, have joined a consortium led by fellow consultancy, ADAS, to deliver a strategic project looking at threats from recycling biosolids to land. read more … Notre Dame Researchers Work to Improve Radioactive Waste Recycling 07.07.2017 13:25 Research into Clusters of Uranium Nano-Molecules to Recycle Nuclear Weapon Waste Researchers at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, are developing a process to recycle radioactive waste from nuclear power plants to form clusters of uranium nano-molecules that could potentially be turned back into useable fuel. read more … Scientists Develop New Catalyst to Reduce Cost of Recycling Organic Waste into Fuel 04.07.2017 11:40 IN DEPTH: Zeolite Crystal Breakthrough to Boost Biofuel Production from Waste Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) using zeolite crystals to significantly reduce the temperature and energy requirements of converting organic waste into fuel. read more … Findings Released by SWANA's Applied Research Foundation 28.06.2017 09:56 Research on Landfill Final Cover Systems Documented in New Report The benefits of two alternatives final cover systems for landfill to those prescribed in US EPA non-hazardous waste landfill regulations have been documented by SWANA's Applied Research Foundation. read more … The Ocean Cleanup Report First to Estimate Plastic Flows in Global Rivers 27.06.2017 15:14 Upto 2.4m tonnes of Waste Plastics Transported to the Ocean by World’s Rivers Annually Rivers transport between 1.15 and 2.41 million tonnes of plastic waste into the world’s oceans each year, according to researchers at The Ocean Cleanup. read more … Research into Microoranisms Colonising Tiny Fragments of Plastic Pollution 23.06.2017 13:51 Expédition MED 2017 Sets Sail to Research Plastic Waste Ecosystems Expédition MED 2017 scientific voyage to research the new ecosystems of marine microorganisms and bacteria which colonise and live on micro-fragments of degraded plastic, has set sail from the port of Fiumicino, Italy. read more … Contract Extension to Handle Diverse Waste from Polar Research 16.06.2017 13:13 Veolia Deal to Treat Waste from British Antarctic Survey at UK Waste to Energy & Recycling Facilities To ensure its research activities leave no waste in the Antarctic, the British Antarctic Survey has extended the waste and recycling services remit of resource management firm Veolia. read more …
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