South Africa is repaving its roads with recycled plastic milk bottles
A company developed a technology to fix the roads and deal with plastic waste
Tag: recycling
New catalyst nanoparticle turns plastic waste into high-quality hydrocarbons for oils, waxes, cosmetics
Sick of plastic waste? So are these researchers.
Can recycle help the environment? Not for half of UK adults
Many Britons are woefully unaware of the importance of recycling.
New method of CO2 capture is cheaper, more effective, and “a key step toward closing the carbon loop”
This process might finally allow for commercially-viable CO2 recycling.
In the stone-age people recycled flint on purpose to produce precision blades
Second-hand flint, ironically, was more of a precision implement that fresh flint.
Europe’s microwave ovens release as much CO2 as 6.8 million cars
That's a lot of CO2.
We may face a huge shortage of essential raw materials stiffling green energy if governments don’t step up their game
Mining is dirty work. But more to the point, it's very slow to set-up.
Additive recycles incompatible mixed plastics into uber-polymer
It overcomes a major hurdle in plastic recycling.
You shouldn’t forget about recycling bathroom items
When home recycling is concerned, the kitchen reigns supreme. Here is where most of the waste gets disposed and where ...
New, fully recyclable and biodegradable plastic could change the world
Colorado State University chemists have done the impossible: they've synthesized a fully recyclable, biodegradable polymer. Their work will not only ...
Meager 5p bag tax slashes usage by 80%
When the Scottish government introduced a 5 pence tax for plastic bags, they were expecting a significant reduction, but even ...
Apotex Is Backing Ontario’s Waste Reduction Strategy – Here’s Why
We all know that developing and implementing recycling policies is something that takes continual effort. Recycling on a municipal level ...
Mexican Researchers Turn Old Plastic Bottles Into Waterproof Paper
A team of Mexican researchers found a way to save 20 trees and 56,000 liters of water for every ton ...
Sweden recycles 99 percent of its garbage. Here’s how they do it
Recycling is still a field where we have much work to do; while you hear talks about it everywhere, it's ...
People in Beijing can pay for public transportation in recycling
People from Beijing can now use one of the city's 34 newly installed facilities which allows them to pay for ...
Of scarceness and wastefulness: the history of recycling
Photo: Wikimedia Commons For some, it might seem like recycling popped out of the blue in ...
Don’t blame Tesco for mass food wastage, get creative and make your weekly shop go further
Courtesy of gopure.com Tesco recently hit the news once again in a whirlwind of controversy as ...
Giant mound of dumped tires is visible from space
[caption id="attachment_10182" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Just one of the slew of dumped tires, as seen in a wooded area near Elloree, ...
German town recycles 70% of garbage
Take a look at your town; take a look at the people around you, at the streets, and the garbage ...
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Leaf blowers are not only annoying but also bad for you (and the environment)
It comes down to the inefficient engines they use.
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