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SHORT: Recycling, Without Waste
It can seem, at times, as if we are drowning in a sea of waste, a great ocean of paper and tin, glass and plastic,
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Transforming Waste Management
If you get waste management wrong—even if you just failed to take proper care—you can end up in court. But if you get it right,
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#215 Waste Goes Digital
Waste is an integral part of the circular economy. It is, in many cases, simply a resource that is in the wrong place. But it
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Upcycling PPE into concrete
Engineers at RMIT University in Melbourne have published studies for reinforcing structural concrete using recycled personal protective equipment (PPE). The process aims to provide a
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AI uses satellite data to track plastic waste
Global Plastic Watch (GPW), a tool developed by Minderoo Foundation, uses satellite data and machine learning to show a map of the Earth’s plastic pollution.
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Mask waste materials strengthen concrete
A new study released by researchers from Washington State University shows that using waste materials from single use masks can improve the strength of a
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Biofuels and the circular economy
Partner: WSP “We’re really at the beginning of seeing the potential of what can be done with trash,” says Andrea Redford. She is the chief
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#153 Recycling Carbon: Biofuels from Waste
What if we could take the waste that no one wants, the kind of waste that is shoved into landfill and turn it into sustainable
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#120 Recycled Plastic: The Canadian Potential
In 2019, Justin Trudeau declared war on plastic waste. And single-use plastics were listed as a toxic material in Canada in May of this year.
Quick reads
Food Waste Proposed for Low Carbon Jet Fuel
Scientists working at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have outlined a biorefining process that will produce jet fuel from food and other wet waste.
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Paper bottles to be trialled by Coca-Cola
In a bid to eradicate plastic from their packaging and to achieve its goal of producing zero waste by 2030, Coca-Cola is to run tests
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#18 Cocoa Power
Four thousand years after it was first used as a form of nutrition for the Olmec people of Mesoamerica, engineers are finding new ways to