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- Allow nuclear waste disposal under national parks, say MPs Tue, 31 Jul 18, 3:01pmSafest site should be chosen regardless of location, committee says – but opponents call idea ‘outrageous’
- Allow nuclear waste disposal in national parks, say MPs Tue, 31 Jul 18, 3:01pmSafest site should be chosen regardless of location, committee says – but opponents call idea ‘outrageous’
- UK nuclear cleanup contract back in public hands after £122m bill Mon, 2 Jul 18, 10:25pmBotched tender was for the disposal of materials at 12 UK sites including Dungeness
- Glowing labyrinth made from plastic waste pops up in Buenos Aires Sat, 23 Jun 18, 8:30amOver 15,000 plastic bottles were temporarily given a new lease on life as a glowing labyrinth in Vatican Square, one of Buenos Aires’ most celebrated public spaces...
- The Agraloop turns food waste into sustainable clothing fibers Tue, 19 Jun 18, 2:00amDon't throw it out — throw it on. The Agraloop Bio-Refinery, a new technology developed by materials science company Circular Systems S.P.C., is capable of turning food waste such as banana peels, pineapple leaves and hemp...
- This LEED Gold wastewater treatment center is helping a community rethink poo Thu, 14 Jun 18, 8:00amAs anyone who’s been to a community meeting knows, the NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) syndrome is often a frustrating roadblock. So when Vancouver-based firm PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication was approached to build a wastewater...
- New study suggests that plastic waste may be transformed into usable energy Wed, 13 Jun 18, 4:00amA new study from the Earth Engineering Center (EEC|CCNY) at the Grove School of Engineering of the City College of New York suggests that plastic waste can effectively be converted into usable fuel and energy rather than...
- The latest weak attacks on EVs and solar panels | Dana Nuccitelli Mon, 4 Jun 18, 8:00pmThe powerful few who benefit from the fossil fuel status quo are exerting their influence
- Campaigners slam £1m incentive to store nuclear waste Sun, 13 May 18, 5:59amCompensation offered to encourage local communities to allow test boreholes is described as ‘completely inadequate’
- This groundbreaking new machine can recycle 220 pounds of diapers in a single hour Mon, 7 May 18, 11:23pmIt takes hundreds of years for disposable diapers to decompose in landfills - but this new machine can turn 220 pounds of dirty diapers into clean, raw materials in a single hour...
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is growing at an exponential rate Fri, 23 Mar 18, 3:43amScientists recently found that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - now three times the size of France - is showing signs of exponential growth. In a new study published in the journal Nature, researchers provide a detailed...
- Two men build a floating "Fatberg" island in Amsterdam Sat, 10 Mar 18, 12:37amFriends Mike Thompson and Arne Hendriks have created a floating island made of fat, a "Fatberg" as they call it. With a current weight of over a metric ton, the car-sized Fatberg began as one drop of fat in a glass of water...
- Two men build a floating "Fatberg" in Amsterdam Sat, 10 Mar 18, 12:37amFriends Mike Thompson and Arne Hendriks have created a floating island made of fat, a "Fatberg" as they call it. With a current weight of over a metric ton, the car-sized Fatberg began as one drop of fat in a glass of water...
- It "sounded like an explosion:" avalanche of trash kills 16 people in Mozambique Tue, 27 Feb 18, 1:44amA devastating garbage landslide precipitated by heavy rainfall wounded six people and killed 16 in Maputo, Mozambique, The Guardian reported. The 42-acre Hulene dump — located in the impoverished neighborhood of Hulene...
- Africa's first waste-to-energy plant to supply 30% of Addis Ababa's household electricity needs Fri, 23 Feb 18, 12:06amEthiopia's capital Addis Ababa has had one landfill for around 50 years: the Koshe dump site. Serving over three million people, it's about as large as 36 football pitches, according to the United Nations Environment Program...