New process breaks down biodegradable plastics faster
With Army funding, scientists invented a way to make compostable plastics break down within a few weeks with just heat and water. This advance will potentially solve waste management challenges…
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Texas likely to add 10 GW of utility-scale solar capacity in the next two years
Texas, already the U.S. state with the most wind energy capacity, is catching up to California in utility-scale solar capacity, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Detailed State Data,…
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Cross-Sector UK Project to Improve EV Battery Recycling & Reuse
Backed by major motor manufacturers and recycling firms including EMR and uRecycle, as well as the University of Warwick and the UK government, a three-year project entitled RECOVAS is looking…
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The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions
By Bentham Paulos, Dev Millstein, Joseph Rand, and Ryan Wiser, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Renewable energy’s rapid growth is accelerating a national shift to a carbon-free electric power system. So…
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Recycling in China: From zero to hero?
China is facing rapidly mounting volumes of waste. In the future, it intends to have digitally monitored intelligent waste collection sites bring about an increase in the currently low recycling…
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Renault wants to generate 1 billion euros from ‘circular economy’ by 2030
Renault wants to turn a french factory into a research, recycling and repair centre and achieve more money with it than from assembling cars by 2030. Renault is going to…
