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An enduring threat to water?

Envirotec Magazine

convert it to innocuous carbon dioxide and fluoride) appear highly unlikely to be developed for use in situ in soil and groundwater, as a result of the perfluoroalkyl group being a true xenobiotic, whose arrival on the planet is relatively recent (100 years ago). Biological approaches to mineralise PFAS (i.e.

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Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

AGreenLiving

By 1843, a Punch magazine article featured the first artificial ice rink, “not of frozen water but of a slush of chemicals including hog’s lard and melted sulphur, which smelled abominably.” CFCs and HCFCs are synthetic gases attributed to ozone layer destruction.

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Sanitisation chamber to support clothing and PPE reuse

Envirotec Magazine

Dr Mohammed Yaseen, of UWS’s School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, said: “This revolutionary technology has real potential to disrupt the fashion and textile industry and offers huge environmental benefits, which could see a significant reduction in landfill waste from clothing.”. ACS clean around 45,000 garments each week.

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