Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 13, 2025

More systematic waste prevention strategies are needed to achieve regional and national sustainability goals in Scandinavia, according to a new report. It outlines practical measures to strengthen the circular economy in the Nordics, with a particular focus on waste prevention and reuse. The report is found here.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 4, 2022

Sponsored: Anaerobic digestion is an eco-friendly waste management solution, producing renewable energy and healthy soils. How can this technology grow in the United States?

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 29, 2022

Sponsored: Pentair’s sustainable gas technology is helping partners across industry minimize waste and emissions to help achieve a carbon neutral future.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 17, 2023

In Minnesota alone, the value of metals and materials that could be mined from electronic waste has an estimated value of over $2.8 billion annually.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The government has announced a delay to the introduction of mandatory digital waste tracking across the UK, moving the start date from April 2025 to April 2026. Accurate, real-time data will help tackle waste crime, support the circular economy, and ensure better environmental outcomes.”

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Sponsored: Conducting a waste audit doesn’t come without its challenges; but the opportunities are just as high.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Three men were arrested on Wednesday 5 February as part of an investigation into the large-scale, illegal tipping of waste at the Hoads Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Ashford, Kent. Enforcement officers also prevented nearly 34,000 tonnes of waste from being illegally exported by waste criminals.”

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GreenBiz

JUNE 9, 2023

Nearly all companies and organizations have contributed to the ever-expanding mess of extraction, waste, soil degradation, environmental racism and social injustice all in the name of growth at any cost.

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TechXplore

AUGUST 6, 2024

Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem, and it's expected to worsen with the production of new kinds of flexible electronics for robotics, wearable devices, health monitors, and other new applications, including single-use devices.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A new partnership aims to help develop a residual waste strategy for Scotland and build capacity within the country’s waste management system. Resourcing Scotland launched on 11 November, and says it will bring together leading Scottish waste management industry groups and the nation’s 32 local authorities.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 15, 2025

Redefining Waste: Converting Cow Manure into Hydrogen Modern advancements in renewable energy are showing us how waste can be a resource. One innovative area of focus is turning cow manure into hydrogen fuel, an approach that combines waste management with clean energy production.

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TechXplore

MAY 30, 2024

University of Illinois Chicago engineers have helped design a new method to make hydrogen gas from water using only solar power and agricultural waste, such as manure or husks. The method reduces the energy needed to extract hydrogen from water by 600%, creating new opportunities for sustainable, climate-friendly chemical production.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 29, 2025

Turning environmental waste into useful chemical resources could solve many of the inevitable challenges of our growing amounts of discarded plastics, paper and food waste, according to new research.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Compact Syngas Solutions, a pioneer in waste-to-hydrogen technology, is set to supply 200kg of hydrogen to power a groundbreaking 40-day sea trial. Recent Advancements in Waste-to-Hydrogen Technology The waste-to-hydrogen sector continues to evolve with innovative projects and breakthroughs in technology.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 11, 2025

Turning Waste into Clean Energy At the heart of Hyundais innovations is a pioneering waste-to-hydrogen initiative focused on repurposing food scraps. Through anaerobic digestion, microorganisms break down organic waste to produce biogas.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Thermoelectric generators that can convert waste heat to clean energy could soon be as efficient as other renewable energy sources, like solar, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

Sweden is one of the countries believed to be furthest ahead with plans to safely store high-level nuclear waste underground. Photo Mikael Wallerstedt sqie: “This is a historic day for the Swedish nuclear waste programme. Finland, also, has commenced a program. Stefan Engdahl, CEO SKB.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

XCharge North America , a provider of DC fast charging solutions, is working with Swiss startup the Grensol Group to address the challenge of reducing the end-of-life waste associated with EVSE—specifically EV charging cables and modules.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A new study highlights potential pathways to significantly increase waste collection and plastic recycling rates globally. Category 2 – Incipient Systems includes countries with basic waste regulations but limited collection and end-of-life treatment infrastructure. Examples of countries include Kenya, Iraq and Congo.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Sponsored: Material characterizations are a foundational tool for shaping effective waste management strategies. Here’s what you do next.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In a recently published paper in Nature Microbiology , the Stanford University assistant professor made a convincing argument that fungal fermentation of food waste and agricultural byproducts could be the next culinary frontier. It’s massive industries that generate food-waste-grade products every single day,” said Hill-Maini.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2025

Disposable cups make up 30%4 of the drinks waste in Glasgows on-street bins so we are delighted to partner with over 50 locations including some major brands and hope this trial will shift habits and help to make reusable cups the norm. Were proud to join this effort within the industry and look forward to seeing results of the trial.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A research team has developed a bismuth telluride (Bi-Te) based thermoelectric material with artificially formed atomic-scale defects and proposed a solution to improve its properties in order to harness wasted thermal energy.

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TechXplore

MARCH 18, 2024

A combined team of materials scientists from Rice University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a way to convert wood waste into a type of ink that can be used for the 3D printing of wood-like objects. The paper is published in the journal Science Advances.

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TechXplore

MARCH 20, 2024

agencies have warned that electrical and electronic waste is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 7, 2025

A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world.

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TechCrunch: Climate

MARCH 5, 2025

startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding. Founded in 2019 in London, Epoch Biodesign now a 30+ strong multidisciplinary team of chemists, biologists and software engineers.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2025

It is developing up to 12 AD plants over the next five years, on urban industrial sites, which together could process over 700,000 tonnes of organic waste per year and power up to 80,000 homes with green gas. AD offers an environmental-friendly alternative to landfill and energy-from-waste incineration, so cutting CO and methane emissions.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The team has successfully enhanced a crucial component of a bio-electrochemical cell, enabling more efficient hydrogen production from microorganisms found in waste. A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in clean energy technology.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The world is off track to tackle plastic pollution. Here's what business must do now, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A mortar made from recycled plastic and silica aerogel that improves insulation and reduces plastic waste has been developed by Newcastle University researchers. The team hopes this new building material could reduce heating and cooling bills while being environmentally friendly.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 7, 2025

This steep rise will magnify aluminum's environmental impacts, including any pollutants that are released with its manufacturing waste. By the end of this decade, demand is projected to drive up aluminum production by 40% worldwide.

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TechCrunch: Climate

JANUARY 6, 2025

Traditional methods of irrigation not only lead to wasted water and nutrients, but also contribute to lower crop yields, food insecurity, and unnecessary carbon emissions. Agriculture, which consumes about 70% of global freshwater, is grappling with increased water scarcity and inefficient irrigation systems.

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CleanTech Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

What Drives Automation in Waste Management? Innovation in waste management comes in bursts. The post AI in Waste Sortation: Robotics, Algorithms, & More appeared first on Cleantech Group. Today, the promise of automation through artificial intelligence (AI) offers.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

While energy-from-waste plants are widely regarded as a cleaner alternative to landfills, new research has revealed some facilities produce more carbon emissions per unit of electricity output than coal power plants.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

I also have observed firsthand how technology-driven innovation is disrupting the traditional grocery supply chain, opening new doors to reducing food waste and helping the world to think differently about how we source food. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences. Why not the grocery model?

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Researchers have developed a battery that can convert nuclear energy into electricity via light emission, a new study suggests.

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