Removing the vast amounts of plastic waste already polluting our oceans is going to need tackling in a number of ways. But the flow of plastic from rivers also needs to be stopped, and that's what ...

The process depends on co-pyrolysis — a controlled heating process — of the spent coffee grounds and PET plastic waste, conducted at an eco-friendly temperature of 600°C. Potassium hydroxide serves as ...

A floating device designed to catch plastic waste has been redeployed in a second attempt to clean up a huge island of trash swirling in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii. Boyan Slat, ...

In steam distribution systems, steam traps can be blamed for wasting a large amount of energy. Traps are put into place to capture and remove condensate water from the lines in order to avoid problems ...

Scientists have developed an extremely efficient “molecular trap” that can be recycled and reused to capture radioactive iodides in spent nuclear reactor fuel. The trap is like a tiny, porous ...

The National Environment Agency (NEA) had clarified that cooking oil extracted from grease traps was in fact sent for processing into biodiesel. [UPDATE: 5 March, 4pm: Adding details of latest NEA ...

DUBAI, 13th March, 2014 (WAM) -- Dubai Municipality is keen on achieving integration in all dimensions of the protection of environment and health, including the safe disposal of all forms of solid, ...

For the past two months, officials of the city Corporation’s health wing have been perplexed by the appearance of large quantities of waste every week near a shop at Kuravankonam. A couple of health ...