Recycling
RecyclingWorld can't recycle its way out of plastic crisis: Experts
Recycling will not be able to contain a runaway global plastic waste crisis, experts said on Friday as they called on companies to reduce plastic production and shift more products into reusable and ...
Scientists in Singapore transform fruit leftovers into antibacterial bandages
The process extracts cellulose powder from the fruit's husks after they are sliced and freeze-dried, then mixes it with glycerol. This mixture becomes soft hydrogel, which is then cut into bandage ...
Pran-RFL manufacturing products from used plastic
Pran-RFL Group is making hundreds of products, recycling discarded plastic materials
New filtering method promises safer drinking water, improved industrial production
The ability to remove fluoride with a relatively inexpensive filtering membrane could protect communities from fluorosis without requiring the use of high-pressure filtration or having to completely ...
Dhaka North and South
Waste management in a mess as master plan stalled
Since the two Dhaka city corporations have been following conventionals method of waste management, with the two landfills in Matuail of the capital and Aminbazar of Savar near full capacity, both ...
Ending subsidies that harm nature could create millions of green jobs: WWF
Better conservation and management of natural areas, such as parks, oceans, forests and wildernesses, are seen as vital to protect the natural systems on which humans depend and to meet targets for ...
Tokyo puts a spotlight on sustainability at Olympic Games
The gold, silver and bronze medals were forged from recycled metal from old mobile phones and other small appliances donated by the general public and the 3D-printed victory ceremony podiums were ...
Big Oil’s solution for plastic waste littered with failure
Plastic production - which industry analysts forecast to double by 2040 - will be the biggest growth market for oil demand over the next decade, according to the Paris-based International Energy ...
Olympic Games
Tokyo 2020's environmental impact
The most recent official estimate of the Tokyo Games' carbon footprint includes 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide generated through the construction or renovation of venues and other infrastructure
Global plastic pollution may be nearing irreversible tipping point
A study published in the journal Science, stated that plastic pollution is a global threat, and actions to drastically reduce emissions of plastic to the environment are the rational policy response
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