Faecal bacteria are contaminating water in wells and sinkholes in Mexico’s Yucatan state, which are a vital source of ...
The Mystery of the Potato PeopleIn the highlands of Papua New Guinea, there are some rather curious people.Their staple food ...
Molecular docking and laboratory validation show bacterial azoreductases decolorize azo and anthraquinone dyes at up to 2,000 ...
Better decisions often begin with a closer look at the information, materials and systems already shaping waste management operations. Two new EREF ...
They are durable, cheap and everyday life is now hardly imaginable without them: plastics. More then 400 million metric tons are produced every year. As a large proportion is only insufficiently ...
Researchers at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro used brewer's spent grain, the brewing industry's most abundant solid waste, as the primary substrate to produce a protease enzyme via ...
Environmentalists are slamming Starbucks for falsely claiming its plastic cups are “widely recyclable,” after an investigation could not confirm a single one being recycled. Vermont-based Beyond ...
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- The former owners of Chesterfield County's Shoosmith landfill — described by a bankruptcy trustee as a "potential environmental catastrophe" — have been indicted by a grand ...
Every year, the textile industry discards millions of tons of wool waste, a protein-rich material that most often ends up in landfills. A research team at Xiamen University has now found a strikingly ...
To break down a plastic bottle, science doesn’t need a hammer, but a microscopic scalpel. Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) found that swapping out a single atom inside a plastic ...
Paul Monroe, an engineer who oversees construction at the Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town and Alton, shows a model for collecting leachate in the proposed expansion area. Leachate is a mix of ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency can now reject large commercial trash loads containing recyclable or banned materials as it works to preserve space in its ...
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