Sep 17, 2024 A new commercially viable recycling process for polyethylene and polypropylene? By Elliot Carrington I was pleased to read that researchers at the University of California, Berkley, have recently developed a new process for breaking down...
Sep 12, 2024 Turning Campaign Clutter into Clean Plastics By Mairi Rudkin As US election campaigns gain momentum, election placards and signs are being displayed across stadiums and tour stops across the...
Sep 06, 2024 Sustainable Food Packaging Barrier Coatings By Yann Robin Sustainable packaging is a hot topic. Sustainable alternatives to conventional plastic packaging exist, and generally consist of...
Aug 30, 2024 Innovations in AI sustainability By Tomas Karger Franziska Luckert Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has recently attracted a lot of attention. It is an artificial intelligence algorithm that is...
Aug 29, 2024 Fungi found to degrade plastic without pre-treatment and using the plastic as the sole carbon source By Donald McNab My colleague Kate Appleby wrote recently (see here) about the discovery of a particular bacterium able to degrade polyethylene, which is...
Aug 28, 2024 Travelling as the crow flies - the beginning of air taxis? By Thomas Storey The idea of flying cars in the future always seemed fantastical to me, even as a child. But the budding industry appears to be quite...
Aug 27, 2024 New sustainable production method for chocolate? By Ella Newell I, for one, absolutely love chocolate. I was therefore interested to read about a new method of making chocolate which uses more of the...
Aug 27, 2024 Oman looks to a hydrogen future By Robert Carpmael In order for hydrogen to be a viable alternative fuel for vehicles, its cost needs to be more or less comparable with petrol. It also...
Aug 26, 2024 Break it down now: stubborn plastics broken down by microbes By Kate Appleby Plastic pollution continues to threaten ecosystems worldwide and effective solutions to break down stubborn plastics are needed. In the...
Aug 21, 2024 Recycling Nappies into Roads! By Emma Foster Being a new parent, I have had to get my hands dirty (quite literally!) with changing nappies over the past couple of years. I was...
Aug 20, 2024 The power of wind energy in residential or business areas By Robbie Gauld Onsite power production in residential or business areas can be attractive for several reasons. For example, localised microgrids...
Aug 13, 2024 Contracts for Difference scheme gets boost from new government By Susan Bradley Following the election of a new Labour government in July 2024, there have been a number of announcements suggesting support for...