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How Coffee Grounds Can Help Grow Your Kitchen Garden
By utilizing your used coffee grounds as a natural fertilizer, you can reduce waste, save money, and contribute to a healthier garden or indoor plant collection.
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Periyar Fish Death Due To Low Oxygen In Water: Kerala Chief Minister
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said in the assembly that the recent mass death of fish in the Periyar river resulted due to less dissolved oxygen in the water and there was no discharge of chemical waste from factories into river.
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Microplastics Crisis Demands More Than Just Ocean Cleanups and Biodegradables, Says Expert
In 2004, Professor Richard Thompson, a marine biologist from the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom, coined the term "microplastics."
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Delhi Water Crisis Due To Sand Mining Along Yamuna In Haryana, Says AAP
"All that we have in the Yamuna now is waste water and effluents from industries. The concentration of chemicals in it is so high that we cannot even clean it," Delhi Jal Board's chairman Saurabh Bhardwaj said.
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Man Dies As Chemical Can Explodes In Hyderabad
A 32-year-old man died while his father was injured on Sunday in a suspected blast triggered while they were cleaning a chemical can, police said.
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Bhindi, Imli, Methi Hold Key To Safe Drinking Water: Study
A new research presented to the American Chemical Society has offered an alternative to synthetic chemicals used in the removal of microplastics in water.
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3 Labourers Die While Cleaning Underground Chemical Tank In Maharashtra
Three labourers died on Saturday while they were cleaning an underground tank which was used to store waste oil in a now-defunct chemical factory in Ambernath town in Thane district of Maharashtra, fire officials said.
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Four Die In UK Chemical Tank Explosion
Four people died on Thursday when a chemical tank exploded at a waste water treatment plant near Bristol in western England, police said.
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IIT Team Develops Systems That Convert Waste Into Useful Chemicals
A research team led by IIT Guwahati professors, Dr Akshai Kumar Alape Seetharam and Dr Hemant Kumar Srivastava, has formulated "pincer" catalytic systems that transform industrial and biomass waste into valuable chemicals.
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Scientists to Harness the Sun to Break Down Plastic
Scientists said Wednesday they have come up with an environmentally-friendly method that uses artificial sunlight to transform plastic into power-generating chemicals, as countries worldwide battle to reduce waste.
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Plastic Waste In Antarctica Reveals Scale Of Global Pollution
Plastic waste and toxic chemicals found in remote parts of the Antarctic this year add to evidence that pollution is spreading to the ends of the Earth, environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday.
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China's Lianyungang City Shuts Chemical Plant After State: Report
The Chinese city of Lianyungang, a major chemical and refining hub in the eastern province of Jiangsu, has shut a chemical plant after media reports it was polluting nearby water resources, the municipal government said late on Wednesday.
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300 Children Ill At UP's Shamli After Inhaling Gas From Sugar Factory
Around 300 schoolchildren fell ill this morning in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli after inhaling chemical waste from a sugar mill near their school.
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30 Injured In Blast At Chemical Recycling Plant In Spain
At least 30 people were injured Thursday, three of them seriously, in an explosion at recycling site for hazardous chemical waste near Madrid, forcing the evacuation of nearby schools, authorities said.
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Researchers Develop Simple Method To Extract Gold From Old Phones
Hundreds of tonnes of gold could be recovered from old electronic devices such as smartphones, TV sets and computers each year, thanks to a simple chemical method developed by researchers.
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How Coffee Grounds Can Help Grow Your Kitchen Garden
By utilizing your used coffee grounds as a natural fertilizer, you can reduce waste, save money, and contribute to a healthier garden or indoor plant collection.
-
Periyar Fish Death Due To Low Oxygen In Water: Kerala Chief Minister
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said in the assembly that the recent mass death of fish in the Periyar river resulted due to less dissolved oxygen in the water and there was no discharge of chemical waste from factories into river.
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Microplastics Crisis Demands More Than Just Ocean Cleanups and Biodegradables, Says Expert
In 2004, Professor Richard Thompson, a marine biologist from the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom, coined the term "microplastics."
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Delhi Water Crisis Due To Sand Mining Along Yamuna In Haryana, Says AAP
"All that we have in the Yamuna now is waste water and effluents from industries. The concentration of chemicals in it is so high that we cannot even clean it," Delhi Jal Board's chairman Saurabh Bhardwaj said.
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Man Dies As Chemical Can Explodes In Hyderabad
A 32-year-old man died while his father was injured on Sunday in a suspected blast triggered while they were cleaning a chemical can, police said.
-
Bhindi, Imli, Methi Hold Key To Safe Drinking Water: Study
A new research presented to the American Chemical Society has offered an alternative to synthetic chemicals used in the removal of microplastics in water.
-
3 Labourers Die While Cleaning Underground Chemical Tank In Maharashtra
Three labourers died on Saturday while they were cleaning an underground tank which was used to store waste oil in a now-defunct chemical factory in Ambernath town in Thane district of Maharashtra, fire officials said.
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Four Die In UK Chemical Tank Explosion
Four people died on Thursday when a chemical tank exploded at a waste water treatment plant near Bristol in western England, police said.
-
IIT Team Develops Systems That Convert Waste Into Useful Chemicals
A research team led by IIT Guwahati professors, Dr Akshai Kumar Alape Seetharam and Dr Hemant Kumar Srivastava, has formulated "pincer" catalytic systems that transform industrial and biomass waste into valuable chemicals.
-
Scientists to Harness the Sun to Break Down Plastic
Scientists said Wednesday they have come up with an environmentally-friendly method that uses artificial sunlight to transform plastic into power-generating chemicals, as countries worldwide battle to reduce waste.
-
Plastic Waste In Antarctica Reveals Scale Of Global Pollution
Plastic waste and toxic chemicals found in remote parts of the Antarctic this year add to evidence that pollution is spreading to the ends of the Earth, environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday.
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China's Lianyungang City Shuts Chemical Plant After State: Report
The Chinese city of Lianyungang, a major chemical and refining hub in the eastern province of Jiangsu, has shut a chemical plant after media reports it was polluting nearby water resources, the municipal government said late on Wednesday.
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300 Children Ill At UP's Shamli After Inhaling Gas From Sugar Factory
Around 300 schoolchildren fell ill this morning in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli after inhaling chemical waste from a sugar mill near their school.
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30 Injured In Blast At Chemical Recycling Plant In Spain
At least 30 people were injured Thursday, three of them seriously, in an explosion at recycling site for hazardous chemical waste near Madrid, forcing the evacuation of nearby schools, authorities said.
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Researchers Develop Simple Method To Extract Gold From Old Phones
Hundreds of tonnes of gold could be recovered from old electronic devices such as smartphones, TV sets and computers each year, thanks to a simple chemical method developed by researchers.
