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Mealworms Can Eat Plastic, But Study Shows Limited Impact on Pollution Crisis
Research published in Biology Letters has examined the ability of mealworms to break down plastics, including disposable face masks. According to the study, it takes 100 mealworms about 138 days to consume a single polypropylene mask. The findings indicate that while insects like mealworms can eat and degrade plastics, their slow consumption rate m...
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New Global Policies to Cut Plastic Waste and Reduce Carbon Emissions by 2050
A study from UC Santa Barbara and Berkeley suggests four key policies that could reduce global plastic waste mismanagement by 91 percent and cut related emissions by 30 percent by 2050. The policies include a mandate for 40 percent recycled plastic in new products, a cap on plastic production, greater investment in waste management, and a fee on pl...
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Why You Should Never Throw Away Food Delivery Boxes Without Doing This First
Food Delivery Boxes Uses: This viral video exposes the gross truth about disposing takeout boxes - and it's eye-opening.
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Japan’s Fermentation Innovation Turns Food Waste into High-Quality Pig Feed
Japan is making strides in sustainability with an innovative approach to food waste. Koichi Takahashi, founder of the Japan Food Ecology Center, has developed a fermentation process that transforms leftover food into nutritious pig feed. This method addresses both environmental and economic challenges by recycling food scraps, which include leftove...
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5 Genius Ways to Reuse Leftover Cucumber Peels
There is nothing that screams summer more than cucumber. But its peels are often discarded. Try these 5 easy ways to give your leftover cucumber peels a second life.
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Lightning Strike Hits UK Biogas Plant, Sends A Huge Fireball Into Sky
A lightning strike hit a UK food waste recycling plant on Monday, sending a huge fireball into the night sky and cutting power nearby.
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Chatbots Like ChatGPT That Won’t Take Bribes for Giving Advice a Hit in India
ChatGPT is gaining popularity in India and an AI trial that happened in Bangalore offered India’s domestic workers, waste recyclers and struggling farmers a hands-on experience with the new tool. The new tech can assist in professional communications, empower people who don’t have language skills and help those who have a disability.
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World's First Sunglasses Made With Chips Packets In India - It's Impressive
The Pune-based company made the novel breakthrough in their small laboratory after two years of research. They found a way to cut through the multi-layer plastic (MLP) and turn it into trendy sunglasses.
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'Rudra Veena', Weighing More Than 5 Tonnes, Made Using Scrap In Bhopal
Rs 10 lakh was spent on its creation by the artists and the work was completed in around six months.
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Smartphone Waste to Constitute Over 30 Percent of World's Total Mobiles in 2022: Report
More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain. Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000 kilometres, more than a hundred times h...
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Re-Sustainability To Recycle 30,000-Tonne Debris From Noida Twin Towers
Re-Sustainability today said it has bagged a contract to recycle 30,000 tonne of waste generated from the demolition of Supertech's twin towers over the next three months.
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Independence Day 2022: Karan Johar On Fighting Climate Change - "Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle"
He emphasised fighting climate change and talked about incorporating the 4Rs of waste management – “reduce, reuse, repair and recycle” - into our habits.
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Researchers Develop New Method to Convert Waste Carbon Atoms to Plastic Products Without Harming Environment
In a new study, researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have made use of the carbon atoms in the waste to create raw material for the production of plastics. The carbon atoms used in the study are usually burned up or dumped in landfills rather than being recycled.
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Beer Made From Recycled Toilet Water Wins Admirers In Singapore
"NEWBrew" is no ordinary beer. The new Singapore blond ale is made with recycled sewage. The alcoholic beverage is a collaboration between the country's national water agency, PUB, and local craft brewery Brewerkz.
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DDA Approves Proposal to Set Up Eco Park for E-Waste Management in Narela
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has given its nod to a proposal to change land use of a plot in Narela for setting up a 'first-of-its-kind' park in the city for management of electronic waste, officials said.
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Mealworms Can Eat Plastic, But Study Shows Limited Impact on Pollution Crisis
Research published in Biology Letters has examined the ability of mealworms to break down plastics, including disposable face masks. According to the study, it takes 100 mealworms about 138 days to consume a single polypropylene mask. The findings indicate that while insects like mealworms can eat and degrade plastics, their slow consumption rate m...
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New Global Policies to Cut Plastic Waste and Reduce Carbon Emissions by 2050
A study from UC Santa Barbara and Berkeley suggests four key policies that could reduce global plastic waste mismanagement by 91 percent and cut related emissions by 30 percent by 2050. The policies include a mandate for 40 percent recycled plastic in new products, a cap on plastic production, greater investment in waste management, and a fee on pl...
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Why You Should Never Throw Away Food Delivery Boxes Without Doing This First
Food Delivery Boxes Uses: This viral video exposes the gross truth about disposing takeout boxes - and it's eye-opening.
-
Japan’s Fermentation Innovation Turns Food Waste into High-Quality Pig Feed
Japan is making strides in sustainability with an innovative approach to food waste. Koichi Takahashi, founder of the Japan Food Ecology Center, has developed a fermentation process that transforms leftover food into nutritious pig feed. This method addresses both environmental and economic challenges by recycling food scraps, which include leftove...
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5 Genius Ways to Reuse Leftover Cucumber Peels
There is nothing that screams summer more than cucumber. But its peels are often discarded. Try these 5 easy ways to give your leftover cucumber peels a second life.
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Lightning Strike Hits UK Biogas Plant, Sends A Huge Fireball Into Sky
A lightning strike hit a UK food waste recycling plant on Monday, sending a huge fireball into the night sky and cutting power nearby.
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Chatbots Like ChatGPT That Won’t Take Bribes for Giving Advice a Hit in India
ChatGPT is gaining popularity in India and an AI trial that happened in Bangalore offered India’s domestic workers, waste recyclers and struggling farmers a hands-on experience with the new tool. The new tech can assist in professional communications, empower people who don’t have language skills and help those who have a disability.
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World's First Sunglasses Made With Chips Packets In India - It's Impressive
The Pune-based company made the novel breakthrough in their small laboratory after two years of research. They found a way to cut through the multi-layer plastic (MLP) and turn it into trendy sunglasses.
-
'Rudra Veena', Weighing More Than 5 Tonnes, Made Using Scrap In Bhopal
Rs 10 lakh was spent on its creation by the artists and the work was completed in around six months.
-
Smartphone Waste to Constitute Over 30 Percent of World's Total Mobiles in 2022: Report
More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain. Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000 kilometres, more than a hundred times h...
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Re-Sustainability To Recycle 30,000-Tonne Debris From Noida Twin Towers
Re-Sustainability today said it has bagged a contract to recycle 30,000 tonne of waste generated from the demolition of Supertech's twin towers over the next three months.
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Independence Day 2022: Karan Johar On Fighting Climate Change - "Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle"
He emphasised fighting climate change and talked about incorporating the 4Rs of waste management – “reduce, reuse, repair and recycle” - into our habits.
-
Researchers Develop New Method to Convert Waste Carbon Atoms to Plastic Products Without Harming Environment
In a new study, researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have made use of the carbon atoms in the waste to create raw material for the production of plastics. The carbon atoms used in the study are usually burned up or dumped in landfills rather than being recycled.
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Beer Made From Recycled Toilet Water Wins Admirers In Singapore
"NEWBrew" is no ordinary beer. The new Singapore blond ale is made with recycled sewage. The alcoholic beverage is a collaboration between the country's national water agency, PUB, and local craft brewery Brewerkz.
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DDA Approves Proposal to Set Up Eco Park for E-Waste Management in Narela
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has given its nod to a proposal to change land use of a plot in Narela for setting up a 'first-of-its-kind' park in the city for management of electronic waste, officials said.
