November 29, 2020
This year’s Society for Plastic Engineers‘ Plastics and the Circular Economy virtual conference saw Cleanaway CEO and Managing Director Vik Bansal outline his plan for creating the right environment to drive closed-loop plastic recycling in Australia. “Set against the backdrop of the recent National Waste Policy Action Plan, defined timings for the Waste Export Ban and Container
...November 20, 2020
Meena Sankaran, founder and CEO of California-based startup KETOS, dove into the competitive market of sensor tech to help solve the water crisis.
November 19, 2020
In her new book "Waste," Catherine Coleman Flowers reveals how class, racial, and geographic prejudices foster unhealthy, even deadly, conditions by denying the poor an affordable means of disposing of their sewage.
November 19, 2020
In her new book "Waste," Catherine Coleman Flowers reveals how class, racial, and geographic prejudices foster unhealthy, even deadly, conditions by denying the poor an affordable means of disposing of their sewage.
November 8, 2020
Australian business Planet Protector Packaging has won the inaugural 2020 Ocean Impact Pitchfest for its sustainable thermal packaging solution that plans to eliminate polystyrene from supply chains. After being contracted to set up operations for an Australian meal-kit company, Joanne Howarth, the CEO and founder of Planet Protector Packaging, said she was horrified by the huge volume of wasteful,
...October 25, 2020
Engineers at Monash University have devised an improved method to remove potentially deadly bacteria from water using graphitic carbon nitride and sunlight. The international team — led by Professor Xiwang Zhang from Monash University’s Department of Chemical Engineering — combined graphitic carbon nitride with polyethylenimine (PEI) to destroy E. coli and E. faecalis from water
...October 19, 2020
A new method to molecularly deconstruct polyethylene could see the most commonly used form of plastic transformed it into higher-value, widely used chemical compounds. Many plastic products are intended for single or short-term use — most are not recycled. Efforts to improve the management and reuse of plastic waste have had limited success. Due to significant technical and economic challenges,
...September 30, 2020
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...September 15, 2020
An idea for solving the plastics crisis Sara Kingman Tue, 09/15/2020 - 01:30 A major problem with behavior-change programs in the waste industry is that they rely on consumers being taught to feel the guilt of plastic in the ocean, and the harm to turtles and whales. They’ve tried to condition people to believe that if we buy so-called "zero waste kits," choose zucchini and
...September 8, 2020
The release of an Australian Seaweed Industry Blueprint outlines plans for a $1.5 billion Australian seaweed industry that could employ 9000 people and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10%. The Australian seaweed industry plans to be a $100 million plus industry in the next five years, with investors and entrepreneurs lining up to get involved in seaweed to make money and make a difference by reducing
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