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recycling
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We Waste Gold. Regularly.
In 2022, humanity threw away an estimated 270,000 kilograms of gold, worth $15 billion, primarily through discarded electronics.…
A brief guide to clothes recycling – sustainability expert unpicks how your discarded garments get processsed
According to a textile sorter and processor based in the East Midlands, approximately 40% of sorted garments were…
‘Urban mines’: how to unlock our electronic junk’s potential
Could this heap of junk prevent us from having to open a new mine? Hellebardius, CC BY-NC-ND Fanny…
New class of recyclable polymer materials could one day help reduce single-use plastic waste
Single-use plastics. Anton Petrus/Moment Katherine Harry, Colorado State University and Emma Rettner, Colorado State University Hundreds of millions…
3 little-known reasons why plastic recycling could actually make things worse
Chanchai Phetdikhai, Shutterstock Pascal Scherrer, Southern Cross University This week in Paris, negotiators from around the world are…
Scientists Can Now Turn Plastic Waste Into “Nanopored” Carbon Capture Tech
As the world’s demand for plastic products remains unabated through the years since its widespread use, experts have…
“Flash Joule Heating” Now Recycles Metals From e-Waste, Too
Truth be told, this wouldn’t be the first time we’ve talked about flash joule heating. Some folks over…
The Numbers Under Your Soda Bottle: What Do They Mean?
I imagine most of you have gone around and bought drinks from a nearby store. Maybe you’re out…
Scientists Use Bacteria to Transform Waste PET Into Vanilla
Vanillin, with the molecular formula C8H8O3, is the primary component of vanilla bean extract. Global vanillin demand in…