While recycling efforts have evolved over the years, turning trash into graphene provides both environmental and business advantages. Find out more about how this recycling method can create a lucrative business. The problem many businesses and organizations have with recycling methods is that they are rarely efficient and even more rarely profitable. However, turning trash ...
Electric vehicle advocates say the cars ultimately have a smaller carbon footprint than their fossil-fuelled counterparts and could resolve our energy concerns for good. Well, fair enough, but questions arise when we dig into the inner layers of electrical vehicles and see how sustainable their components are. In fact, the batteries that power electric vehicles ...
This week in Paris, negotiators from around the world are convening for a United Nations meeting. They will tackle a thorny problem: finding a globally binding solution for plastic recycling and plastic pollution. Of the staggering 460 million tonnes of plastic used globally in 2019 alone, much is used only once and thrown away. About ...
Mountains — their height, their mass, their climates, and their ecosystems — have fascinated humans for thousands of years. But there is one that holds extra-special meaning for many — Mount Everest, or Chomolungma, as the Nepalese Sherpa people call it. A sacred mountain for some, for others the world’s highest peak, represents a challenge ...
As the global population continues to increase, the demand for resources and energy is also growing. This, in turn, has put a strain on the environment and has caused many of the world’s natural resources to become depleted. In response, companies and organizations have begun to shift their focus from traditional business models to ones ...
Plastic bags have been a critical issue for many years as scientists have discovered their dangerous effects on the environment. Given plastic bags’ harmful effects, biodegradable plastic bags were offered as a solution to this problem. However, adopting a resolution could be ineffective. Scientists decided to dig deeper to discover the truth about biodegradable plastic ...
Now, after the United Nations’ historic decision to adopt a global treaty to end plastic pollution earlier this year, governmental negotiations on the agreement are set to begin on May 30. These will foster intense debates on what types of measures will be needed to end the pollution of the air, soil, rivers, and oceans ...
New ways of tackling the threat that space junk debris in our skies poses are being explored by University of Warwick scientists, as they pioneer new research that could help the UK fulfill its ambition to become a responsible spacefaring nation. Scientists at a new Centre for Space Domain Awareness are to focus attention on ...
China is involved in several rail projects across Asia and Africa, one of which is the rail project in Indonesia. Some of these large-scale rail projects are already in progress and when completed they will enhance the intra-country transport system. However, the reality is not all Chinese rail projects are developing as planned. The much-talked-about ...
Crude oil production and natural gas withdrawals in the United States have lessened the country’s dependence on foreign oil and provided financial relief to U.S. consumers. However, hydrofracking and drilling have also raised longstanding concerns about environmental damage, such as groundwater contamination. A researcher in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, and a team ...
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