Sustainability – Page 13
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Opinion
Addressing the plastics problem
Sustainability must be fully incorporated into material design
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Feature
The plastic sorting challenge
Before we can recycle many plastics, they must be sorted into separate streams. Angeli Mehta finds out how
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Opinion
Plastics and pandemics
The Covid-19 pandemic is our top priority but the plastic problem isn’t going away
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Opinion
Reducing plastic waste in the lab
It’s time to confront the amount of plastic that’s thrown away by scientists each year
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Research
Chemically stable membrane sieves molecules from multiple solvents
Janus pore design and solvent-resistant support behind efficient organic solvent nanofiltration system
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Feature
Plastic recycling heading for the mainstream
Nina Notman talks to some of the companies launching chemical recycling technologies for single-use plastics
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Feature
Sustainable lab buildings
After a decade of grassroots growth, the laboratory sustainability movement is bursting into the mainstream finds James Mitchell Crow
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Opinion
Fossil industries promise net emissions reductions
Can the oil industry really curb its carbon output fast enough to impact climate targets?
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Research
Light-harvesting clusters and titanium dioxide cooperate to fix nitrogen
Atomically precise metal clusters continue to gather momentum by catalysing the production of ammonia
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Business
Solar-powered water purification
Majico’s photocatalytic water kiosks are increasing access to affordable drinking water in Tanzania
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Research
Engineered yeast can remove heavy metals from wastewater
Easy storage and rapid growth could see yeast compete with bacterial and chemical remediation
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Research
Durable catalyst could enable large scale conversion of carbon dioxide to syngas
Nanocatalysts on crystalline supports show remarkable stability producing hydrogen and carbon monoxide
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Article
Transforming innovation for startups
Green polymer specialists Novomer and biotech startup SynbiCite optimised industrial and biotech processes using design of experiment software from JMP
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News
Can negative emission technologies overcome climate catastrophe?
Reforestation, carbon capture and storage, direct air capture are among the ‘Nets’ that could remove CO2 from the atmosphere
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Opinion
A dedicated follower of slow fashion
Our features editor has some clothes that are nearly old enough to vote
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Feature
Recycling clothing the chemical way
Nina Notman explores how chemistry is poised to close the loop in clothing recycling
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Research
Electrolyser selectively consumes carbon dioxide in unpurified flue gas
Method tackles kinetic and thermodynamic hurdles
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Research
Study questions benefits of spending on carbon capture
Previous models failed to consider upstream carbon emissions and air pollution
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RSC
Celebrating the IYPT in style
To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT), the Royal Society of Chemistry led and supported community activities, educational initiatives and celebratory events globally in 2019