Sustainability – Page 16
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Feature
Could artificial meat save the planet?
As meat production becomes unsustainable, Dinsa Sachan investigates the new industry of meat substitutes
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Research
Ozone filling a hole in water disinfection
Ozone generator proves to be healthier alternative to established chlorination technology for small-scale wastewater treatment
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Podcast
Science and the City by Laurie Winkless – Book club
In this month’s book club we discuss the technologies that help modern cities function
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Research
Plastics synthesis goes green
Enzyme-catalysed polymerisation could lead to sustainable plastics
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Research
Carbonate solvent makes for greener leather
Propylene carbonate helps to reduce amount of wastewater generated during leather tanning
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Research
Mineral hydrogel points to new recyclable plastics
Calcium carbonate hydrogel can be moulded, hardened and recycled – just add water
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Research
Old CDs recycled into valuable plastic
One pot technique can turn polycarbonates into polymer used in specialist engineering and medical roles
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Research
Computer program pins down carbon capturing ionic liquids
Simulations take guesswork out of finding optimal conditions for CO2 capture
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Research
Carbon dioxide reduction put under the spotlight
Rhenium catalyst that responds to visible light can effectively reduce carbon dioxide
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Research
MOF in a bottle
Waste plastic bottles become a source for porous metal–organic framework synthesis
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Opinion
Towards a new plastics economy
Global change is needed to avert disaster, says the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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Business
Pumping up industrial wasted heat
Company profile: Qpinch reclaims wasted energy by mimicking nature
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Research
Bacteria seeded with synthetic pathways
Living factories provide alternative to complicated chemical syntheses or farming hectares of crops
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Research
Grubbs’ catalyst drives tyre recycling
Rubbery networks broken down into reusable materials
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Research
Carbon monoxide where you want it, when you want it
Hazardous bottled gas redundant thanks to methods that generate it at the point of use
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Research
Plastic-eating bacteria show way to recycle plastic bottles sustainably
Two bacterial enzymes can break up PET polymer into its building blocks
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Podcast
Elements of Power by David Abraham – Book club
This month we learn of the problems that arise from mining rare metals in David Abraham’s The Elements of Power
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Business
Quotient ups carbon-14 quota with recycling plant
Plant may provide a solution to the supply shortage of the radiolabel barium [C-14] carbonate
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Research
Burn to boost silver salvage from solar cells
Improved sterling recovery cuts environmental impact of solar cell recycling