Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By Gauthier Eppe Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. POPs are ubiquitous in our environment (water systems, soil, air and sediments) and they bioaccumulate, passing from species to species through the trophic chain, ultimately ending up in the human body.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Upgrading UK soils, particularly farmland and degraded peatlands, could radically improve their ability to store carbon. The potential of soil to sequester carbon is huge and should be fully maximised.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This diverts the wastewater from Spring Creek and allows the soil to act as a natural filter for any chemical residuals that remain in the wastewater (image credit: Heather Preisendanz, Penn State). However, naproxen concentrations detected in effluent were at levels that could pose a low-to-medium risk to aquatic organisms.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

An international research collaboration is setting out to find new ways of monitoring crop growth with biodegradable sensors which can be composted at the end of their lifespan. The team aim to make the patch completely biodegradable, and capable of nourishing the soil once it reaches the end of its period of usefulness.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Large pieces of plastic can break down into nanosized particles that often find their way into soil and water. Jelinek’s team at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have previously developed an e-nose for monitoring the presence of bacteria by adsorbing and sensing the unique combination of gas vapour molecules that they release.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Despite these ‘severe’ threats to health and ecosystems, the authors underscored that there is inadequate infrastructure, investment and regulatory effort for making dye usage more sustainable, or for treatment of dye-containing wastewater. Above) Sources of dye-containing wastewater (image credit: University of Bath).

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Rivers, for example, though we would expect this to be a catchment-specific issue, said David Tompkins, a soil scientist with Aqua Enviro, during the November event. It allocates actions to stakeholders including the EA, local authorities and organic processors. And not all rivers carry the same load of microplastics.

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