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Graphene-based packaging presented as first truly biodegradeable and compostable alternative to plastic

Envirotec Magazine

.” The biopolymers are combined with graphene, a variant of carbon (or allotrope , to be precise) whose modern rediscovery and isolation at the University of Manchester in 2004 led to a Nobel Prize. In addition, some bioplastics produce methane gas when they decompose, a compound with a global warming potential 25 times that of CO2.

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As EU Weans Itself From Russian Energy, U.S. Shale Gas Industry Pushes New LNG Export Plant in Pennsylvania

DeSmogBlog

As co-founder of the community group Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living, Mayfield has spent years fighting to protect her majority Black and low-income city from the pollution spewed by the nearby Covanta waste-to-energy facility — the country’s largest waste incinerator.

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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

On a quest to tame these inaccuracies, in late 2011, he proposed a simple technical fix that he claims will “result in more accurate billing, extended meter lives, reduced landfill waste, and a more efficient utilization of [utility] personnel.”. million from 2002-2004. Dye had other suggestions for how the company should operate.

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Revealed: How Big Dairy Is Milking Net Zero

DeSmogBlog

Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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This ultra-strong nanomaterial could cut carbon emissions — and it’s made out of garbage

Grist

Since graphene was discovered in 2004, demand for the material has skyrocketed thanks to its remarkable physical qualities. The idea of turning waste into graphene isn’t new , but this is the first time researchers have made the transformation a reality. And that transformation may no longer be a fantasy.

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Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?

DeSmogBlog

On May 8, 2017, a drum of radioactive oilfield waste from Australia arrived at a remote West Texas disposal site operated by local oil and gas environmental services company, Lotus LLC. This drum of waste entered the United States aboard a Singapore Airlines cargo jet, appropriately packaged in a steel drum.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

All in all, the site is effectively a self-sufficient company town that houses up to 7,000 staff as well as schools, medical centres, leisure facilities, and even a hotel for corporate visitors, with around 85 per cent of its energy needs met by an onsite biomass plant that uses waste wood materials as feedstock, alongside small quantities of coal.