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Scotland reaches 12-year low for household waste while recycling plateaus

Envirotec Magazine

What Scotland is recycling – plastic and textiles up, glass and construction & soils down The largest material category recycled or reused in 2022 was paper and cardboard (181,000 tonnes, 27.6%). The largest reductions were glass (a decrease of 10,000 tonnes, 8.1%) followed by construction and soils (a decrease of 9,000 tonnes, 8.6%).

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Transatlantic collaboration aims to boost resilience of sea walls

Envirotec Magazine

The research being conducted by Heriot-Watt and Virginia Tech will investigate how the soil behind sea walls is impacted by repeated wetting and drying cycles over time from waves overtopping the sea walls. This was set up after Hurricane Katrina devastated the southeastern coast of the United States in August 2005.

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The Best Option for Airlines to Shrink Their Carbon Footprint

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The International Civil Aviation Organization anticipates that in 2020, global international aviation emissions will be 70 percent greater than in 2005. Soil itself can hold immense amounts of carbon and is capable of absorbing — through sequestration — more carbon than either oceans or forests.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet. These same principles of human healthcare, and these same scientific and technological advances, are starting to be applied to soil — our most important asset for securing our food supply. Soil at the center . Poornima Param….

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Timberland invests in regenerative leather ranches

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The program collects information about soil health, biodiversity and ecosystem function, which is related to water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics. We think we have a big opportunity in front of us to. So much of what we wear, if we think about it, is really just repurposed oil. "It

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Landfill and recycling both down, and incineration on the up: Scotland waste summary 2020 published

Envirotec Magazine

million tonnes (62.9%) from 2005. Part of the reduction was largely due to less soils landfilled, which decreased by 340,000 tonnes (29.0%) from 2019. The total amount of Scottish household waste recycled was 1.02 million tonnes, a decrease of 66,000 tonnes (6.1%) from 2019.

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An enduring threat to water?

Envirotec Magazine

As many PFAS are surfactants they can also coat soils and concrete surfaces at source areas, exhibiting multi-layered waterproofing effects as PFAS storage zones, where they slowly release because of rainfall. are regulated in drinking water, surface waters, soils and groundwater. Biological approaches to mineralise PFAS (i.e.

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