The Environmental Blog
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Did you realize that by throwing food out, you’re also wasting water and causing climate change? billion tonnes of food worth $1 trillion is lost or wasted yearly. According to a World Food Programme (WEP) estimate, about a third of all food produced each year is wasted or lost before it can be eaten. Approximately 1.3
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
An example of a pit latrine, where human waste is deposited in the soil where nature is able to safely sanitise it (image credit: Dr Simon Willcock, Bangor University). This includes pit latrine waste that gradually filters through the soil — a natural process that cleans it before it reaches groundwater.
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Charged
MAY 17, 2022
According to the company, the UniMelt process replaces a three-day, multi-step, high-waste chemical co-precipitation (hydro-met) process with one that is ultra-clean and ultra-fast. 6K is the only company capable of battery material production at costs lower than Asia, while also reducing impact on the environment by 70-90%.
The Environmental Blog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Pakistan is considered one of the disaster-prone countries in Asia. These play role in the flooding equation because trees strengthen the soil and prevent soil erosion and absorb water efficiently. Glaciers are receding and wasting at a global level, which shows the sign of Global warming. Fewer Tress = More Floods.
Grist
OCTOBER 31, 2023
billion acres of soil around the world have gotten saltier, an area roughly the size of the entire United States, and it’s stressing out plants. Salt is even getting kicked up into the air: In arid regions, “lakes are drying up and sending plumes of saline dust into the atmosphere,” such as the Aral Sea in Central Asia, the study says.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 11, 2023
With their wide deployment and persistence, it’s no surprise PFAS collect in landfills – one of a number of acute pressure points in the environment where there is an elevated risk of their finding their way into soil, water and air. Longer-chain PFAS such as PFOS and PFOS-precursors seem to dominate in landfill sediment.
Grist
AUGUST 3, 2021
Over time, they suck the soil dry of metals like nickel, zinc, cobalt, and even gold. At the midpoint of that range, a farmer would net a cool $3,800 per acre of nickel at today’s prices – which, van der Ent added, is “on par with some of the best-performing agricultural crops on fertile soils, while operating costs are similar.”.
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