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An offer of ‘kelp’: Recycling marine waste from inactive oil platforms

Envirotec Magazine

In line with forecasts from Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) the feasibility study, which is supported by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), could result in up to 40,000 tonnes of marine growth found on platform jackets being recycled over the next decade.

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Biogas conference to take a “Deep Dive into Scotland’s Net Zero Ambition”

Envirotec Magazine

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WCS Event: More Women on Corporate Boards | February 20, 2020

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Veena has been interviewed in a number of corporate governance publications around governance for sustainability, including in the Cover Story of the 2017 Fall Edition of C Suite Magazine. Her work has been featured by NACD, Ethical Boardroom, GreenBiz, Huffington Post, Environmental Leader and Responsible Investor.

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Study sheds light on the complexities of hospital wastewater treatment

Envirotec Magazine

The findings were published in the Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology , in work that brought together a multidisciplinary team including biologists, chemists, chemical engineers, and environmental scientists. Conventional sludge wastewater treatment programmes are ill-equipped to effectively process hospital wastewater.

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Are microbes the future of recycling? It’s complicated.

Grist

This story was originally published by Undark Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a 16-foot-tall reactor, the flakes are mixed with the patented cutinase enzymes —produced by Denmark-based biotechnology company Novozymes — and warmed to a little above 140 degrees Fahrenheit.