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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?

Envirotec Magazine

We’ve done it already in the 1990s, when international cooperation quickly phased out ozone-depleting chemicals and stopped the dangerous ozone hole from getting ever-bigger. We are still in the green for ozone-depleting chemicals. Three are based on what we take from the system: biodiversity loss fresh water land use.

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Celebrate July 4th with a lighter footprint

Greenability Magazine

Plus, like most holidays the increased waste from plastic and disposables is added to landfills nationwide. Send leftovers home with guests and consider composting any food waste. Of all those options, the charcoal grill produces the most CO2 and contributes more to ground-level ozone. Reduce your impact at the grill.

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Award in Lithuania for hydrogel granules approach to wastewater treatment

Envirotec Magazine

Explaining the relevance of the invention, the group cites the fact that urban-based hospitals and industries such as small-scale mining and motor garages often dump highly toxic chemicals and medical waste into the wastewater system. Pollutants pose a threat not only to human health and the ecosystem.

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An enduring threat to water?

Envirotec Magazine

Foam fractionation is an innovative approach to the selective removal of PFAS from aqueous wastes as a concentrated foam. The concentrated waste can then be treated with technologies such as sonolysis, electrochemical oxidation, plasma or supercritical water oxidation, which are all evolving as potentially effective destruction approaches.

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Gas purification converts NOx to fertilizer

Envirotec Magazine

Not only are they a significant source of air pollution, but they also contribute to climate change via their conversion into ozone. The potential of this “waste to value” concept has been realized by a company from The Netherlands. Heat and negative pressure are enough for harvesting the valuable raw material in high concentration.

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Seeking clarity

Envirotec Magazine

sources include vehicle emissions, coal-burning power plants, industrial emissions, and burning agricultural waste. The NOx gases are chemically reactive, and so tend to contribute to the formation of other pollutants such as ozone and PM2.5. Between NO2 and PM2.5, exceed the WHO’s guidelines (5?g.m3). contributes to this effect.

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Prefabricated, luxury eco-pod sits high in the Swiss Alps

AGreenLiving

The wooden bathroom is constructed locally to minimize waste and transportation. The bathroom also utilizes an Ozone system to filter water without the use of harmful chemicals. Montalba Architects Via An Interior Magazine Photography by Delphine Burtin via Montalba Architects. A bathtub centers the distinct, circular design.

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