Chocolate made with fewer calories, less waste
“Whole fruit chocolate” uses cocoa pulp and inner shell in lieu of sugar. Enlarge (credit: YelenaYemchuk) Commercialization has not dealt kindly with the Mayan Food of the Gods. Modern chocolate products are filled w.....»»
NZ"s government plans to switch to a circular economy to cut waste and emissions
The New Zealand government is currently developing plans to address two crises—climate change and waste—and to embrace a circular economy. But it has no clear path for how to do this. The resulting muddle is watering down the potential of a circu.....»»
EPA announces rules to slash methane leaks throughout oil and gas supply chain
Regulations would reduce leaks of the potent greenhouse gas by 75 percent. Right now, a lot of the methane created or extracted during other activities goes to waste. (credit: Lawrence Berkeley Lab) The EPA announced new rules.....»»
Insulation from old jeans, walls from waste concrete: Less guilt and more solutions are needed for construction
Construction material prices are uncommonly high. Material shortages are affecting the construction industry, which uses up to 50% of the world's raw materials. The pressure to move to a circular economy is substantial......»»
Getting a solid soil response to biosolids application
Many people do not know that human waste can be recycled to benefit the environment. After intense treatment, it can be applied to fields in the form of biosolids......»»
Video: Is bacteria the future of oil spill and radioactive waste cleanup?
The Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 released millions of tons of oil into the ocean. As governments and the oil industry were trying to clean up the disaster, bacteria were already hard at work......»»
Environmentally hazardous coal waste diminished by citric acid
In one of nature's unexpected bounties, a harmless food-grade solvent has been used to extract highly sought rare-earth metals from coal ash, reducing the amount of ash without damaging the environment and at the same time increasing an important nat.....»»
Recycling isn’t enough. Here’s what experts say will solve the e-waste crisis
The world has a massive e-waste problem. Recycling helps, but it's only one solution in a network of problems affecting how electronics impact the environment......»»
Stardew Valley creator’s next game is about a haunted chocolatier
Living up to its name, Haunted Chocolatier will put players in the shoes of a chocolate maker assisted by adorable ghosts......»»
Breaking trade-off problem that limits thermoelectric conversion efficiency of waste heat
In recent years, energy consumption in developed countries has been rather wasteful. Nearly two-thirds of the total energy is typically discarded as "waste heat," which ends up contributing to global warming. Finding a way to productively use this he.....»»
Valorizing into urban biowaste locally: Conclusive results of the European DECISIVE project
Biowaste, food waste and other natural biodegradable refuse make up a third of French household waste. This biodegradable waste is a potential source of energy for producing electricity and heat but can also provide a wealth of products with high add.....»»
The UK"s Royal Mint is using "revolutionary" new tech to recover gold from e-waste
The Royal Mint has partnered with Canadian start-up Excir to use the extraction tech, which is able to recover 99% of the metals found in electronic waste. It said the chemistry selectively targets and extracts precious metals from circuit boards in.....»»
The Royal Mint To Extract Gold From Old Phones
Gold and precious metals are to be extracted from old phones and laptops by Britain's coin-maker. From a report: The Royal Mint plans to introduce a world-first technology to the UK to recycle gold from electronic waste. Fewer than one fifth of elect.....»»
New discovery can improve industrial yeast strains
Baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is used industrially to produce a great variety of biochemicals. These biochemicals can be produced from waste material from the agricultural or forest industry (second-generation biomass). During the mechanic.....»»
Unlined waste disposal pits endanger groundwater in San Joaquin Valley
A new study by the energy science and policy research institute, Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers (PSE) for Healthy Energy shows that the disposal of over 16 billion barrels of oil and gas wastewater into unlined pits over a 50-year period has i.....»»
You thought the oil spill was bad? In LA, toxic waste is everywhere
In a bad way, a very bad way, the Huntington Beach oil spill is the enviro-disaster equivalent of the giant panda......»»
Making surgical instruments from medical waste
In Dutch hospitals, over a million kilos of blue 'wrapping paper' is used each year to keep medical instruments sterile. After they have been used, they create an enormous mountain of waste. TU Delft researchers Tim Horeman and Bart van Straten, in c.....»»
Urban mining for metals flashes forward
In what should be a win-win-win for the environment, a process developed at Rice University to extract valuable metals from electronic waste would also use up to 500 times less energy than current lab methods and produce a byproduct clean enough for.....»»
Reducing plastics in gardens
With plastic waste a worldwide problem, consumers are taking steps to reduce use and recycle more household packaging—including in their own backyard......»»
Licking a Tootsie Roll sensor to monitor health
Single-use diagnostic tests often aren't practical for health professionals or patients in resource-limited areas, where cost and waste disposal are big concerns. So, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have turned to a surpri.....»»
Want to reduce your food waste at home? Here are the six best evidence-based ways to do it
From the farm to the plate, the modern day food system has a waste problem. Each year, a third of all food produced around the world, or 1.3 billion tons, ends up as rubbish. Imagine that for a moment—it's like buying three bags of groceries at the.....»»