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New Enzyme Can Gobble Plastic Waste by the Billions of Tons

April 28, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on New Enzyme Can Gobble Plastic Waste by the Billions of Tons

AUSTIN, Texas, April 28, 2022 (ENS) – An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at the University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-strangling plastics that typically take [...]

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Coal Waste Reimagined as ‘Ecofriendly’

March 29, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Coal Waste Reimagined as ‘Ecofriendly’

WASHINGTON, DC, March 29, 2022 (ENS) – Turning coal waste from power plants into fire-resistant, strong, lightweight building materials is a project the U.S. Department of Energy is supporting, investing [...]

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World’s E-Waste Heavier than China’s Great Wall

October 14, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on World’s E-Waste Heavier than China’s Great Wall

BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 14, 2021 (ENS) – Today, on International E-Waste Day 2021, waste management experts are asking households, businesses, and governments to take more dead or unused electronic devices [...]

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‘Treasure in Our Dumpsters’ Released by Texas Chemist

October 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on ‘Treasure in Our Dumpsters’ Released by Texas Chemist

HOUSTON, Texas, October 4, 2021 (ENS) – A process to extract valuable metals from electronic waste that uses up to 500 times less energy than current lab methods and produces [...]

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Upcycling Turns Plastic Waste Into Oils, Foods

August 5, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Upcycling Turns Plastic Waste Into Oils, Foods

AMES, Iowa, August 5, 2021 (ENS) – In pursuit of a circular economy that captures waste plastic before it contaminates the environment, scientists are transforming discarded plastic items, originally made [...]

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3D Printing Plant Hits Zero Waste To Landfill Status

April 21, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 3D Printing Plant Hits Zero Waste To Landfill Status

DUSSELDORF, Germany, April 20, 2021 (ENS) – Henkel’s, the German firm founded in 1876 that today manufactures adhesives and resins for 3D printing, has achieved zero production waste to landfill [...]

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Trash by the Ton Cleared Off Remote Hawaiian Beaches

January 13, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Trash by the Ton Cleared Off Remote Hawaiian Beaches

 

KAUNAKAKAI, Moloka’i, Hawaii, January 13, 2021 (ENS) – In the Hawaiian Islands, the past year was plagued with travel and gathering limitations due to COVID-19, yet The Nature Conservancy’s [...]

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U.S. Hanford Nuclear Site to Glassify Plutonium Waste

January 12, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Hanford Nuclear Site to Glassify Plutonium Waste

 

RICHLAND, Washington, January 12, 2021 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Energy is poised to complete a cleanup commitment that has been decades in the making – immobilizing in [...]

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Secret Canada-U.S. Plastic Waste Trade Deal Revealed

December 18, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Secret Canada-U.S. Plastic Waste Trade Deal Revealed

 

SEATTLE, Washington, December 18, 2020 (ENS) – Environmental groups are calling a secret agreement on plastic wastes signed between Canada and the United States “illegal, unacceptable and dangerous.” In [...]

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Low-level Radioactive Waste Could Go to Local Landfills

April 8, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Low-level Radioactive Waste Could Go to Local Landfills

 

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, April 8, 2020 (ENS) – As the nation is focused on coping with the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC, is quietly moving to [...]

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Microplastics Problem Extends Beyond the Sea

February 24, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Microplastics Problem Extends Beyond the Sea

 

GLOUCESTER POINT, Virginia, February 24, 2020 (ENS) – “Microplastics are a global phenomenon that can’t be adequately understood or addressed in the context of the marine environment alone,” [...]

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Turning the Plastic Tide

October 22, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Turning the Plastic Tide

 

NEW YORK, New York, October 22, 2019 (ENS) – Every minute around the world, almost one million plastic bottles are purchased. As the environmental impact of that plastic [...]

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Canada to Ban Throw-Away Plastics by 2021

June 10, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Canada to Ban Throw-Away Plastics by 2021

 

MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, Quebec, Canada, June 10, 2019 (ENS) – Canada intends to ban “harmful” single-use plastics as early as 2021 and hold companies responsible for plastic waste, Prime Minister [...]

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Powering Jet Planes With Plastic Waste

June 4, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Powering Jet Planes With Plastic Waste

 

RICHLAND, Washington, June 4, 2019 (ENS) – Scientists have found a way to turn daily-use plastic waste products into jet fuel. In a method described in a new [...]

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New York City Ends Reliance on Plastic Tableware

April 15, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on New York City Ends Reliance on Plastic Tableware

 

NEW YORK, New York, April 15, 2019 – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order today that will end the direct city purchase of unnecessary [...]

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San Francisco Doubles Down on Recycling

January 24, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on San Francisco Doubles Down on Recycling

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 24, 2019 (ENS) – When faced with a challenge, the city of San Francisco rededicated itself to recycling. One year ago, when China announced [...]

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Kroger to Phase Out Single-Use Plastic Bags by 2025

August 27, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Kroger to Phase Out Single-Use Plastic Bags by 2025

 

CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 27, 2018 (ENS) – The Kroger Co. will phase out single-use plastic bags and transition to reusable bags across its family of more than 2,770 [...]

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New Zealand Rejects Plastic Shopping Bags

August 11, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on New Zealand Rejects Plastic Shopping Bags

 

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, August 11, 2018 (ENS) – New Zealand will phase out single-use plastic shopping bags over the next year, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Associate Environment [...]

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World Environment Day: Planet ‘Swamped’ With Plastic

June 5, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on World Environment Day: Planet ‘Swamped’ With Plastic

 

NEW DELHI, India, June 5, 2018 (ENS) – World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5 each year since the United Nations established it in 1974, is not Earth Day, [...]

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Earth Day 2018 Targets Pollution by Plastic

April 18, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Earth Day 2018 Targets Pollution by Plastic

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 18, 2018 (ENS) – Celebrated on Sunday, April 22, this year’s Earth Day theme is End Plastic Pollution by fundamentally changing human attitudes and behaviors [...]

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