Plastic bottles recycled into Parkinson’s drug using bacteria
University of Edinburgh researchers have used bacteria to turn plastic waste into a Parkinson’s drug, advancing a new…
Binman shares warning about putting 1 common item in recycling or compost bins
TikTok binman Ashley, who posts as The No1 Binman, has warned that a popular food should never go…
The Urgent Need for Policy and Industrial Recycling
Across Africa, waste tyres are an urban environmental burden that are quite hard to miss. These wastes sit…
Multiple Types of Plastic Are Turned into Vinegar Using Sunlight-Powered Process Without Emissions
Waterloo PhD student Wei Wei, who led the research – credit, University of Waterloo, released Researchers at the…
‘In Romania now, you don’t see a bottle anywhere’
A deposit return scheme for drink bottles and cans in Romania has ‘made the impossible possible’ Just a…
3D printed street furniture recycles concrete and brick waste
Regeneration of Urban Village Memory by BENTU DESIGN Inorganic Growth is a research-driven project by BENTU DESIGN…
DBS PayLah! users can use app to get 10-cent refund when beverage container return scheme begins in April
DBS PayLah! is the second digital option for refunds via the scheme to be announced. EZ-Link cards, including…
From Mine to Recovery: The Case for Nickel Recycling in Europe
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. A new study examines the carbon footprint benefits…
Can recycled lab gloves capture carbon dioxide?
The world is facing a climate crisis and a plastic waste crisis. Aarhus University chemist Troels Skrydstrup…
US e‑waste becomes stable source of critical minerals
E‑waste in the United States may soon be more than a growing environmental problem. Researchers at the University…
Japan to subsidize rare-earth recycling push, reducing reliance on China
Supply Chain Environment Ministry to help fund infrastructure for demonstration projects Neodymium is a rare-earth element that can…
Husband and wife founders of Wilson’s Yard call time on their pioneering salvage story – The Irish News
After four decades salvaging of architectural antiques and reclaiming building materials and interior décor pieces, the husband-and-wife team…