Energy GWPF warns ministers not to draw the wrong lessons from Europe’s energy crisis by Dr Benny Peiser Director, Global Warming Policy Forum The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF) has warned policy makers in London and Brussels not to draw the wrong lessons from Europe’s looming energy crisis or face growing public outrage and upheaval
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Packaging generates a lot of waste – now Maine and Oregon want manufacturers to foot the bill for getting rid of it by Jessica Heiges & Kate O'Neill Most consumers don’t pay much attention to the packaging that their purchases come in, unless it’s hard to open or the item is really over-wrapped. But packaging accounts for about…
Climate change From jet fuel to clothes, microbes can help us recycle carbon dioxide into everyday products by Jamin Wood, Bernardo Virdis & Shihu Hu We need to find new ways to transform industrial manufacturing from being a carbon dioxide source to a carbon dioxide user
Biogas We could power households from the scraps in our food waste bins – here’s what is stopping us by Ananya Mukherjee, Research Associate in Sociology, University of Surrey Imagine if you could power your kettle using the energy generated from the vegetable cuttings quietly breaking down in your kitchen’s compost bin. That reality might not be so far…
Health and Safety Environmental racism by Ingrid Waldron & Juliet Daniel Email Twitter5 Facebook213 LinkedIn Print In the 1940s, the town of Shelburne, N.S., became home to a new garbage dump. Residential, industrial and medical waste from throughout eastern Shelburne County was burned at the dump over the decades, leaving nearby residents concerned about health issues
Pyrolysis The pyrolysis dilemma: To source within or go outside the established secondary market by Charles Willard, Analyst, Lux Research how will the petrochemical industry divert eight million tons of previously uncollected plastic waste in Europe over the next decade?
Chemical recycling How chemical recycling technology could help fix plastic pollution by Matthew Jones & Jack Payne Chemical recycling provides the potential for infinite recyclability
Batteries Demand for rare-earth metals is skyrocketing by Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo We’re creating a safer, cleaner way to recover them from old phones and laptops Rare-earth metals are critical to the high-tech society we live in as an essential component of mobile…
Micro-plastic The ocean is full of tiny plastic particles – we found a way to track them with satellites by Christopher Ruf Plastic is the most common type of debris floating in the world’s oceans. Waves and sunlight break much of it down into smaller particles called microplastics – fragments less than…
Oceans Plastic pollution: scientists track a cargo spill from New York to Norway, reveal how currents disperse harmful substances by Andrew Turner The blocking of the Suez Canal in March by a megaship named Ever Given delayed over 200 vessels laden with thousands of containers, serving as a reminder of the…