That's a bioplastic wrap
Bioplastics take on traditional petrochemical plastics in food packaging, with some challenges.
Materials Science
Dec 15, 2014
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Back to the future with nature's own construction materials?
Europe's construction industry has a crucial role in cutting carbon emissions and energy consumption. But getting companies to ditch traditional building materials for greener, bio-based alternatives remains an uphill struggle. ...
Engineering
Oct 6, 2015
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When recycling equates with quality raw materials
Recycled materials are often of lower quality than the materials from which they were derived. Now the cradle-to-cradle recycling concept has been applied to carpets to deliver high-quality recycled material.
Other
Sep 9, 2013
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Bitumen roofing can be recycled… but isn't
Bitumen, the sticky, gooey black stuff you sometimes see oozing out of hot road surfaces, is a valuable binding agent. Not only in road building. But also in construction and in the production of roofing materials. What ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 30, 2013
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Making clothes from milk
In the EU, residents waste an estimated 88 million tonnes of food every year, according to the latest estimates. That is roughly 170 kilogrammes per person. But what if scientists could turn some of that waste into useful ...
Health
Jul 31, 2017
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European project sets out to boost the wind energy sector by further improving the reliability of wind turbines
The WINDTRUST project kicked off in September 2013 with the objective of improving the competitiveness of the wind energy sector by developing and testing innovative components to further improve turbine reliability.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 11, 2013
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Aquaculture: Helping blue turn green
Producing sea shells and algae alongside fish could provide both an environmentally friendly and economically viable solution to make Mediterranean aquaculture sustainable.
Ecology
Jan 21, 2013
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Cleaning oil spills with paper mill sludge
Millions of tons of paper industry waste could soon be reused into a green solution to mop up oil or chemical spills.
Materials Science
Feb 25, 2013
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Cow fertility – not so black and white
Holstein cattle - the black-and-white dairy cows you might see in a child's picture book - have been bred in northern Europe for hundreds of years. Over the last few decades, better management and selective breeding of the ...
Other
Feb 28, 2014
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Money-saving small wind turbines—myth or reality?
Small wind turbines promise a decentralised and clean energy source, but what can be done to make them more cost effective? At the moment, better use of feed-in tariffs is recognised as a potentially effective tool for boosting ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 16, 2017
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