Most people think about trash for 30 seconds a weekâthe amount of time it takes them to bring their garbage bin to the curb.
Environment
Feb 8, 2022
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Many people think of composting organic matter as a way of keeping solid waste out of landfills, but a new study from North Carolina State University finds there can be significant environmental benefits associated with using ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2020
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What do Australians love more than food? Wasting it. Here's how we can change.
Environment
Nov 5, 2018
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Australia's report card on reducing its greenhouse gas emissions is not exactly glowing, but there are ample opportunities to get it on track during this period of rapid change in the energy sector. Greater use of renewable ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 16, 2018
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The Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), established in 2014 with funding of A$2.55 billion, is mostly spent. With just A$200 million left to be allocated, the Climate Change Authority this week released a report on the fund's ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2017
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Instead of hauling food waste to landfills, we might want to use that organic waste to power garbage trucks, your car, truck or SUV while at the same time potentially helping the environment.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 28, 2017
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Now that most consumers download and stream their movies and music, more and more CDs and DVDs will end up in landfills or be recycled. But soon these discarded discs could take on a different role: curbing the release of ...
Materials Science
Apr 8, 2015
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Landfills can make a profit from all their rotting waste and a new patent explains exactly how to make the most out of the stinky garbage sites.
Other
Mar 31, 2015
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The White House pledged Friday to clamp down on US emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas produced by cattle and natural gas production that contributes to climate change.
Environment
Mar 28, 2014
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Teresita Mabignay does her ironing using free electricity on the slope of a garbage dump, an unlikely beneficiary of efforts to turn the Philippines' growing rubbish problems into a clean-energy windfall.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 27, 2013
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