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The greenest paper of them all

Wondering which paper towel or toilet paper is the greenest? The nonprofit advocacy group Greenpeace has released a pocket guide to paper products -- an updated version of the old National Resources Defense Council guide. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 3




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Maine garbage study shows 60 percent of trash could be diverted

A recently updated 2011 study by the University of Maine School of Economics that sorted and assessed the contents of trash in a representative sample of 17 Maine communities concludes that as much as 60 percent ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Baby galaxies grew up quickly

Baby galaxies from the young Universe more than 12 billion years ago evolved faster than previously thought, shows new research from the Niels Bohr Institute. This means that already in the early history of ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 67 | with audio podcast

Roadway with recycled toilets is world's first official 'Greenroad'

Greenroads, a rating system developed at the University of Washington to promote sustainable roadway construction, awarded its first official certification to a Bellingham project that incorporates porcelain ...

Technology / Other

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Taking biofuel from forest to highway

The world is moving from a hydrocarbon economy to a carbohydrate economy, according to University of British Columbia biofuel expert Jack Saddler. He is presenting his work at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Association ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 18, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

Benefits abound with recently patented system that reduces phosphorus in wastewater

A team of bioprocessing engineers with Kansas State University's Advanced Manufacturing Institute has been issued a patent for a system that removes phosphorus from wastewater and addresses environmental regulations.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Squid mystery in Mexican waters unraveled

While shorter days and colder weather move many of us to hunker under the covers, researchers who spent their summers in fieldwork are more likely to be hunched over microscopes and curled over keyboards, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Carbon dioxide recycling? 'Diagonal' approach for reductive functionalization of carbon dioxide

(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon dioxide is a by-product of energy production, but must it always be viewed as a waste product? This gas could be a useful renewable resource and an environmentally friendly chemical ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

High toxic levels found at school, market neighboring informal e-waste salvage site in Africa

Tests at a school beside an informal electronic waste salvage site in Ghana's capital Accra reveal contamination due to lead, cadmium and other health-threatening pollutants over 50 times higher than risk-free ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Packaging expert sees a social revolution in the evolving barcode

What if you could trace the history of everything you buy back to its origins? Using your smart phone camera, you could learn what factory made the ingredients in your heart medication, what country grew the ...

Technology / Other

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New standard specification may facilitate use of additives that trigger biodegradation of oil-based plastics in landfill

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite efforts to encourage the recycling of plastic water bottles, milk jugs and similar containers, a majority of the plastic packaging produced each year in the United States ends up in ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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