News tagged with waste compost

'Peepoo' bag offers sanitary human waste disposal for pennies

(PhysOrg.com) -- About 40 percent of the earth’s population, or 2.6 billion people, do not have access to a toilet, according to United Nations. The unsanitary conditions have resulted in contaminated drinking ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 17 | with audio podcast weblog

Organic weed control options for highbush blueberry

Research scientists at Nova Scotia Agricultural College have been working steadily to find effective organic methods to control weeds in cultivated blueberry crops. One resulting study, published in a recent ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Indoor Composting With NatureMill (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many people throw out organic food waste. When I do this, I feel vaguely guilty, knowing I should probably compost it for my backyard garden. However, last time we tried to compost, the neighbors ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 weblog




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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

Researcher's waste-to-energy technology moves from the lab to the marketplace

(Phys.org) -- Technology invented by a University of California, Davis, researcher that converts solid waste into renewable energy is debuting today as the first commercially available, high-solid anaerobic ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

UW introduces 'intelligent' kiosks for composting, recycling, garbage

Solar-powered. Wireless. Data-driven. You might not think of these terms when describing waste collection, but this traditionally low-tech field is about to become less dirty and more digital thanks to a new ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fuel from market waste

Mushy tomatoes, brown bananas and overripe cherries -- to date, waste from wholesale markets has ended up on the compost heap at best. In future it will be put to better use: Researchers have developed a new ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Green potential of our industrial past

Manipulating the soil in urban and industrial areas in order to capture more carbon from the atmosphere is the “best resource we have to begin to mitigate human CO2 emissions”, experts claim.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Small things, big thinking

Finely tuned for touch and smell, the fly foot has sensors that can detect both chemical and mechanical changes in the environment.  The outcome of more than three billion years of evolution, these sensors are far smaller ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Worm compost can suppress plant disease, regulate nutrients, research finds

Organic growers could soon have another weapon in their arsenal, courtesy of the humble worm.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report calls for energy-smart food

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Massey University energy expert says the global agriculture industry, including that of New Zealand, must reduce its dependence on fossil fuels to secure food supply in the future.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Researcher unpacks the perils of a supersized Christmas dinner

Are you really going to eat a whole oversized roast turkey? Are 38 cans of soft drink more than plenty? Should you buy six packets of Christmas pudding just to get an extra one free? These are the sort of ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research leads to improved bioplastic films

Packaging extends the life of food products. It also generates extra waste. Researchers at Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research are working with the branch organization NRK, affiliated companies and government ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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