Microplastics (MPs), i.e., tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in length, can now be found throughout the ocean and other aquatic ecosystems, and even in our seafood and salt. As MPs have become ubiquitous, scientists ...
Environment
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Each year the ocean is inundated with 4.8 to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic washed in from land. A big proportion of this plastic is between 0.001 to 5 millimetres, and called "microplastic".
Environment
May 29, 2020
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What goes down the drains can be used to make things grow.
Environment
May 26, 2020
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A huge quantity of organic waste from various sectors either ends up in landfills or gets incinerated, further increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and soil and water pollution. To address this issue, it's crucial to ...
Materials Science
Apr 7, 2020
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Freya Radford is a PhD student in Geography and Environmental Science. She is researching micro-plastic pollution in agricultural land through organic fertilisers made from sewage sludge.
Environment
Feb 28, 2020
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Professors Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi and Patrick Drogui, researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), have developed a new approach to biodiesel production that uses microbes, sewage sludge, and a ...
Materials Science
Feb 27, 2020
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A world without phosphorous is a world without life. But phosphorous is a finite resource, so researchers are recovering it from sewage.
Environment
Feb 20, 2020
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Adding sewage sludge on soils does not promote antibiotic resistance, a study from University of Gothenburg shows.
Ecology
Feb 10, 2020
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World population growth and lifestyle are the main causes of the increase in the volume of wastewater. As a result of the treatment of these waters, millions of tons of sewage sludge are generated, filling landfills and generating ...
Environment
Jan 15, 2020
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Germany's new Waste and Sewage Sludge Ordinance requires large sewage treatment plants to recover phosphates from sewage sludge or ashes as of 2032. Conventional recovery technologies are costly and chemical-laden. A new ...
Environment
Jan 3, 2020
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