Circular Economy
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Precious metals from WEEE: the key to recovery from brewer’s yeast
By changing the pH and by changing the yeast it is possible to selectively recover precious metals from WEEE by…
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Wood-based organic solar cells, the new frontier of photovoltaics
A group of researchers from the University of Linköping and the KTH developed an electron transport layer from lignin kraft,…
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A catalyst developed in the USA allows the recycling of plastics
Normally ends up in landfills or incinerators, but this invention could make it much easier to recycle mixed plastics
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Oxalic acid is perfect for recycling battery metals
The process developed by the Swedish Chalmers University makes it possible to recycle metals from electric car batteries in an…
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Beer from recycled wastewater that you can only drink for free
Using recycled wastewater from a skyscraper, a recycling company has teamed up with a local brewery. But they can’t sell…
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How to recover water from fog using only solar energy
Based on a photocatalytic close-mesh lattice, researchers at ETH Zurich were able to recover water from the fog and make…
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From the Berkeley Lab a recyclable bioplastic to infinity
Scientists at the famous Californian research center have obtained from bacteria a recyclable bioplastic with properties better than fossil
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Fungi, organic waste and 3D printing create new biomaterials
Growing mushrooms on organic waste compounds moulded from 3D printed moulds allows to obtain biomaterials totally compostable
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From China, biorecyclable and biodegradable glass based on modified peptides
A research team of the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new type…
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Fraunhofer reinvents thermal insulation with “sponge walls” and transparent laminated roofs
A glass foil cover that reduces the weight by 75% and a vertical water treatment system are the two solutions…
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