Recycling
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Vitamin C successfully used to recycle the cathode of a lithium battery
Tested on the Nissan Leaf battery, the new method uses less energy and chemistry to recycle the cathode and recover…
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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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Reuse wind turbines in photovoltaic systems, the idea of Turn2Sun
The Swiss startup has patented a unique system that allows to reuse the old blades as a support for double-sided…
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From Sweden the ecological and delicate recycling of solar cells in CIGS
A new research by Chalmers University of Technology has tested a process at room temperature to recover the precious metals…
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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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Lexus Design Awards 2023, from eco-tent to soap packaging
Lexus announces four winners of its international design competition that rewards emerging designers and innovators
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The transistors of the future could be produced from lignin
Lignin, a paper industry waste, could be a resource to build green and sustainable transistors. A study of the Universities…
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The first filter that blocks 99.9% of microplastics in water
The DGIST research team has developed a porous polymer with photothermal properties that can absorb and remove phenolic microplastics and…
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Enzymatic recycling makes it possible to break down the most difficult plastic
With enzymatic recycling it may be possible to break down more economically the most difficult to degrade plastics,, such as…
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Biodegradable plastic in a few days
From the chemistry laboratories of the University of Constance a new plastic, developed with "breaking points" that make it biodegradable…
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