Mother plucker: Steel fingers guided by AI pluck weeds rapidly and autonomously
Robot that uses AI to pull weeds may reduce poisonous herbicide use by 70% for some crops.
Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and Danone Face Lawsuit for Misleading 100% Recycling Claims
Environmental and consumer rights organizations have filed a legal complaint against food and drink giants Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and Danone for the use of misleading “100% recycled” and “100% recyclable” claims on PET plastic water bottles sold across Europe.
Scientists close the cycle on recycling mixed plastics
Little of the mixed consumer plastics thrown away or placed in recycle bins actually ends up being recycled.
Scientists finally find a way to recycle plastic indefinitely
Most plastic products can’t be recycled back into their original form. It’s time to change that.
The ultimate eco building – made of salt, sunflowers and recycled urine
Its door handles are made of salt. Its walls are made of sunflowers. Its furniture is made of Japanese knotweed. And it was stained with dyes made from filtered urine. Is this recycling marvel in southern France the future of architecture?
Fungi makes meal of hard to recycle plastic
Polypropylene, a hard to recycle plastic, has successfully been biodegraded by two strains of fungi in a new experiment led by researchers at the University of Sydney.
Paper or plastic? Instead ask which companies are innovating recycling
Paper or plastic? If you’re looking to invest in the packaging that’s best for the environment, the answer is… it’s complicated.
Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat
Former tour guide James Kateeba started building the boat in 2017 in response to the tons of plastic waste he saw in the lake after heavy rains.
Turning food waste into biodegradable bioplastics
Researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech received a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to create bioplastics from food waste diverted from landfills.
Wax worm saliva rapidly breaks down plastic bags, scientists discover
Enzymes that rapidly break down plastic bags have been discovered in the saliva of wax worms, which are moth larvae that infest beehives.
Japan’s ‘Zero Waste’ Village Is a Model for Small-Town Sustainability
In Kamikatsu, sustainability isn’t just an environmental imperative — it’s the glue that unifies a community.
Scientists Turn Nuclear Waste Into Diamond Batteries That Could Last For Thousands Of Years
Nuclear waste is radioactive waste generated by nuclear power plants that no one wants to be kept near their houses or even carried through their communities. The ugly substance is poisonous and deadly, takes thousands of years to disintegrate completely, and we continue to produce more of it.
Lithium costs a lot of money—so why aren’t we recycling lithium batteries?
The nascent recycling industry needs to economically deconstruct lots of formats.
Experts revive ancient techniques to make concrete more sustainable
A team of experts from EPFL, ETH Zurich, and Archiplein has developed a new type of non-reinforced concrete from stone offcuts. Using methods found in historical archives, the team reduced their use of carbon-intensive cement. They built and tested six load-bearing walls using recovered stone-quarry waste and three types of mortar-based binders.
Long-lost species of golden mole found and photographed for first time
A team of conservationists have rediscovered a species of golden mole that hasn’t been seen in almost 90 years.
Extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming
State-of-the-art climate models drastically underestimate how much extreme rainfall increases under global warming, according to a study published Monday
Turning the tide: Vietnam’s war against plastic waste
Vietnam has ambitious targets to tackle the challenge posed by plastic waste. Effective enforcement and implementation are key for success.
UN Chief Calls Antarctica ‘Sleeping Giant… Being Awoken by Climate Chaos’
“It is profoundly shocking to stand on the ice of Antarctica and hear directly from scientists how fast the ice is disappearing.”
