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Every year, the world's seafood industry discards mountains of heads, skins, bones, shells, viscera, and trimmings-material that scientists have long argued could be transformed into collagen, gelatin, chitin, hydrolysates, fertilizers, feed ingredients,

A startup and oilfield giant Halliburton want to bury America's nuclear waste nearly 2 miles underground. The scheme makes a perverse amount of sense.

Every year, more than 12 million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans. Spanish fashion company Ecoalf transforms marine waste and discarded materials into fabrics and clothing through a circular su...

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A shuttered Southern California nuclear plant that now stores nuclear waste accidentally sent about 5,000 gallons of wastewater containing radioactive material toward the Pacific Ocean, according to a report the

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A Basel Action Network report sought to include the entire universe of electronics used in AI applications, including servers and power supplies. Data sovereignty laws and upgrades could also increase tons generated.

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a surprisingly simple way to turn polyethylene, the common plastic used in shopping bags and cutting boards, into gasoline and diesel-like fuels. The process uses inexpensive aluminum-based molten

Article publié dans The Conversation - 2 juillet 2026