Recycling and Waste News

Posted October 2, 2008:

• Compact Fluorescent Lighting: Are We Trading Energy Conservation For Toxic Mercury Emissions?
• From Mothballs To Mobilization: Taking The Salt Out Of Sea Water

Posted October 1, 2008:

• Commercial Aquatic Plants Offer Cost-effective Method For Treating Wastewater
• Scientists Go Green With Gold, Distribute Environmentally Friendly Nanoparticles
• Water Table Depth Tied To Droughts
• Urban Black Bears 'Live Fast, Die Young'
• Alternative To Burning: Environmentally Sound Disposal For Wood Chips

Posted September 29, 2008:

• No Oxygen In Eastern Mediterranean Bottom-water

Posted September 25, 2008:

• 'Chemical Equator' Discovery Will Aid Pollution Mapping
• Army Can Boost Mission Success By Better Managing, New Report Finds

Posted September 23, 2008:

• Deactivating Radioactive Waste In Hundreds, Not Millions, Of Years

Posted September 21, 2008:

• Marine Debris Will Likely Worsen In The 21st Century

Posted September 16, 2008:

• Water Purification Down The Nanotubes: Could Nanotechnology Solve The Water Crisis?
• Slicing Solar Power Costs: New Method Cuts Waste In Making Most Efficient Solar Cells

Posted September 13, 2008:

• Tracking Down The Menace In Mexico City Smog

Posted September 11, 2008:

• Bacteria Stop Sheep Dip From Poisoning Fish And Bees

Posted September 10, 2008:

• Oil Seed Rape Grown For Biofuel Can Help Clean Up Toxic Soils
• Manure 'Smells Like Money' As Energy Costs Rise
• Compost Heap Bacteria Could Provide 10% Of UK Transport Fuel Needs

Posted September 9, 2008:

• Living Sensor Can Warn Of Arsenic Pollution

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Smoke Smudges Mexico City's Air, Chemists Identify Sources

Posted September 1, 2008:

• Environmental Friendly Technology Can Remove Ink Stains In Paper Recycling

Posted August 29, 2008:

• Researchers Provide Solution To World’s Worst Mass Poisoning Case

Posted August 28, 2008:

• New Report Card Shows Campuses Going Greener
• Facades: A Source Of Water Pollution

Posted August 22, 2008:

• Radioactive Waste Recycling No Longer A Pain In The Ash

Posted August 20, 2008:

• Green Catalysts Provide Promise For Cleaning Toxins And Pollutants
• New 52-city Report Examines Use Of Wastewater In Urban Agriculture

Posted August 14, 2008:

• Drinking Water In Gaza Strip Contaminated With High Levels Of Nitrate
• Turning Waste Material Into Ethanol

Posted August 12, 2008:

• Flexible Nanoantenna Arrays Capture Abundant Solar Energy

Posted August 8, 2008:

• Fuel From Bacteria Is One Step Closer

Posted August 7, 2008:

• Acid Rain Reduces Methane Emissions From Rice Paddies

Posted August 5, 2008:

• Turning Those Old Electronic Circuit Boards Into New Park Benches

Posted August 3, 2008:

• Mother Earth Naked: A Modern Masterpiece

Posted July 29, 2008:

• New Biomass Technology Dramatically Increases Ethanol Yield From Grasses And Yard Waste
• Slippery Customer: A Greener Antiwear Additive For Engine Oils

Posted July 28, 2008:

• Nanoparticles In Sewage Could Escape Into Bodies Of Water

Posted July 27, 2008:

• Rising Energy, Food Prices Major Threats To Wetlands As Farmers Eye New Areas For Crops

Posted July 25, 2008:

• Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions

Posted July 24, 2008:

• Trying To Save World's Lakes: Controlling Nitrogen Can Actually Worsen Problems

Posted July 21, 2008:

• Reclaimed Wastewater Benefits Florida's Citrus Orchards
• Massive Greenhouse Gases May Be Released As Destruction, Drying Of World Wetlands Worsen

Posted July 17, 2008:

• Fuel From Food Waste: Bacteria Provide Power

Posted July 16, 2008:

• Corporations Can Profit From Being Environmentally Friendly
• Dioxin Risk In Sewage-sludge Used On Crops, Plant Tissue Grown On Contaminated Soil

Posted July 15, 2008:

• Cruise-liner Sewage Adds To Baltic Decline

Posted July 14, 2008:

• Southeast Asia At High Risk For Arsenic Contamination In Water

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