Latest Recycling technology product news
Cereplast, Inc. has entered into a distribution agreement with Ashland Distribution, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., to supply bioplastic resins to their global distribution business. This partnership reflects Cereplast’s overall growth strategy and continued commitment to expanding the company’s distribution reach in North America.
Ashland Distribution is a leading plastics and chemicals distributor in North America, and part of Ashland Inc., which posted more than $8 billion in annual re... [more]
Traditionally it has been difficult to accurately identify hydrocarbon compounds in water unless they are present at very high levels, such as after a large scale industrial spill. Also, tests have required laboratory work which means there is often a 48-hour timeframe for results.
Water utility companies, industry and environmental scientists can now conduct real-time in-situ and remote tests for low-level presence of hydrocarbons in water following Enviro Technology’s introduction of Synsp... [more]
The Renewable House is a new demonstration house that has been designed to illustrate that low cost and low carbon are compatible. Built at the BRE Innovation Park and officially opened at Insite 2009, the Renewable House is a demonstration of the commercial viability of building affordable homes from renewable materials.
The house has been designed to meet Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, with a build cost of £75,000, excluding groundworks and utilities.
Unlike many other houses... [more]
If you want to go carbon neutral, you can. When you go from thinking about going carbon neutral, to actually attempting it, things can seem quite confusing at first. There seem to be hundreds of sources with suggestions and tips, but what are the actual steps we need to make? Where do we start when we want to reduce our carbon footprint?
The areas where we use fossil fuels are:
1. Heating
2. Electricity
3. Transport
4. Food
5. Water (and sewage)
6. Shopping
Each of these areas involv... [more]
Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) has praised the House Environmental and Energy Committee for passing HB 80, the Green Jobs/Clean Energy Bill, which will increase Pennsylvania’s supply of solar and wind energy, and move the state into the forefront in significantly reducing carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants.
“This bill is another great leap forward in our drive to make energy cleaner and safer,” said Jan Jarrett, president and CEO of PennFuture. “It will more than d... [more]
Converted Organics Inc. has announced today that the World Sports Alliance (WSA) notified the Company that the WSA and the African nation of the Republic of Guinea have agreed to utilize Converted Organics’ High Temperature Liquid Composting (HTLC) technology and processes to produce organic fertilizer from food waste. The Republic of Guinea is the first of 24 WSA Member States to implement the WSA’s Waste-to-Fertilizer program.
“As Chief Technology Partner to the WSA, Converted Organics is v... [more]
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