Every experiment produces results—and byproducts. Plastics, solvents, and energy use add up quickly in research settings, but a growing number of laboratories are showing that waste doesn’t have to be ...
Adding to a run of student-led recycling programs at UC Santa Barbara, fourth-year undergraduate students Kaili Mikami and Lauren Buyalos are helping combat the rising tide of discarded plastics in ...
Effective waste management underpins the transition to a sustainable circular economy by turning end-of-life materials into resources rather than discarding them. Strategies range from source ...
Two people stand in a laboratory in front of a closed fume hood; each is wearing goggles, a lab coat, and gloves and holds a box of nitrile rubber gloves. Evan Bailey and Caroline Gilmer were inspired ...
Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient. They ...
Biomedical and biological research laboratories produce substantial amounts of plastic waste, much of it disposable. Estimates indicate that each researcher may produce up to 0.95 tons of waste per ...
As accumulating plastic waste continues to threaten human health and life under water, experts and decision-makers in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have sought innovative, upstream solutions ...
The US Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy has awarded more than USD19 million to five US companies to research and develop recycling technologies for used nuclear fuel. A dry storage ...
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