Researchers from Aarhus University and the Danish Technological Institute have taken a new approach in the search for enzymes capable of breaking down some of the most difficult types of plastic to ...
Urease is one of the most consequential enzymes in the microbial world. By hydrolyzing urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide, ...
Ten years ago, academic Lynne Loo was a scientist researching how waste could be repurposed in Australia. She began looking at waste from the abalone industry and now she's using her expertise to ...
In the United States, over one-third of food is never eaten, and more food reaches landfills than any other material in the municipal solid waste stream. Wasting food wastes the labor and other ...
LISBON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Portugal's government said on Friday it had approved a €2.3 billion ($2.67 billion) investment plan through 2030 to tackle ‌a growing waste disposal crisis, as the country ...
The state environmental quality department has approved a proposed landfill expansion in Avondale. The project, proposed by River Birch, will incorporate the adjacent Greater New Orleans Landfill into ...
Half a century ago, a stretch of Minnesota river country faced a very different future. Plans for landfills and development threatened the Minnesota River bottoms, prompting local residents to push ...
Feedstock is another term for the organic material that is “fed” into the digestion process, such as food waste or manure. In 2014, EPA began building a dataset of names and locations of anaerobic ...