Energy & Green Tech
At an upmarket restaurant in the hotpot-loving Chinese city of Chengdu, diners plunge sliced meat and vegetables into cauldrons of spicy, oily broth, largely unaware that their leftovers are set to take on a second life as ...
Nov 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The food industry generates enormous amounts of waste and by-products, including from poultry production. Each year, some 40 million metric tons of chicken feathers are incinerated. This not only releases large amounts of ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Chicken eggshells may be the answer to developing safer, sustainable and cost-effective rechargeable battery storage systems, according to new research.
Oct 18, 2023
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Engineering
One bad apple may not spoil the whole bunch, but when it comes to distributing food, a lot of good goes out with the bad.
Oct 4, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Most Australian food waste ends up in landfill. Rotting in the absence of oxygen produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. While some facilities capture this "landfill gas" to produce energy, or burn it off to release carbon ...
Aug 1, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Food waste is a major problem around the world. In the United States, an estimated 30 to 40% of edible food is lost or wasted, costing billions of dollars each year. One potential solution is to divert food waste from landfills ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Foodservice companies have long struggled with the challenge of what to do with all of their food waste. But researchers at the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership are shedding ...
May 25, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The global airline industry is fast recovering from the unprecedented pause to flying imposed by COVID-19. In some parts of the world, such as the Middle East, airlines are even expanding rapidly—well beyond pre-pandemic ...
May 17, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
When Doc Brown fed his DeLorean food scraps in Back to the Future as fuel, it seemed like crazy science fiction.
May 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Plastic waste is an increasing problem the world over, with food packaging and single-use items such as plastic knives and forks representing a significant component of the waste stream. There have been efforts to replace ...
Apr 24, 2023
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