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Food waste cement: A gingerbread house-style building option

Ever dreamed of having a gingerbread house like Hansel and Gretel?

Jun 1, 2022

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Processing biochar into pellets to offset emissions in concrete production

To achieve the goal of a climate-neutral Switzerland by 2050, strategies and processes with a negative CO2 balance are necessary. These so-called negative emission technologies (NET) are intended to counterbalance the remaining ...

Jan 8, 2024

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Battery electric trucks emit 63% less GHG emissions than diesel, finds analysis

A new study compares the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of electric, hydrogen, natural gas and diesel trucks and buses in Europe. The results indicate a clear pathway to decarbonize the sector: Battery electric ...

Feb 7, 2023

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Coffee ground waste may be a lucrative tool to reduce carbon emissions

University of Saskatchewan (USask) chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate Alivia Mukherjee from the College of Engineering is investigating how spent coffee grounds can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and add value ...

Nov 9, 2021

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Waste not: Turning food scraps into renewable energy

Food for thought: if food waste was a country it'd be the world's third largest greenhouse gas producer behind the US and China. So what's being done about it?

Mar 18, 2022

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Researchers develop greener building materials using sugar processing waste products

If you want to make more sustainable and environmentally friendly concrete, you're going to need some sugar. Sort of.

Nov 28, 2023

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China orders energy firms to secure supplies amid power crisis: report

China's top state-owned energy companies have been ordered to ensure there are adequate fuel supplies for the approaching winter at all costs, a report said Friday, as the country battles a power crisis that threatens to ...

Oct 1, 2021

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How shipping ports can become more sustainable

Marine shipping drives 90 percent of global trade, moving over 11 billion tons of containers, solid and liquid bulk cargo across the world's seas annually. Almost all consumer products we buy—or the raw materials required ...

Mar 26, 2021

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Shortages cause 'bottleneck recession' for German industry

Shortages of semiconductor chips and other raw materials are continuing to hit Germany's manufacturers, as bottlenecks leave companies struggling to fill orders from a rebounding global economy.

Sep 24, 2021

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Red dirt, yellow sun, green steel: How Australia could benefit from a global shift to emissions-free steel

Australia is the world's number one exporter of both iron ore and metallurgical coal, the key ingredients of traditional steel making. Together, these materials make up a very large part of Australia's export income.