Harnessing waste heat to produce electricity A laptop generating a little too much waste heat
Simpler, cheaper, biodegradable plastic without using fossil fuels Biodegradable cups made from corn at Chubby's Tacos in Durham, North Carolina.
Dirt-Powered Bacteria Batteries The bacteria powered batteries works
Tiny super-plant can clean up animal waste and be used for ethanol production Drs. Anne Stomp and Jay Cheng pose at a test facility where they have been growing duckweed using animal wastewater.
The 13 Coolest Things Made from Recycled Bottles From funky recycled art to Earthships, gifts, boats and an island, glass and plastic bottles can be recycled into a surprising range of objects.
Council uses spy plane with thermal imaging camera to snoop on homes wasting energy A council has spent £30,000 using a spy plane carrying a thermal camera to determine which homes are wasting energy.
A load of rubbish? The recycling system that shoots trash out of your home at 50MPH Residents at the Wembley City development empty waste into three chutes at the base of their building
A carbon keeper: Crop waste sunk to the ocean deep Crop waste burial may be a more efficient means of carbon sequestration than other methods. (Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press)
Southern alchemy turns sewage into oil A Southern invention that turns sewage algae into crude oil is now operational but commercial testing of it is still three months away
U invention could have big impact on world sewage A University of Utah team invented the igloo concept and have successfully treated sewage in the lab. "I don't know why somebody didn't think of this already. It's elegant in its...
Electricity from Waste Heat Ener-G-Rotors' system harvests energy at lower temperatures.
How plastic bags could solve fuel crisis Ken Ketteringham, of Ludham, who is marketing a process which can recycle plastic waste into fuel. Photo: Paul Hewitt.
WASTE NOT The U.S. economy wastes 55 percent of the energy it consumes, and while American companies have ruthlessly wrung out other forms of inefficiency, that figure hasn’t changed much in recent decades.
This man uses the solution he created in the 7th grade to help others globally He’s traveling to Botswana this summer to promote his product.
New Biofuel Developed at UGA Patent Pending
Turkey poop powers electric plant A $225 million plant an hour away in Benson that will turn poop into power.
Waste Prevention & Recycling 1.3 bn tonnes/year: total waste generated in the EU
530kg/year: average waste production per person in EU-15 (300-350 kg in EU-10)
From waste to clean energy One’s man’s hazardous waste, may very well be EER’s goldmine.
Drip technology helps save water CHINA'S history can be traced back to the origin of irrigation.
Shrink-Wrapped Trash Green Dream
The end of garbage Can you imagine a world of zero waste? Cities and towns across the world - and a surprising number of companies - have adopted that goal, says Fortune's Marc Gunther
Sewage and Resource Recovery: Inspiration from Sweden! In October 2006, GSA volunteer Stephen Salter visited various cities in Sweden to find out how this country has tackled sewage treatment. What causes a professional engineer and consultant from...
Completion of study on sewage sludge management for St. John’s - Can sewage waste be a resource? The St. John's Harbour Clean-Up project has started and with it has discussion around the issue of waste management. Diana Cardoso, a former environmental science graduate student at Memorial,...
From Flying Toilets to Free Methane The methane is being used to light and cook meals at a nearby school.
Researchers make hydrogen from waste Dried sludge pellets from Ashbridges Bay key to formula
Securing Competitiveness in the future high value – added market with core design technology S. Korea Particularly, the 5 ton/day scale incinerating melter for treating municipal sewage sludge has been developed successfully that yielded New Technology Certificate from the Korea Ministry of...
Future Proof and Sustainable. The decentralised energetical Valorisation of Sewage Sludge.
Waste to Energy Ltd and Kwikpower International announce agreement to create joint venture company 'Strategic Alliance' JV to Produce Green Electricity from Garbage, Sewage Sludge, Animal Wastes and Renewable Biomass Feedstocks
Syngas Europa / Gasification United Europe explores technology to get more power and less pollution from its coal.
Gasification of Biosolids While engineers have developed better systems for gasification, the initial processing of various types of sludge to obtain a suitable feedstock remains more of a challenge than when converting...
Waste Power Generation / Japan Japan. capacity of waste power generation in Japan at the end of 1999 is 845,000kW for general waste, and 136,000kW (58 places) for industrial waste, totaling to 980,000kW, and the installation is...
Sewage Sludge Destruction Waste Treatment facility using gasification process
