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Uttarakhand government to buy plastic waste

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 20, 2016

To prevent plastic and polythene use in Uttarakhand, the state government has decided to pay people who return their plastic products. The buying of these products will be done through private...

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Chemists Find New Way to Turn Most Common Plastic Waste into Fuel

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 15, 2016

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) have found a new way to break down the strong bonds of polyethylene, the most...

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Subject Tags: fuel , innovation , plastics

This indian startup discovered how to make eco-friendly cutlery using sugarcane waste

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 5, 2016

When travelling across India in the summer (from January to May), travellers will encounter a number of sugarcane juice outlets on the wayside. The juice is extracted using an indigenously-...

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Solvay has been awarded the 2016 Pierre Potier Prize for Move4earth™

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 4, 2016

Solvay received in the presence of Emmanuel Macron, the French Economy, Industry and Digital Sector Minister, the Pierre Potier Prize medal1 in the “Process” category for its Move4earth™...

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Dutch prototype clean-up boom brings Pacific plastics solution a step closer

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 23, 2016

A bid to clear the Pacific of its plastic debris has moved a step closer with the launch of the biggest prototype clean-up boom yet by the Dutch environment minister at a port in The Hague....

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Majority want polythene banned for Swachh Bharat

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 22, 2016

An overwhelming majority of Indians surveyed feel that civic bodies across the country have been ineffective in reducing the use of polythene bags in the first two years of the Swachh Bharat...

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New way to create fuel from waste plastics

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 22, 2016

Scientists have found a way to use plastic trash to create a cleaner diesel-like fuel that could power vehicles, an advance that may turn landfills into potential energy sources in future....

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Haridwar administration to act tough over polythene usage

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 22, 2016

The district administration will launch a drive to check the use of polythene bags and plastic around Har-ki-Pauri and Ganga ghats in Haridwar as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is getting...

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BioCrux Machine Can Crush 300 PET Bottles an Hour and Ensure They Get 100% Recycled

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 17, 2016

BioCrux, a compact, automatic and noiseless machine, can crush all polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles into chips and pellets first, and then into recyclable flakes.

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PWD to use plastic waste in road works

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 16, 2016

The state's public works department (PWD) has decided to use mis plastic waste in asphalt for road works. The move is as per directives of prime minister Narendra Modi to all states and policy...

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