(Natural News) Swedish researchers are keen on recovering as many resources as possible from waste products. One of their latest research projects promises to come up with a way to free useful chemical compounds from biological waste. In this context, biological waste refers to unwanted organic waste products from the agricultural and food industries, such […]

(Natural News) The microbial and electrochemical conversion of complex biomass can produce drop-in fuel, said researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum in Leipzig, Germany; Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), also in Leipzig; and the University of Tubingen in Tübingen, Germany. According to their research that was published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science, technologies that pave the way towards […]

(Natural News) Every day, the average American churns out a lot of plastic garbage that takes forever to decay. Over time, the nearly-indestructible waste piles up and contaminates the surroundings, causing serious harm to the environment and human health. This prompted Irish researchers to look for a way to manage the ever-growing mountains of plastic […]

(Natural News) Duke University has indefinitely suspended its plan for a natural gas power plant on its campus. According to an article in the Energy News Network, the school will be getting its energy needs from methane biogas made from hog waste. The decision is the culmination of a two-year struggle between the similarly-named but unrelated Duke Energy and […]

(Natural News) Austrian researchers have come up with a new way to save millions of trees from paper mills. They can extract cellulose from the dung of cows and other herbivores to make recycled paper, according to an American Chemical Society (ACS) article. The University of Vienna researchers presented their findings during the 255th National […]