Tomorrow’s fill-up could come from plastic waste

We use oil to make plastics. So, in theory, couldn’t we break down used plastic back into its components and get oil back out again? Yes. And the idea isn’t just theoretical. A number of companies (as well as some innovative individuals) are already using different versions of a technology called pyrolysis to convert waste plastic…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 23, 20130Comments

Energy

Sludge power: Wastewater plants could become energy producers

Wastewater treatment plants could one day not only power themselves but be able to generate excess electricity for use by others. The answer, according to researchers at Oregon State University (OSU), lies with microbial fuel cells, in which bacteria oxidize organic matter in waste and in the process produce electrons that create an electrical current. While scientists…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 20, 20120Comments

Smart Cities

Avoid the landfill, save big money

By Katie Shaw, Forum for the Future Businesses could save an average of 4 to 5 per cent of their turnover through avoided landfill costs, according to the UK's environmental regulations advisor NetRegs. Among those quick to cash in on the savings have been United Biscuits, PepsiCo and InterfaceFLOR, using techniques such as recycling, composting and…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 23, 20100Comments

Smart Cities

Researchers study how to reuse waste in creative, local ways

The "waste" we put outside in bins for kerbside collection isn't really waste at all -- it's an assortment of resources that, with the right research and some creativity, could be used in new and beneficial ways. At least, that's what CLEMANCE says. CLEMANCE, for "Clean Environment Management Centre," is a programme run by the UK's Teeside…

ByThe Global ViewJuly 8, 20101Comment

Energy

Dung: It’s not waste, it’s fuel

The increasingly aggressive quest for alternative energy sources is finding potential fuel stocks not only in corn, crop waste and algae, but in the stuff that flushes through sewers or is left behind on fields by livestock. Yes, that stuff. The waste-based fuel movement (sorry) is clearly taking off, as these examples demonstrate: EQMA, a startup in…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 12, 20090Comments

Smart Cities

£92m waste plant to cut landfill and carbon footprint

The government has approved a £92m private finance initiative (PFI) scheme for new waste facilities in Gloucestershire that it says will cut the amount of rubbish sent to landfill and save thousands of tonnes of carbon. The proposed scheme will divert up to 263,000 tonnes of biodegradable municipal waste from landfill by 2020. The UK has been…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 13, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Councils left with recycling mountains to climb

Household recycling - and anything to do with bin collections - is a subject guaranteed to get Daily Mail readers frothing at the mouth but the latest government figures claim 90 per cent of councils are now meeting or exceeding recycling targets. The headline stats for last year, revealed by Environment minister Jane Kennedy are: 90 per…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 6, 20081Comment

Smart Cities

FTSE opens first eco-index

Greenbang's knowledge of the stock market is a little shaky to say the least. Say 'pork futures' and she thinks of scratchings (or, to put it another way 'fried skin' or 'hairy crisps'). Gordon Gecko would not be impressed. While Greenbang might not know much about the FTSE, it looks like the FTSE knows enough about…

ByThe Global ViewJune 23, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

No buyers for Novera

Renewable energy company Novera Energy has polished off its big book of clichés and give its potential suitors the flick this week. After lots of batted eyelashes, sweet words and stolen glances with the likes of 3i subsidiary Harrier Acquisitions and Infinis Acquisitions over a possible takeover, Novera decided it couldn't stretch the flirting out…

ByThe Global ViewJune 3, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Sustainability, it’s snow joke to Winter Olympics

Greenbang is not a fan of the Olympics. Greenbang feels the Olympics to be the televisual equivalent of getting a stone in your shoe - merely there to annoy - bumping all the good stuff, like Quincy off the telly schedules. The winter Olympics, now there's a different matter. It's inherently more fun. More camp.…

ByThe Global ViewApril 18, 20081Comment

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Tomorrow’s fill-up could come from plastic waste

Sludge power: Wastewater plants could become energy producers

Avoid the landfill, save big money

Researchers study how to reuse waste in creative, local ways

Dung: It’s not waste, it’s fuel

£92m waste plant to cut landfill and carbon footprint

Councils left with recycling mountains to climb

FTSE opens first eco-index

No buyers for Novera

Sustainability, it’s snow joke to Winter Olympics

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