Boost Mobile launches trade-in app to deliver cash for old smartphones
The app gives customers a simple option to salvage value from their old handsets while recycling them.
Harvard researchers develop flying RoboBee to assist crop pollination
Other applications for this insect-inspired robots in other areas, including high-resolution weather and climate mapping, environmental monitoring, search and rescue missions and surveillance.
Nike launches Recycle-a-Shoe mini program with Alipay China
The mini program is available in the Alipay app, where consumers can have their used shoes collected for recycling.
Australia launches Vietnam plastics research hub
According to Amelia Fyfield, CSIRO Southeast Asia counsellor, collaboration is the key to addressing the global plastic pollution problem.
University study finds superworms can dine on styrofoam
Superworms are like tiny recycling plants, shredding the polystyrene with their mouths and then feeding it to the bacteria in their gut.”
UK scientists discover way to break down PLA plastic using only UV light
is could make the plastic much more biodegradable in the natural environment, for example in the ocean or in a garden compost heap.”
Korea’s Oyster Able develops waste management solutions that reward people for recycling
While recycling is one way to protect the environment and conserve resources, it’s not always practised by many.
Despite targets to reduce e-waste, Aussie businesses are prematurely discarding devices
Despite having sustainability targets in place, 63 per cent believe that having the latest mobile technology hardware at their disposal makes their organisation more attractive for workers to stay in their company.
This plastic-eating enzyme can break down waste within hours
Recycling is the most common way to cut down on plastic waste, but worldwide less than 10 per cent of all plastic has been recycled.
Singapore banks open city’s first solar-powered ATM kiosk
The kiosk boasts a 30 per cent annual energy consumption sourced from self-generated solar energy from the solar roof panels.
Dubai start-up finds a way to produce fresh water from the ocean without electricity
The evaporation method produces no waste and can be performed without electricity.
Green steel: How plastic waste and coffee grounds can be an alternative material in steelmaking
coal or natural gas in a process that releases CO2. In contrast, Green Steel – the organisation’s patented technology -uses hydrogen made from renewable energy instead of fossil fuels.
Researchers develop a self-cleaning bioplastic that repels dirt and liquid
Inspired by the lotus leaf, the innovative plastic is sturdy, sustainable, and compostable – able to break down rapidly once in soil.
Australian researchers use satellites to help locate coastal plastic waste
According to the scientists, their research can help organisations with remote coastal and marine waste clean-up management knows where to focus their efforts.
This 3D printed plastic can mend itself using ‘special powder’ and light
The entire process, says the scientists, make the repaired plastic even stronger than before it was damaged.