Converting Wastewater into Fuel
As the world continues to get on the green bandwagon, biofuels are driving the new fossil fuel market. The goal of biofuels is to create an alternative source of energy…
Giving new life to unwanted garments
Acclaimed UK fashion label Ahluwalia wants consumers and fashion industry leaders to rethink the way they purchase and discard clothing. Founder Priya Ahluwalia is making a fair point — with…
Burning Metal to Make Clean Energy
How a Dutch brewery is using iron powder as fuel What if we could curb the fossil fuel-fed climate change nightmare and burn something else for fuel? What if this…
Scientists Extract Hydrogen from Banana Peels
With rising energy demands and consumption of fossil fuels, there is an imminent need of finding alternative, renewable sources of energy. An important candidate is hydrogen produced from organic waste,…
EU Offers 3.7 Million Euros for Renewable Energy Projects in Lebanon
The UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) announced that it has secured 3.7 million euros from the European Union to finance renewable energy projects in Lebanon. The move supports the country’s…
Clariant Launches 100% Bio-based Surfactants
Clariant, a Swiss multinational specialty chemicals company, recently unveiled its fully bio-based surfactants and polyethylene glycols (PEGs) to address climate change. Clariant will be helping remove fossil carbon from its…
What is Coffee without Beans?
A US-based start-up invents molecular coffee to save the planet If you are a coffee lover, you know that making one is a nuanced process – the rich aroma, the…
Biggest Breakthrough in Plastic Recycling
How machines can now identify and separate plastic wastes While it may seem like a benign material, there are a bunch of reasons why different kinds of plastics are harmful…
How Silk is Changing the Future of Food Sustainability
Humans have been trying to untangle the secrets of silk for at least a hundred years now. And why wouldn’t they? The material is legendary, after all. Silk’s unique and…
New Method of Creating Sustainable Polymers with Biomass
When it comes to climate change and sustainability, oil and gas companies positioned as the beginning of the energy value chain have a huge opportunity to strike a conversation. They…
How sugar-loving bacteria could power future cars
With environmental concerns growing largely, industries and researchers are looking forward to ways to cut down their carbon footprint without affecting the current lifestyle too much. One increasingly popular way…