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Samsung To Remove Smartphone Plastic Packaging By 2025
At Samsung’s Unpacked Event, the tech giant presented its pledge to eradicate all plastic from smartphone packaging by 2025, Aside from unveiling new devices. Aimed at reducing the waste created during the lifecycle of Samsung smartphones products, the pledge is…
Scientists Closer To Improve Crops’ Photosynthesis And Yields
A new study led by Cornell University describes an important step towards engineering crops for higher yields by improving photosynthesis. It is estimated that by 2050, farmers will need to grow 50% more food for a population of 9 billion…
The University Team making Ships Carbon Neutral
A team of researchers from Northwestern University, Illinois have developed a novel means of decarbonising the shipping industry, using CO2-capturing solid oxide fuel cells to make vessels carbon neutral - or even carbon negative. These fuel cells ‘burn’ traditional carbon-based…
Singapore Scientists develop Sweat-Powered Battery
A Singapore research team from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a flexible battery that runs off human sweat. The prototype is made from printed silver flake electrodes, is as thin as a small band-aid, and can be attached to…
Food waste reduction firm Apeel reaches $2bn valuation
Apeel, a California-based agtech company, yesterday closed its Series E funding round, bringing in $250m to raise the firm’s total valuation to $2bn. The Bill and Melinda Gates-backed company has created an edible layer that is applied to fruits and…
Dixons Carphone launches ‘Industry First’ polystyrene packaging take-back scheme
Electrical and telecommunications firm Dixons Carphone has introduced a series of waste-reduction schemes across its stores, including the roll out of a ‘first-ever’ nationwide polystyrene take-back scheme. The retailer, which it says is the largest retail recycler of e-waste, has…