Frontiers

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This allows these rare elements, for which demand is steadily growing, to be collected from wastewater from mining, metallurgy, and the recycling of e-waste, and reused. Circular economy The advantages of moving from a wasteful ‘linear’ economy to a ‘circular’ economy, where all resources are recycled and reused, are obvious.

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Physics World

MARCH 10, 2022

Unfortunately, they are manufactured from fossil resources using highly energy-intensive techniques that release hazardous waste and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. How it works: the team took a three-pronged optimization approach to increase fermentation efficiency and output (Courtesy: FE Liew et al / Nature Biotechnology ).

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Frontiers

JULY 1, 2021

The new findings present a sustainable option for reducing plastic waste and litter, co-opting the great metabolic diversity of microbes. The discovery is published today in the open access journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For the first time, researchers mapped the metabolic mechanisms in a Comamonas bacterium that digests chemicals from plastic and plant waste. This new information could potentially lead to novel biotechnology platforms that harness the bacteria to help recycle plastic waste.

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Frontiers

JULY 13, 2023

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image courtesy of the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment Scientists have developed mycocrete, a paste made with the root network of fungus called mycelium, as a building material. It is lightweight, flexible, and formable.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

GAO states that research suggests that biorecycling of plastics could help promote a circular economy in which plastic waste is continuously reincorporated into new products. Biorecycling of plastics could help promote a circular economy by turning waste into more useful products while reducing dependence on fossil fuels for new plastics.

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Water Research & Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Yong is a Professor at Korea University, South Korea, and Director, APRU Sustainable Waste Management. His research focuses on strategies for waste management, including conversion to energy and value-added products. Read his work in RSC journals. Xin is a Professor at Nankai University, China. Read his work in the journal.

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