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Solar-powered fuel cell recycles plastic waste and carbon dioxide

New Scientist

By combining a solar fuel cell that converts carbon dioxide into fuel with a plastic recycling system, researchers can create sustainable fuels and useful chemicals

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation: 'Get Real' When Considering A Christmas Tree

PA Environment Daily

Unlike artificial trees, real Christmas trees are recyclable and renewable resources that clean our water and our air and provide important habitat for wildlife. Before being cut, real Christmas trees absorb air pollutants and sequester carbon dioxide and emit fresh oxygen.

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DEP Releases Guidelines For Recycling In Your Community Booklet On America Recycles Day

PA Environment Daily

On November 15, the Department of Environmental Protection released a simple guide to help residents and businesses understand recycling in Pennsylvania called “ Guidelines for Recycling in Your Community.” Environmental Benefits Recycling generates tremendous environmental and financial benefits for Pennsylvania.

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How to turn most of the CO2 an astronaut exhales into fresh oxygen

New Scientist

A chemical reaction that recycles carbon dioxide into fresh oxygen could provide more sustainable life support for astronauts on the moon or Mars – and as a bonus, it also produces carbon nanotubes

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New method enables recycling of CO2 and drug development simultaneously

Environmental News Bits

Researchers at the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD) at Hokkaido University have formulated a technique that has the potential to assist in the recycling of waste carbon dioxide (CO2) while also creating molecules beneficial for drug development. Read more →

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Explainer: What is the carbon footprint of your Easter Egg

A Greener Life

The less dark chocolate content it includes, the higher its carbon footprint, as it contains more dairy. The Easter Eggs that rely heavily on excessive use of plastic and non-recyclable materials will also have a high carbon footprint. kg Carbon dioxide equivalents (COe). How is it calculated? kg COe Only 18.8%

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How Are Solar Panels Made?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Still, over their lifetimes, solar panels emit 25 times less carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt hour than coal-powered electricity. How can we recycle solar panel materials and create a lower-waste circular supply chain? Solar Panels Should Be Reused and Recycled. Chemistry break! Click the links for answers!