Lahti is a pioneer in the 360- degree turn towards sustainability transformation. Environmental education and the inclusion of citizens are an important part of the goals of this green city. The regional environment week has been introduced since 1997, and it encourages the companies and residents…
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NUI Galway Health Promotion Research Centre presents Promoting health and wellbeing: creating a more equitable and sustainable environment, 18th Jun 2020…
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Refining crude oil for industrial use relies on separation processes like centrifuging and distillation to remove impurities and separate small and large hydrocarbons for use in different applications. In order to turn used oil into desirable products, plants can use similar approaches to those applied to crude oil to remove unwanted particles and sort degraded hydrocarbons from usable ones. There are two broad approaches to motor oil recycling: re-refining and chemical recycling. Re-refining aims to extend the fluid’s utility for another generation and avoid releasing it as a pollutant into the environment, while chemical recycling starts with breaking down the hydrocarbons that gave the former oil its unique properties in order to create feedstock for a wide variety of new products. Both approaches start with removing contaminants like dirt and metal particles from the fluid.
European international research project Circular Economy in the Data Centre Industry (CEDaCI) was granted an additional 1.245m Euros to extend its work into three more European countries in March. The project added Ireland, Belgium and Luxembourg to its geographical scope, in addition to the original countries France, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands.
Scope of project
CEDaCI has a particular focus on the recovery of Critical Raw Materials, 30 elements identified by the EU as in short or politically unstable supply. With some predicted to run out in decades, the environmental risk associated with them is high. So too is the human risk, as some are mined in conflict zones, and this is something the project is keen to explore and quantify. However, the project also looks at water usage, toxicity waste and carbon emissions as part of the lifecycle analysis.
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The Stable is based in Sydney, Australia. Shortly after Australia was rated the worst-performing country on climate change policy in the 2020 Climate Change Performance Index, it got a wake-up call from Mother Nature. As of January 6, there were 277 fires burning in Australia, 136 of them in New South Wales (of which Sydney is the capital city), with 69 of those not contained.
Single-use plastic cups cost five cents. The new-fangled compostable plant-based ones? Twelve cents.Would you pay a seven-cent premium on your $10 drink for the environmental benefit of not using ……