Many African cities still struggle with litter and garbage that is not properly disposed of. This poses serious public health risks. It attracts vectors of disease like mosquitoes and flies, and can ...

Researchers create supercapacitors from waste PET plastic bottles that could power electric vehicles and electronics within 5 ...

When it comes to renewable energy, solar panels, wind turbines, and hydropower keep coming up as number 1, but what about number 2? Literally. I’m talking about ... well, poop. There’s a rich, ...

Although nuclear fission, which powers nuclear reactors, can provide plenty of energy, it also produces potentially dangerous radioactive waste as a by-product. Now, researchers say they may have ...

Raleigh's new Bioenergy Recovery Project converts waste to renewable gas, earning EPA credits to fund water and sewer ...

Symphrose Ochieng, 37, has grown up around waste management, which is the line of business her family is in. Therefore, when she found a business idea that would help her forge her own path in the ...

Engineers at RMIT University have developed a new building material that dramatically cuts carbon emissions while giving ...

A feedstock (vegetable waste, animal manure, straw, wood chips, etc.) is fed into an airtight chamber. The digester is heated to between 68 and 150 degrees. Bacteria gradually break down the feedstock ...

The city of Speedway on Tuesday announced it was working with an energy service company to develop a biogas treatment system that would convert its municipal waste into energy. The 100-kilowatt system ...

Katie Nichols envisions a future powered by clean energy. But she concedes there are challenges. Some areas of the Earth don’t get a lot of sun. Other areas don’t get a lot of wind. “But waste,” she ...

A new thermogalvanic device uses nanoparticles to control ion flow, allowing it to convert waste heat to electricity and store the energy without external batteries. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Heat is ...

Nkweauseh Reginald Longfor works at Sophia University. Many African cities still struggle with litter and garbage that is not properly disposed of. This poses serious public health risks. It attracts ...