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What if Indonesia’s bananas offset its textile pollution woes?
So far, the fruit peels are working to bind chromium and other pollutants in a method that’s "using waste to remove waste."
Canadian fishermen oppose planned Paper Excellence effluent drainage pipe
Many locals will have none of the mill's argument that its new pipe will be harmless to the environment.
Want to reduce food waste? Turns out kids love ‘ugly food’
There are times when children might receive some parental prodding to stop playing with their food, but one researcher in New Zealand thinks maybe we should encourage them to have some fun with “ugly food” that might otherwise be thrown
Our pollutants can alter the behavior of aquatic creatures
It isn't just people who end up suffering the consequences of waterborne pollutants. Wildlife does too.
Sharing tech for a laundry filter that removes microplastics
Recent research from scientists in the UK looked at how consumer washing-machine cycles affect the release of microplastic fibers from the laundry, concluding that the greater water volumes typical of a “delicate” setting on a standard low-water machine caused far
An enzyme could help solve the scourge of plastic waste
Every single minute a million plastic bottles are bought around the planet. You've read that right: one million bottles.