Tech innovations and Startups
Recycling
Recycling
How recycled glass could replace cement in construction
A new study reveals how recycled glass powder can replace cement in compressed earth blocks, boosting strength and sustainability in green construction.
Paolo Travisi•29 August 2025
Recycling
From coffee grounds to cosmetics, a…
Two researchers from Scotland developed a circular process that turns spent coffee…
Paolo Travisi•19 August 2025
Recycling
Recycled tires as rail dampers cut…
A new Australian innovation uses recycled tires as shock-absorbing dampers in railway…
Paolo Travisi•5 August 2025
Tech innovations and Startups
The transistors of the future could be produced from lignin
Lignin, a paper industry waste, could be a resource to build green and sustainable transistors. A…
23 January 2023
Water
The first filter that blocks 99.9% of microplastics in water
The DGIST research team has developed a porous polymer with photothermal properties that can absorb and…
9 January 2023
Tech innovations and Startups
Enzymatic recycling makes it possible to break down the most difficult plastic
With enzymatic recycling it may be possible to break down more economically the most difficult to…
3 January 2023
Tech innovations and Startups
Biodegradable plastic in a few days
From the chemistry laboratories of the University of Constance a new plastic, developed with "breaking points"…
28 December 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
Lithium-ion batteries: batteries from paper and cardboard waste, the innovation signed NTU
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a technique to convert waste paper from…
8 December 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
New solar panels “from black gold” that the photovoltaic industry discards
The European project Icarus is creating modular solutions on an industrial scale to recover 95% of…
2 December 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
Bricks from waste materials can make building sustainable
The Chalker Lab Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Flinders, Australia, has carried out a study…
9 August 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
Chemical recycling: discovered an enzyme to break down terephthalate
A group of scientists characterized TPADO, a special bacterial enzyme that can help the chemical recycling…
6 April 2022
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