Urban environments often intensify a range of environmental challenges, particularly in rapidly growing, underdeveloped ...

Plastic pollution is a severe environmental issue, especially affecting our oceans. Each year, millions of tons of plastic ...

The EPA has warned that PFAS in sludge can contaminate crops, soil, and groundwater, creating a direct pathway from industrial chemical waste to the food we eat. Industries from agriculture to ...

A new enzyme can turn lignin waste into valuable chemicals using green, hydrogen peroxide-based processing, offering a cleaner, sustainable alternative to petroleum-based methods. Approximately 98% of ...

A new report reveals concerns about the quality of British tap water. It highlights the presence of parasites, cancer-causing chemicals, and plastic waste. Bear Grylls expresses worry over long-term ...

Risks from “forever chemicals”—a term for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of industrial chemicals that are extremely difficult to break down—are accumulating.

State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China ...

Electrochemical process separates valuable industrial chemicals from animal waste Date: April 2, 2025 Source: University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering Summary: A collaboration ...

Among these, biofuels and commodity chemicals derived from biomass, particularly lignin, have gained increasing attention. Lignin constitutes about 30% of plant dry mass, with 50–70 million ...

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"Our method doesn't just destroy these hazardous chemicals; it turns waste into something of value," Tour said. "By upcycling the spent carbon into graphene, we've created a process that's not ...