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USA faces millions of tons of retired wind turbine blades; engineers found an unexpected second use, it is...At the University of Houston, engineers are ingeniously repurposing retired wind turbine blades to construct highway overhead sign structur...
Earlier this year, 1,124 wind-turbine blades were sitting in a Wyoming landfill. Now, a Missouri cement plant has given 7,000 more a second life, offering a different ending for retired renewable-energy equipmentWyoming buried 1,124 wind turbine blades. Now, a Missouri cement plant is giving more than 7,000 retired blades a second life. The contrast...
17-year-old student turns food waste into biodegradable paper towels: How his innovative project could give everyday waste a new purposeA student delved into the innovative world of biodegradable paper towels made from food waste. By harnessing cellulose fibers found in disc...
- Wyoming buried 1,124 wind turbine blades in a landfill, but a Missouri plant found a way to reuse 7,000 more old blades by turning them into cement feedstock and kiln fuel
Wyoming buried 1,124 wind turbine blades in a Casper landfill after cutting each into three pieces, but a Missouri plant near St Louis has ...
In 2022, Ireland built a pedestrian bridge from two wind-turbine blades that were too difficult to recycleOld wind turbine blades are now supporting a footbridge in County Cork, Ireland. These blades, retired after their operational life, offer ...
Your Strategy Needs a Visual MetaphorMany strategies fail not for lack of vision, but because employees don’t understand or aren’t sold on enacting them. A new study found—and ...
Restaurant food arrived in a black plastic box? Nutrition doctor issues health warning. 'Don’t reheat'A medical nutrition expert has raised concerns about the widespread use of black plastic containers for restaurant food deliveries. She exp...
Govt’s RDI push to cut import dependence, deepen domestic innovation: SintexIndigenous R&D, antimicrobial pipes, and MSME partnerships lead the company’s shift from storage to integrated water management.
India will soon have solar power waste to fill 720 Olympic-size swimming pools. It has to urgently find solutions.The country is betting big on solar energy — and rightfully so. But it is not giving equal importance on managing or recycling the waste th...
Automakers embrace sustainability: Shift towards recycled materials, biodegradable parts for new modelsCorporate-run scrap yards are coming up, creating a new industry of sorts of recyclable parts, while component manufacturers are replacing ...
Embracing design as a core tenet of ‘Make in India’ will build trust in Indian manufacturingJust as trust in a product hinges on its reliability and innovation, trust in India’s manufacturing future also rests on its ability to sea...
Why we should get serious about mining critical minerals for clean energyThe mining of rare earth elements is highly competitive due to limited global reserves and growing demand from clean energy technologies an...
Streamlining the hydrogen ecosystem is essential for India to achieve net-zero targetsElectrolysers used in the production of hydrogen from water are electrochemical energy-conversion devices. These find application in most a...
Scientists develop composite wrapper that can extend shelf life of fruitsThe wrapper can be reused, which is not possible with the present technology.
It takes 75 litres of water to make your jeans. Can it be brought down to zero?Textile is one of the largest water consuming industries, next only to power and steel. Manufacturing clothes is water intensive, but techn...
Do you think paper cups, compostable bags as plastic alternative? You are wrongBioplastics are urban myth because these are difficult to segregate and need different temperatures to decompose, making the process cumber...
Centre to soon come up with waste-to-energy policies: M Venkaiah NaiduNaidu also said PM Narendra Modi will launch Smart City and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation projects on June 25.
- Plane breaking: New ways give life to old birds
Airbus for the first time started a 3.2 million euro project called PAMELA-LIFE (Process for Advanced Management of End-of-Life of Aircraft...
- Wealth from waste
Wastepickers from 40 countries (including two from India) converged for a conference in Bogota, Colombia a while ago.
Container glass is eco-friendly: Mukul SomanyHindusthan National Glass & Industries's joint managing director Mukul Somany says the company is looking for more assets to buy.