Sustainability – Page 12
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OpinionAddressing the plastics problem
Sustainability must be fully incorporated into material design
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FeatureThe plastic sorting challenge
Before we can recycle many plastics, they must be sorted into separate streams. Angeli Mehta finds out how
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OpinionPlastics and pandemics
The Covid-19 pandemic is our top priority but the plastic problem isn’t going away
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OpinionReducing plastic waste in the lab
It’s time to confront the amount of plastic that’s thrown away by scientists each year
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ResearchChemically stable membrane sieves molecules from multiple solvents
Janus pore design and solvent-resistant support behind efficient organic solvent nanofiltration system
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FeaturePlastic recycling heading for the mainstream
Nina Notman talks to some of the companies launching chemical recycling technologies for single-use plastics
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FeatureSustainable lab buildings
After a decade of grassroots growth, the laboratory sustainability movement is bursting into the mainstream finds James Mitchell Crow
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OpinionFossil industries promise net emissions reductions
Can the oil industry really curb its carbon output fast enough to impact climate targets?
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ResearchLight-harvesting clusters and titanium dioxide cooperate to fix nitrogen
Atomically precise metal clusters continue to gather momentum by catalysing the production of ammonia
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ResearchEngineered yeast can remove heavy metals from wastewater
Easy storage and rapid growth could see yeast compete with bacterial and chemical remediation
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ResearchDurable catalyst could enable large scale conversion of carbon dioxide to syngas
Nanocatalysts on crystalline supports show remarkable stability producing hydrogen and carbon monoxide
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ArticleTransforming innovation for startups
Green polymer specialists Novomer and biotech startup SynbiCite optimised industrial and biotech processes using design of experiment software from JMP
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NewsCan negative emission technologies overcome climate catastrophe?
Reforestation, carbon capture and storage, direct air capture are among the ‘Nets’ that could remove CO2 from the atmosphere
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OpinionA dedicated follower of slow fashion
Our features editor has some clothes that are nearly old enough to vote
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FeatureRecycling clothing the chemical way
Nina Notman explores how chemistry is poised to close the loop in clothing recycling
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ResearchElectrolyser selectively consumes carbon dioxide in unpurified flue gas
Method tackles kinetic and thermodynamic hurdles
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ResearchStudy questions benefits of spending on carbon capture
Previous models failed to consider upstream carbon emissions and air pollution
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ResearchCatalyst breaks sulfur–sulfur bonds to give new life to tired tyres
Process recovers organic components that can become new elastomers
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BusinessChemicals industry roundup 2019
Focus turns to sustainability amid rising economic pressures and political uncertainty