Circular Economy

September 30, 2024

Argentine Students Create Biodegradable Plastic Bags from Citrus Peels—They Degrade in Just 15 Days!

Valentín Fravoli (22) and Alejandro Unchalo (21), students from Technical School No. 2 in Tandil, Argentina, developed Citricplas — biodegradable plastic bags made from citrus peels. This innovative project, set to hit

Design·Sustainability

Earthy Home Products Made From Organic Waste – Ottan Studio

Ottan Studio is an impact startup company based in Istanbul, Turkey, which focuses on up-cycling waste materials into high-quality materials in order to be used in interior and industrial design products. The studio has a vision of transforming natural products

July 29, 2022

Green Chemistry: Utilizing Nanodiamonds as Catalysts for Transforming Greenhouse Gas into Valuable Chemicals

Pollution·Science

Carbon dioxide (CO2) can be used as a raw material for producing formic acid or methanol rather than releasing it into the atmosphere, which

A New Chapter in Plastic Management: ORNL’s Groundbreaking Technology Converts Waste into Wealth

Plastic·Science

In a world grappling with the environmental repercussions of plastic waste, scientists from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have unveiled a technology that

Water

Global Water Crisis Threatens 50% of Food Production, Economy Faces 8% GDP Loss by 2050

The clock is ticking on worldwide water reserves, and the food on our plates hangs in the balance. According to the Global Commission on the Economics of Water’s October 2024 report, over

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Rahul Somvanshi

August 10, 2025

A hooded crow picks up a stick from the ground and drops it into a bin to receive a peanut reward.

Nature·Waste

Wild Crows Pick Up Cigarette Butts for Food in Stockholm: Bird Bins Tackle 48% of Sweden’s Litter

At first glance, the sight might seem strange – wild crows in a Swedish city deliberately picking up cigarette butts from the street and dropping them into a special machine. But this

Rahul Somvanshi

August 9, 2025

Design·Recycle·Science·Water

Tire Waste Transformed into Water Solution: $5 Solar Still Creates 3.67 Liters for Less Than 1 Cent

The global water crisis affects billions while discarded tires pile up in landfills worldwide. A team at Dalhousie University has connected these seemingly unrelated problems with an innovative solution: a floating solar

Rahul Somvanshi

May 20, 2025

Global economy depending on the consumption of raw materials is trapping the whole world into challenging efforts to be taken in accordance with CGR 2024. Photo Source: Royce Bair (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

News·Space

Global Circularity Falls to 7.2% as Material Use Nears 20th Century Total in Six Years

The global economy’s voracious appetite for raw materials has reached unprecedented levels, consuming nearly as much in the past six years as during the entire 20th century. Between 2016 and 2021, we

Rahul Somvanshi

April 19, 2025

Representative Image A row of paintbrushes, Photo Source: Picryl

World

World Creativity Day 2025: Creative Industries Drive 3.1% of GDP and 6.2% of Employment

Most of our day-to-day work is repetitive. No creativity is involved in it. The concept of creativity too is open to different interpretations. An artist’s view of creativity will differ from the

Govind Tekale

April 16, 2025

Porsche pilots Recycling processes. Photo Source: News room

Energy·News·Recycle

Porsche EV Battery Recycling Converts 65 Tons Into Black Mass for New Cell Production

Porsche has launched an ambitious pilot project to recycle high-voltage batteries from electric vehicles, aiming to recover valuable raw materials and reuse them in new battery production. This three-phase initiative could help

Sunita Somvanshi

April 9, 2025

New filter captures and recycles aluminum from manufacturing waste Photo Source:Trent Lee

News·Recycle

MIT Engineers Develop Filter Capturing 99% of Aluminum Waste

A breakthrough in aluminum recycling could help reduce industrial waste while meeting growing global demand for the metal used in everyday items from soda cans to smartphones. Engineers at MIT have developed

Karmactive Staff

February 13, 2025

Representative Image. President Trump Visits Cameron LNG Export Terminal. Photo Source: Trump White House Archived

Energy

Trump’s LNG Export Resumption: 900,000 Jobs at Stake, $215 Billion GDP Impact

A major change in U.S. energy policy is taking shape as President Donald Trump restarts permits for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports – basically allowing companies to sell more cooled, condensed natural

Sunita Somvanshi

January 24, 2025

Recycle·Robotics·Waste

Robots Tackle 75 Million Tons of E-Waste by 2030 with ABB and Molg’s Automated Data Center Recycling

In a world grappling with escalating electronic waste, ABB Robotics and US startup Molg have joined forces to develop automated microfactories for recycling data center equipment. This partnership emerges as global e-waste

Rahul Somvanshi

November 29, 2024

Artificial Intelligence·Pollution·Waste

AI Growth May Generate 5 Million Tons of E-Waste by 2030 Without Circular Solutions

The rapid expansion of generative artificial intelligence is creating an environmental crisis that extends beyond energy consumption to electronic waste. By 2030, AI applications could add between 1.2 million and 5 million

Govind Tekale

November 26, 2024

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