Using wastewater from the canning industry
14 June, 2005Irrigation with wastewater from the canning industry is not harmful to the quality of agricultural soil and may even, in some cases, improve it. This is the conclusion of Iñigo Abdón Virto Quecedo in his PhD thesis defended at the Public University of Navarre.
Compostable packaging taped
03 January, 2005Used plastic wrappings and containers make good fuel if incinerated but are also dumped in huge quantities on landfill sites.
A more efficient process to create polystyrene packaging
30 December, 2004Polystyrene foam is widely used in a variety of applications, including packaging and drinking cups. These different types of foam are all commercially produced from a single starting material - high-density spherical beads of expandable polystyrene (EPS).
Generating recycled raw materials and energy from food industry wastes
02 October, 2004Organic materials from food industry waste streams will be converted into energy and value-added products such as biodegradable plastics and hydrogen using innovative technologies being developed at the University of South Australia.
