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Fossil fuel industry told not to ignore COP21
Gap between agreement and policies, says Lord Stern
Type: News
Wildfire Devastates Fort McMurray
STRIKING aerial photography shows a destructive wildfire burning through regions of northern Alberta, Canada, devastating portions of Fort McMurray, a city which services the oil sands industry, forcing the evacuation of almost over 88,000 residents.
Type: Feature
Smart algorithm for black plastic recycling
Radar camera can detect and sort plastics by type
Type: News
Successes, regrets - and the damage being done to our children's futures
Type: Feature
Monsanto rejects Bayer bid but open to talks
Notes benefits of seed and crop chemicals tie-up
Type: News
UK approves first fracking test in five years
Council moves ahead despite thousands of objections
Type: News
Zink oxide leads to sustainable crop growing
Nanoparticles help mobilise phosphorus in soil
Type: News
3D food printing can make customised snacks
Team envisions ‘create-your-own’ vending machines
Type: News
IT’S no secret that each year, eye-watering amounts of food go to waste. With that as a starting point, in 2014 we formed TerraServ, a South African company based in the town of Secunda. The aim was fairly simple, to develop processing of waste sugary foodstuffs – discarded mostly for ‘cosmetic’ reasons – into bio-ethanol based products such as hand sanitisers and cleaning products, under the EcoEth brand.
Type: Feature
WE ALL know that chemical engineering is the “boundaryless profession”. Our industry improves processes in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical, food and drink, energy, consumer goods, petrochemical, inorganic chemical and plastics industries, and so enhances the lives of billions of people all over the world.
Type: Feature
TWO of the biggest challenges to the chemical engineering profession over the next decade will be the search for truly sustainable feedstocks, and disposing of the ever-increasing quantities of domestic wastewater produced by urban societies.
Type: Feature
