https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/waste/ Recent content in Waste on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:43:35 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/yogurt-waste-inspires-researcher-to-innovate-with-sourdough-bread/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:20:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/yogurt-waste-inspires-researcher-to-innovate-with-sourdough-bread/ • If you were one of the many amateur bakers who learned to bake sourdough bread during lockdown, you’ll know how complex a single loaf can be • The rise of the bread, moisture, fi https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/smarter-shelf-strategy-can-boost-retail-profits-and-cut-food-waste-by-more-than-20-study-finds/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:35:48 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/smarter-shelf-strategy-can-boost-retail-profits-and-cut-food-waste-by-more-than-20-study-finds/ • Grocery retailers may not need new technology-or behavior change from shoppers-to meaningfully reduce food waste • New research in the journal Management Science finds that small https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/researchers-challenge-misleading-language-around-plastic-waste-solutions/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:04:23 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/researchers-challenge-misleading-language-around-plastic-waste-solutions/ • Solutions to the plastic waste crisis are often pitched using words that can skew value judgments, new research argues. • The paper, authored by the Sustainable Materials Innovat https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/sunlight-powered-process-turns-plastic-waste-into-acetic-acid-without-added-emissions/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:40:03 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/sunlight-powered-process-turns-plastic-waste-into-acetic-acid-without-added-emissions/ • Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient of vinegar, using sunlight. • The breakthrough offers https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/bio-inspired-sunlight-powered-iron-catalyst-converts-plastic-waste-into-vinegar/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:33:45 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/bio-inspired-sunlight-powered-iron-catalyst-converts-plastic-waste-into-vinegar/ • Bio-inspired: Sunlight-powered iron catalyst converts plastic waste into vinegar A solar-powered iron catalyst turns plastic waste into acetic acid, offering a new upcycling path https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/turning-high-emissions-waste-into-fertilizer-catalyst-boosts-urea-production-by-coupling-co-with-nitrogen-pollutants/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:30:50 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/turning-high-emissions-waste-into-fertilizer-catalyst-boosts-urea-production-by-coupling-co-with-nitrogen-pollutants/ • UNSW engineers have tackled a longstanding problem at the heart of global agriculture: how to make urea for fertilizer without the intensity of emissions associated with fossil-f https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/nuclear-waste-remediation-by-proton-beam/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:30:13 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/nuclear-waste-remediation-by-proton-beam/ • One of the issues with nuclear power plants is that they produce long-lived radioactive waste. • Storing spent nuclear fuel is a real problem. • However, researchers at the Depar https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/new-method-uses-waste-bread-to-replace-fossil-fuels-in-chemical-manufacturing/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:41:52 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/new-method-uses-waste-bread-to-replace-fossil-fuels-in-chemical-manufacturing/ • New method uses waste bread to replace fossil fuels in chemical manufacturing The microbially produced hydrogen successfully fueled the hydrogenation of target chemicals under mi https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/new-method-converts-old-phones-and-paper-industry-waste-into-green-battery-tech/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:59:44 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/new-method-converts-old-phones-and-paper-industry-waste-into-green-battery-tech/ • New method converts old phones and paper industry waste into green battery tech Scientists have created a sustainable, cost-effective, and highly efficient solution that promotes https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/us-particle-accelerators-turn-nuclear-waste-into-electricity-cut-radioactive-life-by-99.7/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:22:11 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/us-particle-accelerators-turn-nuclear-waste-into-electricity-cut-radioactive-life-by-99.7/ • US particle accelerators turn nuclear waste into electricity, cut radioactive life by 99.7% The system uses a particle accelerator to fire high-energy protons at a target, such a https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/60-efficient-method-chemical-used-to-create-much-of-worlds-plastics-produced-from-waste-gas/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 05:24:55 +0000 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