NONTOX Project: Recovering Contaminated Plastics from Waste

Good News Notes:  “Led by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the NONTOX Project is developing a novel approach to the recovery of waste from the construction, automotive, and electrical industries, which, until now, have been branded as non-recyclable due to their hazardous impurities. The project aims to increase the recycling rates of such…

Waste hop stem in the beer industry upcycled into cellulose nanofibers

Good News Notes: “Some three quarters of the biomass in hop plants used in beer-making ends up in landfills. But a group of Japanese researchers has developed a technique that ‘upcycles’ that waste hop into cellulose nanofibers (CNFs). A paper describing the technique was published in the journal ACS Agricultural Science & Technology on June 11. In…

Vestas develops ‘gamechanger’ wind turbine blade recycling method

Good News Notes: “A team of Danish technology companies and universities aims to present a way to commercialise their solution within three years. Vestas and a team of epoxy producers and academic institutions have developed a new technological solution to recycle thermoset composites, the material used to make wind turbine blades. The partners – also…