Tag: waste
Burying radioactive waste, Switzerland’s “project of the century”
Geologist Christophe Nussbaum, head of the Mont Terri International Laboratory, inspects an experimental tunnel for the burial of radioactive waste, April 6, 2022 near Saint-Ursanne, Switzerland (AFP/Fabrice COFFRINI) The war…
Fight against food waste – Federal Council wants to halve food waste by 2030 – News
According to the federal government, a quarter of the environmental pollution caused by diet is due to food waste. According to one, the production of food requires limited resources such…
Light, air and salt produce raw materials from waste
With a new process for recycling plastic, polystyrene – the main component of polystyrene – can be broken down into valuable small molecules. The technique requires only light, air and…
Bitcoin fights against energy waste: a new oil player takes up crypto-mining
Bitcoin, the new miracle solution – More and more producers of energy resources realize the usefulness of a complementary activity of bitcoin mining (BTC) on their operating sites. after the…
Chronicle “L’air du temps” – Nuclear: notice of waste
France is betting on nuclear power at a time when the Russian army is reminding the world of its dangers. Looks like ice is running through Vladimir Putin’s veins. When…
Killing Snails + Waste: These fines are lurking in the garden
by Solvejg Hoffmann 04/01/2022 10:58 am When you hear the word “catalogue of fines”, you first think of offenses in road traffic. However, there is also the catalog of fines…
the great waste of expired vaccines
Expired anti-Covid vaccines are destroyed in Abuja (Nigeria), on December 22, 2021. OLAMIKAN GBEMIGA / AP More than 240 million doses of anti-Covid vaccines have exceeded their expiry date since…
Why could a minority of developers waste the potential of open source?
One of the most amazing things about open source isn’t that it produces great software. It’s that so many developers put their ego aside to create great programs with the…
Bitcoin prevents energy waste – Exxon to mine BTC in 5 countries with its overproduction
bitcoin to optimize – In the United States, some high-ranking politicians, members of the US Congress, consider Bitcoin (BTC) like a chancebecause its mining would allow promote “energy independence” from…
Auchan’s plan to limit food waste
The new boss of Auchan France sees in this project “proof” that the company is capable of transformation. Fighting waste to remobilize the company. In difficulty in France, Auchan will…
Food crisis: 450 scientists call for ‘less animal products, less waste and a greener European agricultural policy’
War between Ukraine and Russiacase More than 450 scientists published this Monday a call to change our global food system rather than lock ourselves into productivism to meet the shortages…
Plastic waste in the sea mostly »invisible«
At least 25 million tons of plastic waste are now floating in the oceans, according to a new study by the working group led by Atsuhiko Isobe from the Japanese…