A German start-up has figured out a better way to handle the millions of gallons of old milks thrown away every year: recycle it into a biopolymer.
Tag: Germany
The Waste Biz: Turning Agricultural Waste Into Packaging
Two German companies have developed a process for turning agricultural waste of all types into packaging: this week’s Waste Biz run-down.
TIO: A Unique Take On The Eco-Friendly Toothbrush
The TIO toothbrush concept incorporates bioplastics with a replaceable head to create much less plastic waste than the traditional product.
Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power
With the world’s fleet of reactors aging, and with new plants suffering construction delays and cost increases, it is possible that world nuclear electricity generation has peaked and begun a long-term decline.
Cargo Bike Sharing Platform Goes Online in Germany
Cargo bikes are useful for all sorts of things. But for those trips which don’t require cargo capacity (most of them), do you really want to lug around that extra equipment? And if you’re only going to use it for some trips, do you really want to shell out the extra bucks for a cargo bike?
Solar PV Breaks Records in 2010
Solar photovoltaic (PV) companies manufactured a record 24,000 megawatts of PV cells worldwide in 2010, more than doubling their 2009 output.
Good News: US Solar Power to Double in 2010
Editor’s note: Not sure why this post got pulled back into the pending queue yesterday… apologies if you clicked through and got an error page. In light of mid-October’s Solar [ … ]
Five for Friday: Great Green Blog Posts for the Week (6/25/10)
Been on the road this week, so a bit less attuned to what’s going on in the green blogosphere… but this morning’s quicker-than-usual scan still shows an awful lot of [ … ]
Wind Power Soared Past 150,000 Megawatts in 2009
By J. Matthew Roney Even in the face of a worldwide economic downturn, the global wind industry posted another record year in 2009 as cumulative installed wind power capacity grew [ … ]
Clean Energy Round-Up
Coinciding with the Bali talks on climate change, there has been all sorts of renewable energy and global warming news cropping up. Here are a few I’ve come across lately: [ … ]