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Date Palm Leaves Could Improve Water Treatment Across the Middle East

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Date palm leaves — currently a waste product of date farming — could be used to remove pharmaceutical chemicals and dyes from hospital wastewater, say researchers from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in Oman.

The first hospital wastewater treatment pilot project is due to start in Oman early next year, and scientists are working to use this technology in both drinking water filters and for industrial wastewater treatment.

Packaging that Reduces Food Waste Captures Top DuPont Packaging Award

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Prestigious Global Awards Celebrate Innovation, Sustainability and Cost/Waste Reduction

Innovative vacuum-packaging that reduces food waste by keeping meat looking and staying fresh longer took top honors in DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. Retail packaging that boosts shelf appeal, a robust packaging recycling project and modular industrial packaging that cuts waste and cost captured gold honors.

New European Union Directive on E-waste Comes into Force

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Research conducted by the UNEP-administered Basel Convention has contributed to a new directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment.

The European Union (EU) has adopted new rules on electrical and electronic waste (e-waste), which aim to allow EU member states to combat the illegal export of waste more effectively.

Machine Converts Waste into Crude Oil

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At his factory in the outskirts of Mumbai, Nitin Bondal is staring proudly at a large machine. The 4m (13ft) orange structure has a futuristic air, as it stands, pride of place, in the corner of a dusty, decades-old workshop, filled with the stench of factory fumes.

Two men climb up to the top, and start pouring bags of broken plastic down a chute.

Ten Recycled Shipping Container Buildings

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By Michael Simon,

Big, strong and seemingly unbreakable — shipping containers are a great place to start for a new style of building!

One of the wonders of the modern world is that you can stick something in a shipping container, send it off with thousands of other boxes, and see it land anywhere on earth. But, how do you get rid of shipping containers when you don’t want them anymore? They’re massive, sturdy and seemingly indestructible.

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