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04 Feb 2012
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Harvesting bioplastics
Plastic – love it or loathe it, there’s no getting away from it in today’s society. Or is there? In recent years, a new crop of materials, similar in technical properties to their traditional counterparts yet completely biodegradable and compostable, has sprung up.

 
Biomagic
In the second installment of our three-part series on renewable energy, Will Simpson considers some of the options available for harnessing the power of biodegradable waste

 
Biofuels: boon or blight
The twin concerns of energy security and global warming have thrust biofuels into the spotlight, but are they really as good as they sound?

 
Open for business
Authorities are rolling out domestic kitchen waste collections left, right and centre, but this might leave businesses feeling neglected. Not so in Islington, where a commercial food waste collection trial has been expended to a mainstream service

 
Organic wizards of Oz
Our counterparts Down Under are locking carbon into farmland using recycled organic waste, and it seems s simple as clicking their heels together. Will Simpson reports on the innovation and its potential impacts

 
 

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