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Why a tech start-up wants to pump your faeces deep underground

Start-up Vaulted Deep, which just signed a deal with Microsoft, says storing human waste deep underground can keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and pollutants like forever chemicals out of surface ecosystems

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2CBM20E Humorous blue public toilet sign, Koh Samui, Thailand

Environment

How toilet waste is being rebranded as a valuable resource

Comment

2AFX2PH aerial view of Allerton Waste Recovery Park, on the A1(M) near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK

Environment

Putting food waste in the bin felt wrong until I learned where it went

Comment

Shewanella oneidensis bacteria. Computer illustration of Shewanella oneidensis metal-reducing bacteria. This extremophile bacteria is able to convert toxic metals and compounds, such as uranium, chromium and technetium, into water-insoluble forms. This ability could one day be used to clean contaminated ground-water.

Health

Engineered bacteria destroy antibiotic resistance DNA in wastewater

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Digital generated image of huge sphere made out of wasted plastic on blue background.

Environment

Let's not trash recycling technologies that could end plastic waste

Leader

RGY487 Used plastic crushed, Prepared to be re-melted into recycled plastic pellets

Environment

The incredible new tech that can recycle all plastics, forever

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Chemistry

Old milk can be used to extract gold and other metals from e-waste

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Environment

Toys produce far more electronic waste than vapes

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Abrasion-resistant and enhanced super-slippery flush toilets fabricated by a selective laser sintering 3D printing technology

Technology

3D-printed toilet is so slippery that nothing can leave a mark

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British Formula E racing team, Envision Racing's Recover-e car, made entirely out of electronic waste

Technology

Formula E unveils racing car made from electronic waste

A Formula E racing car made from iPhones, chargers, batteries and single-use vapes has been built in the UK to highlight the increasing problem of electronic waste

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Environment

US toxic chemical emissions to air, water and soil increased in 2021

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Environment

US military to test destroying toxic PFAS with superheated water

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Technology

Bacteria and catalysts recycle waste plastic into useful chemicals

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Environment

Plastic litter on Australian beaches cut by 29 per cent over six years

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