Sicilian oranges – from waste to fabric, flour and fuel
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY KAVIMALAR DEVARAJ Former design student in Milan, Adriana Santonocito, found an innovative way of converting the largely produced orange rinds in her native city of Catania, Sicily, into environment-friendly textiles. This method enables tonnes of orange waste to be recycled into fibre that can be made into clothes. The problem statement in her university […]
A sweeter way to make green products
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe shampoo you washed your hair with this morning. The balloons for the party. Refrigerators and sunglasses, medicine and mosquito repellent, guitar strings and fishing lures. These and thousands of other products we use every day contain chemicals made from petroleum. But researchers at the University of Delaware (UD) can now offer manufacturers a much […]
Rice straw project takes off
Reading Time: 2 minutesTowards creating high-value biodegradable products PENDANG: The Rice Straw Project under the Bioeconomy Community Development Programme (BCDP) is expected to enhance to the growth of high-value biodegradable products in Malaysia while promoting the country’s environmental sustainability and advancement of green technology. The project is overseen by Malaysian Bioeconomy Development Corporation (Bioeconomy Corporation) and involves a […]
USM, NAIST collaborate to develop degradable, eco-friendly plastic
Reading Time: 2 minutesIN a collaboration with researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) in Japan, a significant milestone has been achieved by Universiti Sains Malaysia in the research to develop an eco-friendly and sustainable plastic called PHA. Plastic has long been identified as a material which has serious consequences on nature. Discarded plastic can remain […]