composting Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:42:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Compostable Electronics to Hit the Shelves in Three Years https://www.greenoptimistic.com/compostable-electronics-buy/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/compostable-electronics-buy/#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:42:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56538 German scientists claim to have found the key to tackling the problem with ever-so-growing amounts of electronic waste- biodegradable, compostable electronics. I doubt a decade ago anyone could have predicted this incredible boom on the market for electronics. The competition between the big tech giants to develop the bigger and better smartphone, or the next […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/compostable-electronics-buy/feed/ 0 56538 Six Months After The Start of the Food Waste Challenge, New York Composts 2,500 Tons of Food Waste https://www.greenoptimistic.com/six-months-start-food-waste-challenge-new-york-composts-2500-tones-food-waste-20131205/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/six-months-start-food-waste-challenge-new-york-composts-2500-tones-food-waste-20131205/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:50:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44192 Exactly half a year after New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, began the campaign to divert half of the food waste away from landfills, the first results were officially announced this week. The incredible 2,500 tons of food were donated or composted instead of being dumped. This has been a major achievement for the city, and […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/six-months-start-food-waste-challenge-new-york-composts-2500-tones-food-waste-20131205/feed/ 0 44192 Composting: The Next Big Thing After Recycling https://www.greenoptimistic.com/composting-waste-recycling-20130219/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/composting-waste-recycling-20130219/#respond Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:06:47 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=33664 Composting could be used over landfill sites, says a renowned specialist.  In recent years, recycling habits have become commonplace, with paper and plastics leading the way. However, organic wastes, which make up about one-third of all waste generated, are still being transported to landfill sites to be buried. The Central Illinois Composting Symposium’s co-founder Wynne […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/composting-waste-recycling-20130219/feed/ 0 33664 New Wastewater Treatment Plant From Siemens Saves Energy by Using Bacterial Heat https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-wastewater-treatment-plant-from-siemens-saves-energy-by-using-bacterial-heat-20120813/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-wastewater-treatment-plant-from-siemens-saves-energy-by-using-bacterial-heat-20120813/#respond Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:09:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25802 Siemens has recently invented a new biodrying process that can convert sewage sludge into usable elements – all of this while saving a great deal of energy. Thus, their “mechanically enhanced biodrying” doesn’t require any external heat source, but produces its own with the help of the microbes in the sludge, which costs about 30 […]

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