Waste | Infrastructure news - Part 127

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What the frack is going on?

It is reported from Pennsylvania in the US that the Marcellus shale gas site has materials that can be recycled and put to good use. A new business partnership to collect and recycle the plastic well pad liners of the fracking site has been...

Shipping and air quality: Unhealthy results

Stuart Gary of ABC Science reports that shipping in Australia may produce up to 30% of all nitrogen oxide and 20% of total sulphur emissions, according to a new study. While these are non-greenhouse gases, they produce photochemical smog and...