Professor Robert Speight and Dr. Laura Navone found that a commercial enzyme dissolves wool fibres from polyester and wool mix fabrics, without damaging the polyester strands. “Recycled polyester is a valuable tradable commodity,” Professor Speight, from QUT’s Institute for Future Environments and the Science and Engineering Faculty. “The polyester extracted from fabric can be made...Read More

As the season of big holiday meals kicks off, it’s as good a time as any to reflect on just how much food goes to waste. If you piled up all the food that’s not eaten over the course of a year in the U.S., it would be enough to fill a skyscraper in Chicago about...Read More

Anglesey has received the first UK award for cutting plastic use The council met five objectives to achieve plastic-free status Businesses have ditched single-use bottles and coffee cups Anglesey, an island off Wales’ northwest coast, has become the UK’s first “plastic-free” county. Plastic Free Community status was awarded by Surfers Against Sewage after the island...Read More