Around the world, plastics are finding their way into farm fields KAMPALA, Uganda -- In Uganda's Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as ...

A pilot project at a German sewage plant is turning biogas into renewable fuel - and the scientist behind the scheme believes ...

Alberta intends for the proposed additions to the Agricultural Operations Practices Act to allow organic waste from the agricultural sector to be diverted from landfills to biogas plants, which would ...

New provincial legislation would allow organic waste from the Alberta agricultural sector to be diverted to biogas plants from landfills. The government has introduced legislation in the form of ...

Alberta’s government has introduced legislation to enhance clarity surrounding organic waste in the agricultural industry, with the aim of inviting the budding biogas industry into the province.

Much of our waste is far too valuable to simply be incinerated. If it is recycled in a carefully controlled way, not only can thermal energy be generated, but the resulting gas can also be used to ...

In Japan, a smelly waste product is being reimagined as a potential clean fuel of the future that is powering cars and tractors.

Biogas is produced via anaerobic digestion, where microorganisms break down animal manure, biological waste or plant residues in a sealed environment deprived of oxygen. The chemical reaction ...

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