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Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable.

In a recently published Chemical Engineering Journal, a team of chemical engineers from the University of Bath and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, USA have designed a new way to recycle polystyrene that might become the first practical method of making the material recyclable.

Biodiesel Magazine is a trade journal dedicated to objective, independent coverage of biodiesel news, events and information relevant to the global industry. With editorial focus on U.S. and international methyl ester manufacturing, trade, distribution and markets, Biodiesel Magazine also provides valuable insight into feedstock and market share competition from the non-ester renewable diesel sector.

An innovative project at WPI hopes to turn plastic waste in the ocean into fuel—right on board a ship.

The result has been dubbed "blue diesel" and would save ocean cleanup vessels time, money, and emissions from going to land to offload.

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Researchers Create Low-cost Alternative Bio-diesel with Food Waste - Industry Tap

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have created a new way to convert food waste into renewable fuel.

 WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#STEM--With gas prices soaring and food costs pinching family budgets, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at WPI is looking at ways to use food waste to make a renewable and more affordable fuel replacement for oil-based diesel. The work, led by Chemical Engineering Professo...

Researchers have identified that treating spent grains from the brewing process with ultrasound increases the proportion of methane in the biogas produced, maximizing the renewable energy obtained.