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Organic Waste
An increasing quantity of foreign material is discovered in organic waste, in Italy, an estimation has been made that about 5% of organic waste is comprised of non-biodegradable materials, like metals and plastic bags. Two-third of these are from plastic materials, and a notable 50% comes from packaging.
In organic waste from household, common instance includes plastic bags and fruit label stickers confused for compostable and alternatives of biodegradable. Because just a small quantity of this plastic can be gotten rid of or repurposed, almost all end up in landfills.
Polyethylene-based Plastic
Efforts should be made to decrease the quantity of plastic waste disposed in this manner - for both environmental and economic reasons, according to a group of researchers at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy. Their solution makes use of the capabilities of some microorganisms that consume polyethylene-based plastic.
Alderley Park will remain flagship bioscience location
Manchester Science Parks takes over former AstraZeneca site
A long chapter in the UK s pharmaceutical history came to a close yesterday with the sale of AstraZeneca s 400-acre Alderley Park site in Cheshire.
The new owners of the site - Manchester Science Parks (MSP) - have pledged to maintain and expand Alderley Park as a leading UK incubator for life sciences businesses.
MSP will build on Alderley Park s heritage of scientific innovation, said AZ in a statement. The company said last year that it planned to cut about 1,600 jobs as part of an overhaul of its R&D operations, with 600 jobs lost in Cheshire, and would also relocate its global corporate headquarters to Cambridge by 2016.
6 More Lawsuits Filed Against Syngenta Over Pesticide That Causes Parkinsons, First Trial Set for Today
Six more lawsuits alleging Syngenta’s paraquat causes Parkinson’s Disease were filed last week, adding to more than a dozen similar lawsuits already filed in U.S. courts.
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Six more lawsuits alleging Syngenta’s weed killing pesticide paraquat causes Parkinson’s Disease were filed last week in Pennsylvania, California and Illinois, adding to more than a dozen similar lawsuits already filed in U.S. courts.