Graphene, the world’s thinnest and strongest material, is a sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a chicken-wire structure. In its pristine state, it exhibits no signs of the conventional magnetism usually associated with such materials as iron or nickel.
The report argues that the government should work with industry to develop a resource strategy that will enable materials, particularly those in scarce supply, to be reused and to speed up their movement across the economy.
The development is expected to prove useful in the creation of electronics at the nanoscale.
Alex Salmond has struck a deal with Abu Dhabi renewables giant Masdar to boost the sector in Scotland.
Following on from further hints that the government is considering a cash ban across the scrap metal industry, the head of the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) has called for ministers to turn their attention to thieves not “legitimate scr…
The senior management of Valpak – the UK’s largest packaging producer compliance scheme – have teamed up with Germany’s market leader in compliance services to put forward a revised offer to buy-out the company from its members.
The Swiss Institute for Environmental and Process Technology (UMTEC) has published a report on the disposal of waste containing nanosilver in the textile…
The UK might be further behind matching the European End-of-Life recycling targets than was previously thought, after the Coalition revised ELV recovery guidelines relative to residual fuels last month.
Gusty conditions at the end of last year set a new record for the amount of the UK’s power generated from wind, according to new figures.
A study in the Netherlands found that turning back-up gas power stations on and off, to cover spells when there is little wind, actually produces more carbon than a steady supply of energy from an efficient modern gas station.
The Network Rail review of the two main alternatives favoured by opponents concluded they could not “generate the capacity” needed. The government is due to make its final decision on the £17bn HS2 scheme this week.
Both businesses will receive RHI payments of 4.5p per kWh for the next 20 years.