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PostJune 4, 2025

Study helps pinpoint areas where microplastics will accumulate

One key factor in determining where microparticles are likely to build up has to do with the presence of biofilms — thin, sticky biopolymer layers shed by microorganisms, which can accumulate on surfaces, including sandy riverbeds or seashores.

PostMay 26, 2025

Can Pennsylvania dairies profit from carbon markets?

A large metal generator converts methane from an anaerobic digester into electricity.

PostMay 24, 2025

Could measuring greenhouse gases increase returns on Pennsylvania dairies?

A large machine spreads manure on a field on Pennsylvania.

PostMay 22, 2025

New landfill rules were supposed to cut methane. Michigan’s still falling...

A large red truck drops off trash into a pile on the South Kent County Landfill.

PostMay 20, 2025

Pennsylvania dairy farmers consider return on climate-smart milk

Dairy cows in a horizontal row look at the camera, at Molly Pitcher Milk in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

Educator GuideFebruary 23, 2023

Recycling and Climate Change Educator Guide

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Recycling bins with recycled materials stacked.

PostJuly 27, 2022

At MIT, Lesson from Space for Handling Waste

An illustrated flow chart showing the process of how animal waste is taken from the farm and transformed into energy sources.

PostApril 21, 2022

Given what we know, how do we live now?

MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Circular ripples in a pond

PostAugust 19, 2021

Solar panels are a pain to recycle. These companies are trying to fix that....

MIT Technology Review

PostDecember 16, 2019

Making buildings from industrial waste

Associate Professor Elsa Olivetti studies the huge quantities of industrial waste materials generated in the manufacturing industry, in hopes of finding useful ways to reconstitute and reuse this waste for building.

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