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What’s All the Buzz About Pyrolysis for Recycling Plastic?

What’s All the Buzz About Pyrolysis for Recycling Plastic?

There’s been a lot of talk about pyrolysis being the solution to the plastics recycling problem. Is this method the solution that some experts believe it will be? What is all the buzz about?There are Problems With Plastics RecyclingBefore you even get into the purpose of pyrolysis, you have to look at the current problems […]

What’s All the Buzz About Pyrolysis for Recycling Plastic?

How Long Does It Take Many Common Materials to Break Down in a Landfill?

Have you ever considered the importance of recycling? Of course, there are the logical reasons for recycling. You don’t want the chemicals from a battery getting into the groundwater, air, or soil. Another aspect, and it’s one that most people don’t stop to think about, is how long it takes these common materials to break […]

Timor-Leste – Construction in progress

Timor-Leste – Construction in progress

This post was originally published on UNDPWith funding from the GEF-Least Developed Countries Fund and support of UNDP, Timor-Leste is building rural climate resilience through climate-proof infrastructure including new roads, bridges, drainage canals, irrigation and...
Ocean Innovation Challenge

Ocean Innovation Challenge

This post was originally published on UNDPThe Ocean Innovation Challenge (OIC) is issuing a series of ‘Ocean Challenges’ or Requests for Proposals, each focused on a specific SDG14 target. Initial concepts may be submitted by public or private entities,...
UNDP Oceans Promise

UNDP Oceans Promise

This post was originally published on UNDPUNDP will deliver on its Ocean Promise through our Ocean Programme, which comprises a range of ongoing and new projects and initiatives dedicated to tackling the ocean crisis. By 2030, 100 coastal countries (including all...