en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/waste/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/salt_lake_city_plan_may_turn_sew/ The question goes something like this: How many toilet flushes does it take to power a light bulb? There's really no answer, but Salt Lake City is exploring a pilot project that would convert sewer waste into energy to run a heating a cooling system in a news science 2006-11-09 12:50:58 http://www.newsique.com/science/salt_lake_city_plan_may_turn_sew/ Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SEWER_POWER?SITE=WHIZ&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://www.newsique.com/sources/ap/ 95 Under Rated [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/science/salt_lake_city_plan_may_turn_sew/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/ministers_plot_uk_nuclear_future/ The government is inviting communities in the UK to volunteer to host radioactive waste from the country's half-century of nuclear power. Local authorities are urged to consult widely before coming forward, and may win financial support. Ministers h news science 2008-06-13 08:20:54 http://www.newsique.com/science/ministers_plot_uk_nuclear_future/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7450479.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/ministers_plot_uk_nuclear_future/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/food_waste_on_staggering_scale/ People are needlessly throwing away 3.6m tonnes of food each year in England and Wales, research suggests. The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) found that salad, fruit and bread were most commonly wasted and 60% of all dumped food was untouche news science 2008-05-08 08:25:31 http://www.newsique.com/science/food_waste_on_staggering_scale/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7389351.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/food_waste_on_staggering_scale/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/researchers_eye_farm_waste_as_en/ Washington University engineers using imaging technology have found that vigorous mixing helps microorganisms turn farm waste into alternative energy. Hog and cow manure is a persistent pollutant from industrial-sized barns and feed lots, but can becom news science 2008-04-17 08:12:23 http://www.newsique.com/science/researchers_eye_farm_waste_as_en/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/17/waste.fuel.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/researchers_eye_farm_waste_as_en/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/warning_on_plastics_toxic_threat/ Plastic waste in the oceans poses a potentially devastating long-term toxic threat to the food chain, according to marine scientists. Studies suggest billions of microscopic plastic fragments drifting underwater are concentrating pollutants like DDT. news science 2008-03-28 08:13:15 http://www.newsique.com/science/warning_on_plastics_toxic_threat/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7316441.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/warning_on_plastics_toxic_threat/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/tories_plan_waste_deals_for_firm/ Major firms should be asked to sign up to voluntary "responsibility deals" to cut waste, the Conservatives say. The party says existing EU rules only are not wide-ranging enough and are "propping up our throwaway culture". The former Tory MP and Asd news science 2008-03-17 08:24:24 http://www.newsique.com/science/tories_plan_waste_deals_for_firm/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7300152.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/tories_plan_waste_deals_for_firm/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/bye-bye_incandescent_bulb/ Is Thomas Edison's most famous invention, the incandescent light bulb, about to fizzle into obscurity? Thanks to global warming, the ban-the-bulb movement is gaining strength. Australian officials and European lighting manufacturers have announced phas news science 2007-03-01 08:28:04 http://www.newsique.com/science/bye-bye_incandescent_bulb/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070228/ts_csm/abulbs http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [4] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/bye-bye_incandescent_bulb/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/biodefence_special_fortress_amer/ It was the nightmare many had been expecting. Five years ago, hard on the heels of 9/11, someone sent anthrax spores through the US mail to journalists and politicians. Five people died, and at least 17 more got sick. The culprit was never caught. news science 2006-10-17 09:34:16 http://www.newsique.com/science/biodefence_special_fortress_amer/ New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19225725.000 http://www.newsique.com/sources/newscientist/ 87 Under Rated [3] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/biodefence_special_fortress_amer/#comments