-
Dubbed E-RECOV, an electrochemical process pioneered at INL separates the recoverable elements without emissions. “The efficiency of the process is approximately 90-100%, meaning that the electrons that are put in are doing the job that we want them to do,” the lead researcher said.
-
Idaho Matters sits down to talk with the co-founder of the worlds biggest gift economy and find out how it works.
-
Idaho Matters learns more about a new potential recycling method for Ada County and Boise residents.
-
A long-awaited pilot project has turned our single-use plastics into building blocks.
-
The plastics many in Boise attempt to recycle by using the orange Hefty Energy Bags may be reused as building materials in in a pilot project later this year.
-
Idaho Matters checks in with the City of Boise about its successful — and growing — compost program.
-
With many of us staying home and ordering items online, there’s more recycling being done in the Treasure Valley this year. And a new report shows the…
-
An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.
-
Boise and Meridian residents have been filling special orange bags with hard-to-recycle plastics since 2018. Initially, the ‘Hefty EnergyBags’ were…
-
As most of us have been spending more time at home, the amount of waste we’ve been taking to the curb has increased, too. Trucks picking up our trash,…