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Have you ever had a broken item that you've wanted to fix, but weren't sure how? Well the Repair Café is helping to solve that problem, pairing people and their broken household belongings with tinkerers and tools to help fix them.
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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.
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Idaho’s Department of Environmental Quality recently awarded BSU a $73,200 ‘sustainable materials management’ grant for the purchase of a food waste digester, also known as an anaerobic digester. The contraption breaks down food waste to liquid, and nutrients left in the liquid can be recaptured as biogas.
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Tribes in the Mountain West reached resolutions in two long standing environmental disputes this week. The victories for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and...
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During this pandemic, many businesses are stepping forward to show extra appreciation for their frontline workers. In the trash collection industry,…
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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,…
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Most of us have some piece of art we love but never got around to hanging. It sits in storage, inspiring guilt and is never fully appreciated. Donating it…
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Water is one of the key ingredients in craft beer – and it’s used a lot throughout the entire craft brewing process. But what if there were a way to…
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The city of Boise’s program doling out compost for free to residents who want it has exceeded expectations in its first year.Every day, a facility south…
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Do you ever wonder where your poop goes when you flush the toilet? If you live in Boise, it ends up somewhere a little out of the ordinary. It goes to a…