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Workers inspect a Quantafuel pyrolysis plant in Denmark. Quantafuel, which runs this plant in Skive, Denmark, is collaborating with BASF’s ChemCycling project to turn pyrolysis oil into chemicals.

In the adventure classic Back to the Future, Emmett "Doc" Brown uses energy generated from rubbish to power his DeLorean time machine. But while a time machine may still be some way off, the prospect ...

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The Kiteezi landfill near Kampala was expanded as part of the Kampala Institutional Infrastructure Development Project, allowing for the storage and treatment of ...