Environmental Solutions

On the banks of the Mississippi near its confluence with the Missouri River, visitors have a new place to go to experience the sight of migratory birds, including Bald Eagles, Trumpeter Swans, and Great Blue Herons.

Professor Marcus Foston, of Washington University St. Louis, helped develop a new process using byproducts from soybean oil, paper, and biodiesel production to produce stronger, more flexible plastics. The resulting hardened material is still biodegradable, but has three times the strength and flexibility as basic soy-based plastics.

While consumers can probably go to a local lumberyard to buy lumber from sustainably grown trees cut at nearby sawmills, no one asks for local glass.

Tick populations have been growing nationwide, and a number of experts believe it’s due to warmer temperatures these days.

In this episode of What Do I Do with This?: The Fabrics of Our Trash, unravel the hidden impact of textile waste.

Archeologists studying a forested area in northern Michigan say they’ve uncovered what is likely the largest intact remains of an ancient Native American agricultural site in the eastern half of the United States.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has completed an investigation into whether air pollution in Sauget is harming people, with a particular focus on the emissions from a hazardous waste incinerator there.

A recent research study conducted by the Konecky Laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis used advanced climate models to assess the deadly storms that occurred in July 2022.

A team of chemical and materials engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have demonstrated a method to tune chemical functional groups inside nanoporous materials, enabling precise control over local ion concentrations and pH levels.

In this episode, “Recycling Demystified”, we find out how recycling helps our environment, the dos and don’ts of single-stream recycling, and learn about creative ways to reuse materials.