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High-strength Biodegradable Films from Grapevine Agricultural waste

This blog entry has been prepared on the basis of information from GlobalSpec e-zine and Paper published in the Journal, ‘Sustainable Food Technology’. https://insights.globalspec.com/article/24084/grapevine-waste-transformed-into-biodegradable-films-for-eco-friendly-packaging?md=250917&mh=72e741&Vol=Vol10Issue37&Pub=133&LinkId=2206339&keyword=link_2206339&itemid=409669&frmtrk=newsletter&cid=nl The paper is entitled as “Valorization of grapevine agricultural waste into transparent and high-strength biodegradable films for sustainable packaging”. It is written by five persons and the corresponding author is Dr.Continue reading “High-strength Biodegradable Films from Grapevine Agricultural waste”

The Amrita School for Sustainable Futures

This is a School of the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a well-known and reputed multi-disciplinary, research-intensive Private University of India and has 10 campuses across South and North India. The world renowned Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi is the founding Chancellor. Interested readers may kindly see the url https://www.amrita.edu/about The academic programs areContinue reading “The Amrita School for Sustainable Futures”

Interesting products from Nanokriti Private Ltd., India

The technology and product details are posted in the articulation presented below A nano-bubble is a breakthrough technology in the Gas liquid system. This can revolutionize processes like – Aeration, Water treatment, Gas-liquid mixing, Flotation, Drip irrigation, Bio-film renewal, Anaerobic Digestion, Carbon-di-oxide Capture. These processes can be found in applications like  Horticulture, Agriculture, Aqua culture,Continue reading “Interesting products from Nanokriti Private Ltd., India”

About SugarCrete Building Material

A very interesting Construction technology article that came in Constrofacilitator. This talks about an innovative technology derived from bagasse, a waste generated during the manufacturing of cane sugar.https://constrofacilitator.com/indias-first-sugarcrete-classroom-in-noida/?utm_campaign=IN-BRIEF&utm_medium=email&utm_source=SVCN

One Water One Soil and One Health

This day long seminar conducted by IEEE Standards Association and CDAC in Bangalore on 4th July 2025.Important takeaways from the presentations were:– Sustainability research is Inter-disciplinary;– Need to break past research Silos;– It is important to solve Farmers problems in Agriculture; and– Surveillance of Diseases is important, especially True after SARS, MERS and Covid outbreaksContinue reading “One Water One Soil and One Health”

High Performance Elastomers and plasma polymer coatings to replace fluoropolymers in technical applications

This is a new Fraunhofer project for PFAS substitution. PFAS are known as Forever chemicals. The full form of the abbreviation is Per-fluorinated Alkyl compounds. We had presented a blog entry on Bio-remediation PFAS in September 2021. Please use the link below to get more details about this Fraunhofer Institute project. https://www.lbf.fraunhofer.de/en/press-releases/high-performance-elastomers-plasma-polymer-coatings-replace-fluoropolymers-technical-applications.html

South-East Asia Industrial Gases Market

This market is expected to grow at the CAGR (Compounded Annual Growth Rate) of 6.9% from 2024 to 2030. The market is expected to reach $ 11.4 billion in 2030. These are for gases like Hydrogen, Propane, Nitrogen, Helium, Oxygen, Propylene, Argon, Carbon Di-oxide, Argon Mixes, Acetylene. The market is shaped by Sustainability trends amongstContinue reading “South-East Asia Industrial Gases Market”