“Recycling green waste as compost could match the environmental benefits of converting it into renewable energy, in terms of CO2 savings, according to new German research. It suggests that the two forms of waste management should be seen as complementary and both should receive subsidies. Green waste is biodegradable waste, usually from gardens and parks, [...]

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In urban slum areas without proper waste disposal and rubbish collection systems the build up of household waste is a huge problem. One of WaterAid’s projects in India has found a novel approach to tackle this dilemma and generate income. Their solution lies with worms. The community living in the Kalmanthai slum in Tiruchirapalli has [...]

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Evolution has proceeded from simpler to complex organisms and evolutionary history has provided ample evidence to establish that it has also proceeded in the direction of increasing Biological diversity. Mutations and recombinations are constantly producing new genotypes and providing species with a constant input of physical and chemical variations, some of which improve the efficiency [...]

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