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Stackable artificial leaf uses less power than lightbulb

31/01/2022

Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago have built a cost-effective artificial leaf that can capture carbon dioxide at rates 100 times better than current systems.

Plastic Packaging Tax will hit UK businesses reliant on imports particularly hard

31/01/2022

With just two months until the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) is introduced (1 April) in the UK to encourage the use of recycled plastic in product packaging, Andrew Thurston, Customs Duty Consultant at MHA, argues the process of proving compliance, or exemption, to this new tax will be especially burdensome for businesses reliant on imports for packaging.

Business gets its shot to manufacture new golf club

28/01/2022

A Preston-based business is teeing up to revolutionise the golf club industry, working with the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) North West to explore design options and prototyping for its high-end golf clubs.

Securing green electricity will be a ‘very significant’ trend this year

28/01/2022

Sustainability is playing a more significant role in driving operational excellence strategies with electrification of processes and equipment seen as the most important trends, a new report from Verdantix shows.

World’s first zero-emission all-terrain electric commercial vehicle

28/01/2022

UK-based EMotive, creator of the world’s first zero-emission all-terrain six-wheel commercial electric vehicle, which is seen as eco-challenger to the Mercedes Benz Unimog, has surpassed its £180,000 Crowdcube campaign funding target in just four days.

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Stackable artificial leaf uses less power than lightbulb

Plastic Packaging Tax will hit UK businesses reliant on imports particularly hard

Business gets its shot to manufacture new golf club

Securing green electricity will be a ‘very significant’ trend this year

World’s first zero-emission all-terrain electric commercial vehicle