40 years ago, when I first started in the solid waste business, futurists predicted we would be mining landfills for potential energy someday. Now, in 2025, all these years later, not only are we doing it, but the Renewable Natural...
Your weekly podcast from the world of Waste, Gas, and Energy, brought to you by DiamondSci.com (321)223-7500. In THIS EPISODE: DOE Funding Projects For Renewable Energy Crops Enbridge Commits $2.4B In Coming Year EU Approves New 1.7B Euro Plan For...
By Shane Marrs Biogas production offers a sustainable solution for converting organic waste streams like food scraps, manure, and wastewater, into a valuable renewable energy source. This process relies on anaerobic digestion, where specialized microbial communities break down organic matter in...
Humans and other animals breathe in oxygen to create the energy needed to survive. This oxygen is transported through the cells in the body creating energy. One of the byproducts is waste in the form of carbon dioxide. A specific...
By Shane Marrs In a groundbreaking move towards sustainable living, a university in South Korea is harnessing the power of human waste to fuel its campus. The BeeVi toilet, a revolutionary eco-friendly design by Professor Cho Jae-weon, transforms excrement into...
Particulate Matter (PM) is a critical air pollutant and is defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) as a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air. Some particles are large enough to be seen...
It’s a well known issue that we don’t have a solid solution for our plastic waste however, there is a lab that seems to have found a potential solution to our polystyrene problem. Firstly, let's define what polystyrene is. It’s...
Ramon Rivera: CEO, Diamond Scientific On my recent visit to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where my son and his family live, I discovered Composta SMA, a service they use to collect their compostable waste. I really believe in the...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has pinpointed a number of key contaminants that significantly impact air quality. Six of those contaminants are considered criteria air pollutants: carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), lead (Pb), particulate matter (PM), nitrogen...
