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  • The Path to Biogas Expertise
    January 16, 2025

    The Path to Biogas Expertise

    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...

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  • Hydrogen Sulfide: From Bad to Good
    January 16, 2025

    Hydrogen Sulfide: From Bad to Good

    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...

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  • Poop Power: A Sustainable Future
    December 4, 2024

    Poop Power: A Sustainable Future

    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...

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  • Particulate Matter: What is it?
    December 4, 2024

    Particulate Matter: What is it?

    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...

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  • Company Making a Difference: Composta SMA
    December 4, 2024

    Company Making a Difference: Composta SMA

    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...

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  • Criteria Air Pollutants
    October 1, 2024

    Criteria Air Pollutants

    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...

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