Sustainability and environmental consciousness are of paramount importance to people’s lives and well-being. For businesses, they also present an opportunity to drive change and innovation.
This article explores five technologies set to revolutionize the sustainability landscape in 2024 that could hold the key to a greener future.
1)CO2 Absorption
About 400 million tons of plastic waste are produced every year, which takes hundreds of years to decompose. At the same time, rising levels of atmospheric CO2 could increase the Earth’s temperature by 4.4 C by 2100.
At Singapore’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), researchers are trying to solve both problems at once by using mixed plastic feedstock to generate porous carbon materials for CO2 capture. State-of-the-art CO2 capture and utilization with solid wastes such as steel slag, concrete waste, fly ash, red mud and biomass are also under investigation.
There are significant challenges ahead, so these developments will necessitate close collaboration among industry stakeholders and researchers.
Read the entire article here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/01/09/five-sustainability-technologies-to-anticipate-in-2024/
