Australia: Researchers Turn High-Emissions Waste Into Zero-Carbon Fertilizer

UNSW researchers find way to turn high‍-‍emissions waste into fertiliser

UNSW engineers say they have tackled the longstanding problem of how to manufacture urea for fertiliser without the emissions associated with fossil fuels.

Australia: Researchers turn high-emissions waste into zero-carbon fertilizer

Researchers in Australia have developed a breakthrough process to turn waste products into fertilizer, slashing emissions from one of the world's most polluting industries. The researchers used renewable electricity to trigger an electrochemical reaction coupling carbon dioxide with nitrogen pollutants such as nitrate and nitrite -- common waterway contaminants from agriculture and industry -- to form urea, bypassing fossil fuel-intensive tradit…

UNSW Sydney researchers target cleaner manufacturing with waste-to-fertiliser breakthrough

Researchers at UNSW Sydney say a new approach to fertiliser manufacturing could reduce emissions and clean up waterways by converting waste carbon dioxide and nitrogen pollutants into urea using renewable electricity.

From trash to treasure: turning high-emissions waste into fertiliser