Monday, February 25, 2013

Cleaning oil spills with paper mill sludge?

Eco-innovation is at its best when the waste of one industry becomes the raw material of another. This is precisely what a new research project CAPS, is attempting to do with waste sludge from the paper industry. Its objective is to convert it into a highly absorbent material capable of cleaning up oil and chemical spills. ![](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/earth_climate/recycling_and_waste/~4/AC84-pd5-LQ)

URL: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/earth_climate/recycling_and_waste/~3/AC84-pd5-LQ/130225112350.htm

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