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Space Constraints in Urban Composting: The London Challenge
April 19, 2021
Composting transforms the organic components of solid waste into a substance resembling hummus. This end product, being inert, is useful either as a soil enhancer or as a material for covering landfills. While chemical fertilizers offer immediate nutrient availability to plants, their drawbacks are significant and numerous. These fertilizers are …
Read moreAdGreen is now part of the Advertising Association
September 14, 2020
Congratulations to the industry’s green champions AdGreen on becoming part of the Advertising Association. Quantum Waste has been a proud associate and approved supplier of AdGreen since 2016 and is excited to see the latest success. Visit AdGreen’s website to find out more: https://weareadgreen.org/
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We are launching location cleaning services
September 10, 2020
Quantum Waste has been offering ad-hoc waste collections for the film industry for over four years now. We are proud to announce that we now also offer location cleaning with the same flexibility and ease of booking. Please use our online booking system to schedule your location cleaning or get …
Read moreRoman recycling
April 27, 2020
Recycling is nothing new as this article published on the 26th of April in the Guardian shows. Researchers have found that the inhabitants of Pompeii didn’t simply throw their rubbish away but sorted and reused it. An inspiration from an unusual place and time! The Guardian article at: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/26/pompeii-ruins-show-that-the-romans-invented-recycling
Read moreFascinating research into microbiome’s role in crop growing
February 24, 2020
This article by Jill Langlois published on SMITHSONIANMAG.COM on 18 February 2020 looks at the work done by researchers at Brazil’s Genomics for Climate Change Research Center (GCCRC). They have discovered that inoculating corn with microbes which facilitate sugarcane growth increases growth rate and drought resistance. This may provide a …
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