Best 8: Clean tech: Deloitte's Canadian Technology Green 15 is an annual who's who of successful Canadian clean-tech innovators, and recently clusters of...
If turfgrass growers have on thing in common, it is roots. The better their newly seeded turf establishes roots, the more quickly and efficiently they can harvest their crop.
The pursuit of successfully turning waste into something of value has been the 'white whale' of the sustainability world for decades. Recycling has long been the...
Several dozen elected officials and business leaders turned out Tuesday for the unveiling of technology developed by a Canadian company capable of turning waste from more...
The system reclaims nutrients that Clean Water Services would have to remove from wastewater…to protect water quality in the Tualatin River. And it uses them to make...
Washington County's Clean Water Services — the utility that manages waste for more than 536,000 tri-county residents — has joined forces for a second time with British...
Clean Water Services… has implemented a new approach to phosphorus management technology with long-time partner, Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies of Vancouver, British...
The challenges faced by the world's water supply are profound.
That's the bad news. Here's the good news: these seven companies, ranging from tiny startups to...
Ostara's technology that converts phosphorus in wastewater to a high quality, slow-release fertilizer called Crystal Green is an example of Solovian Innovation.
While peak oil and peak water are terms that have entered our lexicon, peak phosphorus is a bit more of a stretch. But, says Philip Abrary, CEO of Ostara, the world will...
Abrary's company, Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc, will be at this week's Cities Summit, a City of Vancouver sponsored forum looking into ways cities can...
Famous for his environmental campaigning, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is clamping down on water polluters across the US. Here he talks to Tom Freyberg on topics such as nutrient...
Leading research in Canadian Universities is contributing to a growing tide of water innovation in this country, but a lack of government and industry support is preventing...
Could oil companies soon be picking up your trash?
Agilyx, an Oregon-based start-up, says it has created a system that converts discarded plastic into crude oil. A...
Oregon Energy Department officials have fielded thousands of calls over the years from schools, businesses, government agencies and others wanting to know if they could get...
Innovative methods to better recover the waste is increasing. Near Portland, United States, the treatment plant in Durham has been launched in the manufacture of fertilizer...
Young steelhead and salmon grew dramatically in streams seeded with sacks of slow-release fertilizer, a method that shows real promise to help rebuild collapsed spawning...
THAMES WATER is aiming to trun Slough's sewage into fertiliser, writes Kasmira Jefford. London's monopoly water provider announced a tie-up last week with Ostara...
The old Yorkshire saying "where there's muck, there's brass" has been given a green twist by a Vancouver company that sells a technique to extract pure...
Environmental lawyer and activist Bobby Kennedy Jr. helped christen a $5 million facility Thursday on the James River that will convert sewage waste into tons of eco-friendly...
It is an unlikely business idea - marketing a technology that prevents pipes from clogging at wastewater facilities and, at the same time, creating an environmentally...
Tucked away in Oregon's Willamette Valley, three massive metal cones could help address the world's dwindling supply of phosphorus, the crucial ingredient of...