Researchers at the University of Illinois Prairie Research Institute have developed a novel biphasic solvent-based CO2 absorption process (BiCAP) to overcome the disadvantages of high energy consumption and cost associated ...

Dental amalgam consists of approximately equal parts mixture of metallic mercury and an alloy powder consisting of silver, tin, copper and zinc. Amalgam has been used extensively as a tooth filling material, accounting ...

The primary objective of this research was to improve our understanding of the water quality effects of thermochemical bioenergy production processes that can be applied to wet organic-laden wastes, such as animal manures, ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources funded a study at the lllinois Waste Management and Research Center and the Jllinois State Water Survey, to investigate background concentrations of toxic environmental contaminants ...

Western Trails is a public elementary school in Carol Stream, IL, Community Consolidated School District 93, serving 386 students during the 2016-2017 school year. With assistance from the environmental education non-profit ...

We examined concentrations of barium (Ba), cadmium (Cd}, copper (Cu), iron (Fe}, lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) in buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum}, com (Zea mays}, giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida), Pennsylvania smartweed ...

This case study is one in a series developed by the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center. This pilot project was a 6000 square foot four-unit townhome in Normal, IL. The project generated 24.44 tons of waste. Two 20 CY ...