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Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC)
The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) (formerly known as the Waste Management and Research Center) assists Illinois industries, businesses, and citizens to reduce and manage waste. See http://www.istc.illinois.edu/ for more information.
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Case studies and program booklets from the Illinois Governor's Sustainability Awards (formerly the Illinois Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards)
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The Mud to Parks Program is a unique program that involves taking river mud and returning the soil to the land.
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Presentations from ISTC sponsored events
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Activities, publications, and other information from the Green Lunchroom Challenge project.
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Publications, brochures, and other information from the Illinois Green Office Challenge project
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Illinois Sustainable Technology Center Library Reference Guides
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Posters relating to ISTC research and projects
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Fact sheets and case studies developed by the Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center
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Completed research projects done by Illinois Sustainable Technology Center staff
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Publications and Presentation slides by ISTC Staff
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(Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2020-07-31)Since the emergence of mass-produced plastics in the 1940s, the global appetite for these materials has been increasing at a rapid rate. Estimates of cumulative plastic waste generated are as much as 6.3 billion metric ...
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(Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2020-07-16)The catalytic hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of food waste-derived biocrude oil was investigated to produce renewable hydrocarbons using slurry phase sulfide and carbide catalysts. Experiments were performed to evaluate the ...
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(2013-02-14)Fredrik Gröndahl - Associate Professor at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Stockholm Sweden Abstract: The talk was about using algae both micro- and macroalgae cultured or collected from the Swedish coastal waters. ...
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(2013-04-11)Luis Rodriguez - Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering and Research Asst. Professor, Information Trust Institute, both at University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Biomass-based biofuels ...
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(2013-05-20)David Larson (Illinois State Geological Survey), Xinli Lu (Illinois Sustainable Technology Center), and Thomas Holm (Illinois State Water Survey). Larson, Lu, and Holm investigated the feasibility of heating and cooling ...
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