All Waste Management articles – Page 6
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NewsMachine learning tool figures out how many people are represented in a wastewater sample
A machine learning model has been developed that uses the assortment of microbes in wastewater to find out how many individual people they represent.
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FeaturesPesticide contamination: what can microbiologists do?
Agricultural production of food has more than doubled in the last century, enabled in part by the use of pesticides and other agrochemicals
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FeaturesStemming the tide: plastics at Portsmouth
Although the stability of plastics is a major factor in their usefulness, poor waste management at a global level has led to an accumulation in virtually all environmental systems
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FeaturesRubbish microbiology: filming the secret life of landfill
Could we potentially identify microbes to help us break down our waste more efficiently?