On Thursday, Google said it had switched to using recycled water at its Douglas County, Ga.
FORBES: Google Greens Up Data Center With Recycled Water For Cooling
Part of this recycled water is then used to irrigate the park.
These new varieties grow with smaller amounts of water or with lower-quality water, such as recycled water or water high in natural mineral salts.
Now recycled agricultural water from Yuma, Arizona, is replenishing a marsh 60 miles south of the U.S. border.
But the other 45% of recycled waste water was simply discharged at sea or released on to the land, where it had been pushing up groundwater levels, and eventually resulted in the creation of Lake Zakher.
The researchers developed the solar cells using natural substrates derived from trees and fabricated them on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) substrates which means the solar cells can be quickly recycled in water at the end of their lifecycle.
The rain and river water in the city state's reservoirs is being mixed with recycled waste-water from air-conditioners, sinks and toilets.
And while much of the water used for energy can be somewhat recycled, scarcity has already spawned informal water markets in parts of Texas and Mexico.
The project, in which water is recycled through unseen Eco-Boulevards, was part of a theme of making the invisible visible.
Together, recycled waste and desalinated water are expected soon to meet 25-30% of demand, and local industries, many of them with a need for the cleanest supplies, are more than happy to use it.
The sneaker is made partly from recycled components from old sneakers and water-based solvents.
Shoppers now buy mineral water in rarely-recycled plastic rather than glass bottles, which even the communists recycled.
Fixed into holes in a corrugated iron roof, the "bulb" is a recycled plastic bottle that contains bleached water.
The process reduces the trash by at least 10 times the original size and squeezes out water that could be recycled.
MSN: NASA hopes astronaut trash can be used as radiation shield
The water powering the frames is recycled and filtered before returning to the plants.
Wastewater could be recycled as part of plans by Southern Water to secure supplies over the next 25 years.
As in any industrial activity, this water has to be either recycled or disposed of in an environmentally appropriate way.
WSJ: Daniel Yergin on the Shale Gas Revolution: Stepping on the Gas
If all goes according to plan, by the year 2001, the city's sewage water will be treated and recycled right into the drinking tap.
Standard green features in each home include LED lighting, recycled glass countertops, a high-efficiency water heater, water-conserving fixtures including dual-flush toilets, FSC-certified bamboo flooring, EnergyStar appliances, zero-VOC paints, finishes, and adhesives, a whole-house ventilation system, low-E windows, high levels of insulation, a fully recyclable, heat-deflecting cool roof, exterior wood siding and decking made from FSC-certified cedar, and much more.
FORBES: By Land or by Sea: New Prefab Firm Offers Game-Changing Delivery System
The city, which will eventually be home to 50, 000 people, relies entirely on solar, wind and other renewable energy sources, and a desalinization plant will provide water, 80% of which will be recycled.
Nevada's first platinum-certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings stand proudly here, constructed of recycled materials and rammed-earth walls, with passive cooling, renewable heating, reclaimed water and solar-electricity panels, all harvesting clean energy.
That contaminated water along with groundwater that flows into the reactor buildings either has to be recycled or put in storage, leading to the creation of the seven underground pools as well as hundreds of tanks above ground.
应用推荐