An oil skimmer then routes the oils into a reservoir. After the oil skimming process is complete, the cleaned coolant is routed to a coolant recycling tank for reuse. Coolant recycling systems are ...

They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...

If you see coolant, take note of its color and consistency. If it looks brown and sludgy or has visible particles floating in ...

Most vehicles now employ an expansion tank that allows the coolant to expand, and exit, the cooling circuit when hot, and to return when the car is turned off and the engine cools. The cooling ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

This is particularly advantageous during winter, mitigating previous issues associated with petroleum solidification in storage tanks. Noda hopes plastic-to-oil conversion will fill a gap in the ...

Plastic is incredibly useful and practical – and everywhere. Our modern life depends on it. Strong, light and adaptable, it’s in everything from household goods, medical equipment and bank notes, to ...

Check engine coolant on cars without a reservoir There are also systems which do not have a reservoir. They may have an overflow tank where water can be released to, but it cannot return to the ...

Gallato stressed that without global targets and harmonised standards, the plastic surge will continue. "The Global Plastics Treaty is the best opportunity to date to foster such changes," she ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...

Final negotiations for the first-ever United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are due to take place at the end of November. The latest treaty draft states two major objectives: to end plastic ...