'Decaffeinating' Hazardous Waste

A technique used to create decaffeinated coffee could help clean hazardous waste.

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April 18, 2002, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"A technique now used to remove caffeine from coffee could help remove radioactive particles and hazardous metals from mixtures of waste...The researchers believe the technique could be used to extract contaminants from containers and other types of waste generated by workers in laboratories and industrial plants. That would reduce the amount of wastes headed for hazardous waste landfills."

Thanks to Claudia Lima

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