Unlike incinerators, which use combustion to break down garbage, there is no burning, or oxidation, in this process. The heat from plasma converters causes pyrolysis, a process in which organic matter breaks down and decomposes. Plasma torches can operate in airtight vessels. Combustion requires oxidization; pyrolysis does not.

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A team of UCLA scientists (Yang Yang and Richard Kaner), located at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), have discovered a technology of making graphene sheets in big quantities and at a low price. Graphene is being used to soak up hydrogen and store it efficiently.

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Japan is still indeed the Land of the Rising Sun. And that is what a neighborhood had decided to prove when it became a solar community.
This is the community known as Pal Town and it can be found in Ota City, Japan. It is known as currently one of the sunniest places in the country. [...]

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