Dismantling ships on the beaches of Sri Lanka is damaging to both workers and the environment. There are plenty ship recycling yards that adhere to international standards for green ship recycling, but they offer less money for an end-of-life ship than non-green yards. A researcher from TU Delft investigated whether this price difference can be bridged by adding a plasma-gasification plant to an already green ship yard. Read more here.
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