We’ve managed to accumulate so much plastic trash that it’s daunting to think about what could be done with the tons upon tons of nonbiodegradable waste. And as much as we are trying to scale back our ...

Australia’s construction sector may be on the brink of a quiet revolution, one built from soil, water, and something most people throw away. Engineers at RMIT University have developed a new building ...

More than 30 % of the EU's waste and over 40 % of global emissions are generated by the construction industry. The waste produced in this sector is particularly challenging to manage as it is diverse ...

A groundbreaking development in materials science offers a potential solution to the planet’s mounting single-use plastic crisis. A new plant-based, waterproof material has been created that could ...

Wood is an essential global resource. Used for construction, fuel, paper, furniture, textiles and more, it is renewable, versatile, strong and biodegradable. These benefits lead to the ever-growing ...

Researchers have developed a new type of material that's 10 times more efficient at extracting gold from e-waste than previous adsorbents. Developed by chemists and materials scientists at the ...

Food waste is a global problem with approximately 1.3 billion tons of food wasted each year throughout the food lifecycle — from the farm to food manufacturers and households. Across the food supply ...

A new material for flexible electronics could enable multilayered, recyclable electronic devices and help limit e-waste. Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem, and it's ...

Quebec-based technology provider Waste Robotics has achieved a “significant breakthrough” in its partnership with Millennium Recycling, a single-stream material recovery facility (MRF) in Sioux Falls, ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 8, 2025 / Industrial waste has always been treated as a cost center. The global economy generates more than 2 billion tons of industrial and post-commercial ...