Source: news.mit.edu Published: October 25, 2017 “Our technology takes plastic out of the landfill, locks it up in concrete, and also uses less cement to make the concrete, which makes fewer carbon dioxide emissions,” says assistant professor Michael Short. Image: MIT...
Source: yesmagazine.org Published: September 12, 2017 Food items redistributed by The Free Store include salads, sandwiches, pies, rice meals, and other pastries. All photos by Benjamin Johnson. Each weeknight, The Free Store redistributes up to 1,500 surplus...
Source: motherboard.vice.com Published Date: August 22, 2017 By Louise Matsakis In May of 2015, Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s Powerwall. The battery allows homeowners to store electricity, either from the grid or solar panels. The tech was alluring to...
Source: princeton.edu Published: August 22, 2017 A research team led by Princeton University surveyed a 3-hectare area that had been covered in orange peels in the 1990s. They found a 176 percent increase in aboveground biomass — or the wood in the trees,...
Source: environmentalleader.com Published: August 18, 2017 By Jennifer Nastu Two anaerobic food digesters will reduce trash bills for the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, PA. By using the digesters to break down organic trash, the casino will reduce its...
Source: triplepundit.com Published: August 16, 2017 These charcoal briquettes are made from human poop Words by Leon Kaye Sanitation workers, public health officials and entrepreneurs are working together in Kenya to tackle two huge challenges: deal with human waste...
Source: youtube.com Published: August 12, 2017 This clothing line turns fabric scraps into unique pieces of clothing. Daniel Silverstein founded ‘Zero Waste Daniel’, aka ‘ZWD’, to close the gap on the fashion industry’s waste problem – here’s Daniel’s...
Source: recyclingtoday.com Published: August 10, 2017 Recycling Today Staff Columbia Sportswear, Portland, Oregon, has announced the roll out of its ReThreads clothing recycling program in more than 100 Columbia stores across the United States to...
Source: onegreenplanet.org Published: August 10, 2017 Click here to watch “Cameroon’s 1st made boat from “recycled plastic bottles waste” by Madiba&Nature.”: https://youtu.be/rRQaCaGGqVc Recycling and repurposing used plastic waste...
Source: alternet.org Published: August 7, 2017 Written by Robin Scher Reduce, reuse, recycle. Everyone has heard this call ad infinitum, but do we really take heed? Yes, sorting your trash is a good start, but that still only ticks one box. Maybe you’re a stellar...
