A new facility at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus meant to transform plastic waste into construction-grade building blocks is expected to begin operation in the summer of 2025, Tucson officials ...

Plastic recycling struggles today, but chemical, biological, and AI-driven breakthroughs could unlock true circular reuse and reduce global plastic waste.

For every ton of ethylene created, one ton of carbon dioxide is produced. With more than 300 million tons of ethylene produced each year, the production system has a huge carbon footprint that ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have built a solid-state electrolyzer that converts carbon monoxide from plastic waste ...

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EPFL/Illustration by Capucine Mattiussi Plastic recycling is entering a new era, thanks to smart sorting systems and chemical processes that ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have made recycled plastic into floor trusses for housing, arguing the waste stream could provide an ...

Today, most ethylene is made through steam cracking, a process that uses high-temperature steam to break down crude oil into ...

Researchers in the United States have developed a new method to produce ethylene from ...

A UCT student has developed an innovative housing solution using soil and waste materials, addressing South Africa's housing crisis while promoting sustainability.

Ethylene—the chemical used to create much of the world’s plastics—has a carbon problem that Professor Ted Sargent is working ...

Discover the best eco-friendly construction materials — bamboo, hempcrete, mass timber and more. Compare carbon footprint, ...