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This Company is Mass-Producing T-Shirts From Mass-Produced T-Shirts—Closing a Wasteful Fashion Loop
A company is seeking to target the worst aspects of wasteful fast fashion and demonstrate and economically-profitable circular economy with that most standard of...
Dutch Are Reducing Waste By Fixing Broken Objects With Online Local Barter Network-And You Can Too
Finding someone who can fix a broken piece of furniture, mend clothing, or repair a family treasure has become easier thanks to a new...
From Beer to Biogas: Creating Green Energy Using Brewer’s Grain Farm Waste
A Pennsylvania farm has partnered with a nearby microbrewery to create an alternative fuel produced with brewer’s waste and organic matter.
The Dickinson College Farm...
Scientists Discover Simple Way to Remove Heavy Metal From Water Using Plant Waste
Scientists just announced they have created a membrane made from a waste by-product of vegetable oil manufacturing, which can filter out heavy metals from...
New Type of Plastic Made Directly From Organic Plant Waste Could Be the Game-Changer We Need
A new type of plastic made directly from organic plant waste has been created by scientists.
The new material is easy to make and could...
Floating Drones Are Swallowing Tons of Plastic Waste Before it Reaches Ocean
From Chennai to Trentino alto Adige to Baltimore, inventors are churning out methods of stopping plastic pollution from entering the ocean by picking it...
Bronx Housing Complex Comes With Giant Machine Stomach to Turn All Food Waste Into Fertilizer
A new community housing development in the Bronx will feature a cool piece of kit: an on-site aerobic digester that can turn 1,100 pounds...
Hundreds of US Cities Composting Their Food Waste Helps Farmers and Cuts Tons of Emissions
Last week, new water restrictions issued for millions of residents of Southern California highlighted the need to make agriculture more efficient—and a new statewide...
Leaving No Molecule Behind: ‘Landfill of the Future’ Turns Farming Waste Into Soaps, Compost, and Candles
Among sparsely populated communities in Newfoundland, a landfill for the future—where every molecule is accounted for and reused—is steadily growing its portfolio of circularly...
Texas Researchers Use Okra to Remove Microplastics from Wastewater
Tarleton State University researchers have demonstrated that food-grade plant extracts, especially those from okra, have the power to remove microplastics from wastewater.
The health effects...
Amazon Joins the U.S. Department of Energy and MIT to Tackle Plastic Waste With New Science
Amazon.com has joined the international BOTTLE consortium to develop the technologies needed to reduce plastic pollution through innovation in materials and recycling.
Imagine a new...
New Enzyme Discovery is Another Leap Towards Dissolving Plastic Waste With ‘Amazing Efficiency’
Scientists who helped pioneer the use of enzymes to eat plastic have taken an important next step in developing nature-based solutions to the global...
Britain’s Royal Mint is Salvaging Gold from E-Waste – Recycling Precious Metals for Green Investors
Perhaps the least-debated of all environmental dangers, unrecycled electronic waste is piling up around the world at alarming rates.
Inside every laptop and smartphone is...
Solar Panels Built From Waste Crops Can Make Energy Without Direct Light
In a twist for solar energy, a Filipino inventor has created resinous panels that harvest solar energy out of recycled vegetables, and it can...
Using the Sun to Fight Food Waste And Stretch Yields
Farming households in rural India are earning extra money for their food that goes unsold by putting it through solar food dehydrators. In a...
Family Goes Weeks Without Producing a Single Piece of Trash With ‘Zero Waste’ Lifestyle
Meet the eco-family who goes weeks without throwing a single piece of trash thanks to epic amount of recycling and savvy shopping.
41-year-old Esther Peñarrubia...
Device Wraps Around Hot Surfaces to Turn Wasted Heat to Electricity
The energy systems that power our lives also produce wasted heat—like heat that radiates off hot water pipes in buildings and exhaust pipes on...
Jet Flown by United Airlines Entirely Powered by 100% Plant-Based Fuel from Corn Stalk Waste
A United Airlines flight from Chicago O'Hare to D.C. Reagan National is nothing to write home about, but the 100 people who were aboard...
Scientists Perfect Renewable Power from Urine While Cleaning Wastewater in South Korea
South Korean scientists are leading a revolution in pee-powered fuel cells that generate "clean" energy and purify wastewater.
A common organic molecule in fertilizer and...
Nutrient-Rich Human Waste is Poised to Sustain Agriculture and Improve Economies, Say Researchers
The future connection between human waste, sanitation technology, and sustainable agriculture is becoming more evident. According to new research, countries could be moving closer...