Tires catapult our cars and trucks down the highway at speeds greater than 70 miles per hour, typically for at least 50,000 miles. They must grip the road even in wet and icy conditions. No wonder ...

Each year, humans produce billions of pounds of waste. Of that waste, a significant percentage is produced by food manufacturing processes, which could range from unused potato skins to random food ...

Researchers in Germany are set to turn green waste, hay and algae into fully biodegradable plastics. They believe such ...

An international research group is building a case for more sustainable concrete by replacing synthetic reinforcement materials with natural fibres and materials from difference waste streams. The ...

The amount of waste produced by the construction industry adds up to more than a third of the overall waste produced each year in the European Union. And it’s no better in the U.S. Stateside, the ...

HopfON seeks to reduce the construction industry’s waste, and its planet-warming emissions, by limiting the need for finite resources through hops-made products. Two students in Munich, sipping beers ...

Two of our biggest environmental problems are the tons of unusable plastic waste, and the tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) which are released into the atmosphere in smokestack emissions. A new process is ...

Despite economic uncertainties, geopolitical tensions and pandemics, tourism continues to thrive. The World Travel & Tourism Council projects the sector’s global economic contribution will hit a high ...

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Over the past 40 years, the amount of waste Singaporeans produce has increased seven-fold, to 7.7 million tons in 2017 alone. Every day, about 2,000 tons of waste are dumped on Pulau Semakau, a tiny ...