recycling
Thomas Nosker created the synthetic lumber—made from recycled plastic bottles, coffee cups and other plastics—used in bridges, railway ties, docks and picnic tables
Approach tackles most commonly used synthetic plastic
Computer modeling helps pinpoint best material out of a hundred thousand options
Polyurethanes are highly versatile materials, but the materials come from petroleum, and efforts to recycle them are limited
A new recycling method developed by scientists at the Critical Materials Institute, a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory, recovers valuable rare-earth magnetic material from manufacturing waste and creates useful magnets out of it. Efficient waste-recovery methods for rare-earth metals are one way to reduce demand for these limited mined resources.
The search for 3D printing filament may help lift some of the world’s most destitute people from poverty while cleaning up a major blight on the earth and its oceans: plastic trash
Lehigh University’s Energy Research Center is leading an effort to recycle the carbon dioxide produced by fossil fuel power plants while simultaneously helping Mexico increase its use of renewable energy sources and reduce national CO2 emissions.
New research indicates that nearly a quarter of all e-waste generated by developed countries floods into just seven developing countries.
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today (May 15) announced a recycling program that enables customers in the United States and Canada to return used atomic absorption lamps. Under this new program, laboratories are invited to return used hollow cathode lamps for recycling.
