We’ve managed to accumulate so much plastic trash that it’s daunting to think about what could be done with the tons upon tons of nonbiodegradable waste. And as much as we are trying to scale back our ...

Learn how to get rid of yard waste like lawn clippings, prunings, and yard debris without needing collection.

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Solar stills provide a clever and simple means of purifying dirty or salty water, but they work at a rather slow rate. A new material has been shown to boost their performance, and it's made from ...

It takes time and effort to turn yard waste into mulch and compost. It doesn't help when people put trash in their bins. Here's how to help.

A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...

Material World is a weekly roundup of innovations and ideas within the materials sector, covering what’s changing in how fashion is made, scaled or engineered from emerging biomaterials and ...

Quebec-based technology provider Waste Robotics has achieved a “significant breakthrough” in its partnership with Millennium Recycling, a single-stream material recovery facility (MRF) in Sioux Falls, ...

We’ve managed to accumulate so much plastic trash that it’s daunting to think about what could be done with the tons upon tons of nonbiodegradable waste. And as much as we are trying to scale back our ...