About 2 billion tons of waste are discarded every year, a number that is growing annually, the equivalent to the weight of 10 million airplanes. When this waste is buried in landfills, the organic ...

We've seen fungi being used to create useful new materials for construction, fire-retardant building insulation, and even 3D-printed batteries. One of the researchers behind that last doozy, Dr.

Every year, coal mines around the world release vast quantities of gas into the atmosphere that could, in principle, be ...

The world’s current linear processes don’t just sap the planet’s finite materials—they also produce tons of greenhouse gas emissions and waste, a considerable part of which can be prevented.

Finding effective and valuable solutions for agricultural waste management has been an inspiring challenge for researchers. By-products from monocultures, such as residues from soybean production, ...

Source: Global Resources Outlook 2024, UN Environment Programme, International Resource Panel. Click to enlarge. Decisions about how goods (such as food, plastic packaging, and building materials) are ...

The construction industry's future will undoubtedly include "carbon reduction" as a mandatory task. Aside from locally sourced, virgin materials, an increasing number of new materials are becoming ...