Donald Thomson spent five years designing a water bottle for commercial use that could be repurposed into roofing tiles for affordable housing.
Category: Technology
How Much Of That Plastic In Your Blue Bin Really Gets Recycled? [Video]
An awful lot of US food-grade plastic still doesn’t get recycled; Lifecycle Plastics believes its sorting technology can change that, and create jobs.
Reclaiming Plastic And Fiber From Dirty Diapers: Knowaste
British company Knowaste has developed technology to reclaim plastic and fiber from dirty diapers and other absorbent hygiene products.
New Jersey Digs Into Its Biomass Waste; What It Finds Isn’t Pretty
Rutgers University finds that the Garden State tosses over 4 million tons of biomass that it could recycle into energy, heat, and/or transportation fuel.
On-Site Plastic To Fuel Recycling: A Better Alternative?
If plastic to fuel recycling can happen on-site, eliminating transportation needs, does that make this a greener process than traditional recycling?
The Portable Food Waste To Energy Plant: The HORSE [Video]
Seattle’s Impact Bioenergy has created the HORSE, a portable organic waste to energy plant, for on-site recycling of food waste into energy and fertilizer.
The Waste Biz: Using Pig Poop To Recycle Roofing Shingles
North Carolina’s Bio-Adhesive Alliance may have found a good use for the billions of pounds of pig poop we produce each year.
Waste Water Treatment With Corn Cobs: A Google Science Fair Winner
Google Science Fair Community Impact Award winner Lalita Praside Sripada Srisai developed waste water treatment technology with waste corn cobs.
London Startup Plans To Heat Homes With Used Coffee Grounds
London-based Bio-bean’s first product offering will involves collecting used coffee grounds and processing them into biomass pellets for home heating.
Waste From Sugar Beet Processing Perfect For Strengthening Materials? [Video]
Scottish firm CelluComp has discovered that sugar beet waste can be transformed into a material additive that adds strength and durability.
Allowing Waste Pickers Access To A Competitive Recycling Market [Video]
Waste pickers collect recycable trash to feed themselves. Plastics for Change has developed a mobile technology giving them access to pricing information.
Montana Craft Brewers Get Entrepreneurial, Communal With Glass Recycling
We Americans are doing much better in terms of recycling materials, according to a new article from Yes!: the EPA notes that we recycled 65 million tons of solid waste [ … ]
Upcycling Junk Mail Into Paper Plates And Tableware: The Junk Mail Press
Andrew Simpson’s Junk Press concept gives consumers the means to turn junk mail into sturdy paper plates and bowls.