Creating a sustainable human age we actually want to live in.
The material that built the modern world is due for an upgrade. What if we could transform cement from a climate wrecker
into a carbon sponge?
Do Plastic Bag Bans Make A Difference? Like so many life-cycle assessments, it’s never that simple. The environmental impact of plastic-bag bans is a good news–bad news story. By Pierre-Olivier Roy First, the Good News. Cities that have banned consumer plastic bags...
A clever study suggests that you simply can’t unknow your food's carbon footprint
Reusable or Disposable: Which coffee cup has a smaller footprint?
"If you want a table, then you should just grow a table,” they say
Converting plastic waste into ship fuel would eliminate new fossil emissions and cut down on cleanup time
The technique upcycles low-value rubber waste into the high-value carbon nanomaterial, graphene—keeping tires out of landfills and making concrete more sustainable
Their novel method diverts organic waste from landfills, provides useful materials for construction or packaging—and the end product still tastes good.
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