In a study conducted by Michaela Barnett, Leidy Klotz, Patrick I. Hancock, and Shahzeen Attari, which focused on waste behavior, sustainability, engineering design, and decision-making,...
Archive for tag: waste management
Used Cooking Oil? Fuel? – How Some Initiatives Turn Cooking Oil Waste Into Power
As a regular person, I still have my own concerns when it comes to cooking oil. I mean, despite disposing of them in ways which...
Is Wool One of the Key Materials for Clothing in the Future?
In Prato, Italy, some family businesses specialize in transforming used wool into new fabrics. Some may think that they’re owned by young entrepreneurs who care...
Environmental Issue of Solar Panel Waste: Will It be Unreliable?
We all know the advantageous sides of solar panels. Sometimes, news comes up to let us know the concerning materials needed to make them. But...
Is It Possible to Make Jeans From Textile Waste? According to This Company, It Is!
We well realize that the textile industry is one of the biggest contributors to environmental damage. Seeing the scope of this problem, and seeing how...
Wanna Know Another Mushroom Superpower? It Can Detoxify Construction Waste
Population increase around the globe has compelled property industry to make more buildings in big cities. Aside of habitat loss problems, we still haven’t found...
Green Efforts at Home: This Mom Recycled More Than 1 Ton of Trash
When we talk about making green efforts at home, recycling our own waste, let alone other people’s, it’s pretty hard to do. However, this mother...
Japan Loves Plastic, but Doesn’t Pollute as much – This is How the Country Manage its Waste
Plastic bottles production in Japan has increased to 23.2 billion per year from 14 billion in 2004. In 2014, the country generated 32.4kg (71lb) of...
Biochar may be Another Sustainable Solution for Eco-friendly Agriculture
If you’ve never heard of biochar before, you may think that it’s a blend of two words: bio and charcoal. You’re definitely not wrong. Fundamentally,...
Recycling Rigid Plastic Have Happened, But What About the Multilayer Kind?
Recycling plastics have happened to those rigid in forms, such as pallets and furniture, or the ones with only one polymer material (monolayer). The flexible,...