For us common people, we consider agricultural wastes like manure, leaf litter, and crop residues as things that have limited value. Sure, we can turn...
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Coffee Husk is an Affordable Housing Material of the Future
A construction company from Colombia has made an innovation for local communities. It’s an eco-friendly, low-income housing made from waste: coffee husks. The company, called...
We’ll be Able to Get Rare-Earth Metals from Old Electronics Soon
Let me be honest, I don’t know much about Earth metals but I do know that electronic production needs them. Mobile phones, computers, and other...
Let’s Talk About Upcycling, And How It Can Help Our Planet
Upcycling? We all know about recycling, even though not all of us do it on daily basis. We recognized it as something that can both...
Scientists Turn Sugars Found in Wood into Natural Polymer
Maybe we’re a few steps closer to producing sustainable polymer now. Scientists from the University of Bath have made a sustainable polymer. They used xylose,...
Salt-tolerant Bacteria can Turn Waste Sludge into Bioplastics
Being a big country, United States generates about 7 million tons of sewage sludge annually. It’s true that some of this waste becomes manure and...
Yay, We’re Going to Have Benches Made from Marine Plastic
Plastic in the waters is still a big problem that needs urgent solution. There have been more initiatives to reduce mitigate this matter, thankfully, but...
Shrimp Shells are not Only for Plastic Now, but Also Batteries
I’m sure you’ve read or seen the news of researchers turning to shrimp shells in order to replace oil-based plastics. Well, science has taken us...
This Hong Kong NGO Recycles Soap from Five Star Hotels
I’m not gonna lie, I love hotels. I get to be treated like someone special there and I don’t have to do much, but everything...
Apparently We can Turn Plastic into Bricks, Science is Great
To tell you the truth, I don’t know much about construction materials, but I’m glad when I found out that we can turn plastic into...
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