From Canada to Colombia to Ivory Coast, people are converting plastic waste into building materials and using it to construct homes, schools, community centres and storage facilities.

Kerala’s fisherfolk turn sea plastic into roads — cutting marine waste, creating jobs, and reducing road costs in a model of ...

Many options on the market are manufactured using recycled plastic, and the materials can often be recycled again after use. This contributes to a circular approach to building, reducing the ...

Once seen as a low-grade byproduct, recycled plastic has rapidly evolved into a high-performance material embraced by the ...

WPCs, which combine the aesthetics of wood with the resilience of plastics, are gaining popularity due to their low ...

Kutner rallied the community to stuff plastic bottles with trash. In all, the Guatemalan students turned 8,000 bottles into building materials. Courtesy Laura Kutner Laura Kutner wants your trash ...

Plastics are made from natural materials such as wood, coal and oil. They can also be changed into synthetic materials with different properties. Plastic can be thin and transparent or thick and ...

A new partnership between the York Revolution and Center for CRDC Global will recycle WellSpan Park's entire plastic waste stream into a material used for building called RESIN8. The partnership ...

Named Forest CUMP, the research delved into different technologies and mechanisms for producing renewable plastic raw materials from carbon dioxide and green hydrogen. For renewable feedstocks to ...

Research in the areas of plastics, polymers, and biodegradable materials ranges from additive manufacturing to food packaging. This work focuses on the development and characterization of sustainable ...