This interactive woven canopy at MoMA PS1 changes colors as the sun sets
New Yorkers looking for a place to cool off during the summer will do well to duck into Long Island City’s MoMA...
INTERVIEW: Meet Eric Lundgren, who broke the world record for EV range with a car made from trash
Eric Lundgren, the founder and CEO of e-waste recycling company ITAP, recently beat the electric vehicle driving...
Extraordinary man builds 25 plastic bottle homes for refugees in Algeria
A Sahrawi refugee in Algeria is rebuilding lives - literally. Born and raised in the refugee camp in Awserd near...
Tesla executives start mysterious new recycling company
You'd think with battery production commencing at the new Gigafactory and Tesla being the most valuable car company...
UK tests cheaper, longer-lasting roads made with recycled plastic
Around 24.8 million miles of roads crisscross the surface of Earth. And hundreds of millions of barrels of oil...
Apple announces goal to make products from 100% recycled materials
The electronics industry is notoriously harsh on the planet. Around 60 million metric tons of e-waste end up in...
World's first mobile recycling plant turns trash into tiles
Waste management is a pressing problem all over the world, but it's especially hard for isolated communities that...
Plastic-eating caterpillar could revolutionize waste treatment
The answer to our global plastic catastrophe may be in sight. Spanish researchers have discovered that the wax...
Lithium-ion batteries made from recycled glass bottles store almost 4x more energy
A team of researchers at UC Riverside developed a low-cost way of turning disgarded glass bottles into lithium-ion...
8 incredible parks created from landfills
Humanity has turned Earth into a giant trash pile. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that Americans...
Sweden opens an entire mall full of reclaimed goods
You're familiar with thrift stores - maybe you shop at one from time to time. But have you ever seen an entire...
INFOGRAPHIC: The e-waste problem and how to help
Think of all the electronics in your life: your phone, tv, computer, game systems, USB drives, printers, Blu ray...
Breathtaking seaside hotel in Thailand practices radical reuse, grows 100% of its produce
Overlooking a private bay along the Northern Coast of Koh Samui, Thailand, The Tongsai Bay Hotel boasts more than...
San Diego brewery unveils beer made from 100% recycled wastewater
San Diego is aiming to to become the most environmentally sustainable city in the United States. As part of its...
Baltimore's floating trash-eaters have intercepted 1 million pounds of debris
Mr. Trash Wheel and Professor Trash Wheel sound like characters on a children's program, but they are actually...
