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In 2022, Duke students shredded and melted plastics 1, 2, 4 and 5 into bricks; a $248.84 setup produced blocks holding over 5,000 N in compression testsStudents at Duke University embarked on an innovative project, transforming everyday household plastic waste into strong building bricks. T...- RMIT engineers mixed 1% recycled cigarette butts into fired-clay bricks, and the bricks matched standard strength while cutting firing energy by 10%In Melbourne, engineers are pioneering a groundbreaking technique to integrate discarded cigarette butts into building bricks. This eco-fri...
- This new building method can deliver a full house in just 5 days, no bricks requiredA Home Built in Just Five Days? It sounds like something from the future, but it's already happening. Recycled plastic is being turned into...
- Why Tehran & Lego can consider talkingIran's AI-generated propaganda videos featuring Lego-like figures have become popular online. This unexpected move has given the Danish toy...
- Is India doing enough to combat its waste management and pollution crisis?India grapples with a significant waste management and pollution crisis, evident in overflowing landfills and declining air quality. While ...
- Fashion’s sales season plastics problem isn’t about packagingIn a world where more than half of clothes are made from cheap polyester, the disposable plastics you wear are a far bigger problem than th...
- Waste from Adidas, Walmart, other brands fuelling Cambodia brick kilns: reportWaste from at least 19 international brands including Adidas and Walmart is being used to fuel kilns in brick factories in Cambodia, and so...
- Mann ki Baat: PM Modi bats for sustainable development, says make “waste to wealth” a successThe prime minister referred to Gabbar Parvat, located near the Amba Devi shrine in Gujarat, where sculptures depicting various yoga posture...
- BIS rolls out standards and tests for electric vehicle charging infrastructureThe standards aim to provide uniformity and compatibility for EV charging infrastructure across the globe. "They ensure that EV charging sy...
- IIT-Kanpur reviews 'startup gateway for garbage-free cities'The program aims to provide support to startups working at the intersection of technology and social innovation. This support will help the...
- NGT raps govt over delay in report on import of hazardous wasteThe National Green Tribunal said that even though a committee is said to have been constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (...
- Lego to replace plastic bags inside boxed sets with paper on special request from childrenThe company said that the recyclable paper bags are easier for kids to open.
- Plum & Phy boss a big Bezos fan, has quotes by Amazon boss in his officeShankar Prasad also talks about how beauty brands can be ethically sound.
- Local sources of pollution in UP, Haryana and Delhi primary reason for poor air quality: EPCASupreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) said stack and dust pollution as well as open burnin...
- View: How not to create jobsGadkari has requested Piyush Goyal to make kulhads mandatory at all railway stations in the country.
- Iconic toy maker Lego in talks with the Indian government to prioritise playThe Lego Group's Rohan Mathur speaks about the toy industry, company’s India plans and its recent event in Delhi engaging the Indian govern...
- Mobile reactor to convert waste plastic to diesel set to debutBengaluru, April 4 (IANS) A mobile reactor to convert waste plastic into fuel, that uses technology developed by an India-born chemist, is ...
- Cow dung and old tyres inspire South African township artistsGojo is a member of Ubuhle Bobuntu, a group of artists who use recycled materials to express their own lives in modern South Africa.
- 60 cities generate over 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste per dayThe quantum of plastic waste generation in 60 cities of the country is estimated to be over 15,342 tonnes per day while more than 6,000 ton...
- Turning waste into powerJust when Bangalore is staring at a sea of garbage piling on its streets, one Bangalorean has shown how waste can be effectively converted ...
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