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How rice husks are helping protect American homes from wildfires, rot and costly repairs as builders turn farm waste into wood siding alternatives- In 1994, Georgia mixed damaged factory roofing shingles into Chatham Parkway asphalt; later checks found the recycled road performing as well as its control
- In 2019, New York deployed 4.5 million pounds of retired Mill Basin Drawbridge materials at Hempstead Reef off Long Island’s South Shore, adding to the artificial reef
- Palm Beach County burns 3,000 tons of trash a day to generate electricity: How it worksPalm Beach County, Florida, uses its Renewable Energy Facility 2 to turn municipal waste into electricity. The plant can process up to 3,00...24 Oct, 2026, 03.21 AM IST
- In 2012, Honolulu added a third boiler to its trash plant; the garbage now supplies 7% of Oahu's electricity; here's how it worksHonolulu reportedly expanded its H-POWER waste-to-energy plant in October 2012 by adding a third boiler. The cost of the project was around...24 Oct, 2026, 01.17 AM IST
- In late 2020, New Jersey crews placed nearly 6,000 tons of retired container-inspection concrete forms on the seafloor off Manasquan, adding about 1.25 acres of reef habitatIn a significant environmental initiative, New Jersey's Bureau of Marine Fisheries has installed approximately 6,000 tons of concrete reef ...23 Oct, 2026, 06.30 PM IST
- How San Jose found a way to turn food waste into electricity and compostSan Jose opened a waste processing facility in 2013 designed to handle 90,000 tons of organic waste a year and generate 1.6 megawatts of el...23 Oct, 2026, 12.10 AM IST
- Portland craftsman Mark Haley cut apart a donated credenza that shoppers kept passing by and rebuilt it as a storage bench; hundreds wanted to buy it at a home showIn Portland, Oregon, a skilled craftsman has successfully transformed a discarded credenza into a stylish storage bench, showcasing the cre...22 Oct, 2026, 06.00 PM IST
- Delhi-NCR invokes GRAP-I as AQI rises to 244, air quality likely to remain ‘poor’The Commission for Air Quality Management has invoked Stage-I of GRAP across Delhi-NCR after Delhi’s AQI rose sharply from 179 on October 2...21 Oct, 2026, 05.04 PM IST
- In 2018, Delaware dug about 1 million tons of rock from a shipping channel and put it underwater instead of discarding it; The new reefs became rich blue-mussel habitatDelaware has successfully transformed dredged rock from a shipping channel into underwater habitats for marine species. This innovative app...21 Oct, 2026, 04.30 PM IST
- Since 2010, Maryland has reclaimed 308,500 bushels of discarded oyster shells for Chesapeake Bay restoration; its wider effort has planted billions of oystersMaryland has repurposed over 300,000 bushels of used oyster shells since 2010, creating essential habitats for the growth of young oysters ...21 Oct, 2026, 04.00 PM IST
- In 1997, an Illinois man decided to clean up the river himself; nearly three decades later, his organisation has removed 14 million pounds of rubbishChad Pregracke had grown up around the Mississippi River. He knew its waters well and had spent years watching rubbish pile up along its ba...18 Oct, 2026, 01.39 AM IST
- Can old wind turbine blades become power poles? Researchers found one major problemResearchers tested a 5.5-meter section of a retired wind turbine blade as a prototype power pole, exploring a potential new use for composi...16 Oct, 2026, 11.57 PM IST
- In 1969, Chicago mother of seven lost her husband to lung cancer and saw her kids suffer from respiratory issues. She used family's heath crisis to expose toxic neighbourhood, became the mother of environmental justice movementHazel Johnson transformed a personal tragedy into a lifelong battle against environmental pollution after losing her husband to lung cancer...16 Oct, 2026, 07.54 PM IST
- NGT directs DPCC member secretary to explain laboratory readiness in Ghazipur landfill caseThe National Green Tribunal has called for the Member Secretary of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to appear virtually. This follows ...16 Oct, 2026, 01.19 PM IST
- In 1986, Illinois rebuilt 4.14 miles of I-57 using recycled concrete; 20 years later, load transfer efficiency across transverse cracks still averaged over 90%In the 1980s, the Illinois Department of Transportation pioneered a project that involved recycling roadway concrete into new pavement. Aft...14 Oct, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
- Plea in SC challenges Delhi Police move to shift protests from Jantar MantarA petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against new restrictions on protests at Jantar Mantar. The Delhi Police's order has designat...13 Oct, 2026, 11.44 AM IST
- Jamestown bought Atlanta’s former Sears building for $27 million. Here’s how it became Ponce City MarketJamestown bought Atlanta’s former Sears building for $27 million in 2011 and transformed the 2.1-million-square-foot property into Ponce Ci...12 Oct, 2026, 06.30 PM IST
- In 2009, a hotel guest asked what happened to leftover soap after checkout, his initiative later distributed over 100 million recycled barsThat question led to the creation of Clean the World, an organisation that collects used hotel soap, recycles it and distributes new bars t...11 Oct, 2026, 02.12 AM IST
- In 2017, London buses ran partly on coffee; bio-bean turned waste grounds into 6,000 litres of oil, enough to fuel one bus for one year, the firm saysAs a secondary use, London is looking at turning discarded coffee grounds into biofuel for public transport. British start-up bio-bean has ...09 Oct, 2026, 09.45 PM IST
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