Students at the School of Engineering, RMIT University recently published a study experimenting with a new form of waste management and recycling. As they note in their research, cigarette butts are ...

While traditional clay brick continues to be a workhorse material in new construction projects, it is rarely used as a structural building component. When compared to alternative nonstructural veneer ...

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have developed special “energy-smart bricks” that can be made by mixing clay with glass waste and coal ash. These bricks ...

A team of third-year students at the HCM City University of Technology has developed lightweight bricks from plastic waste. Lac Dan Hy, head of Octoplastic, the team of students, said the idea of ...

The creative minds at miniWIZ recently debuted the POLLI-Brick, a recycled polymer bottle that can be interlocked to build an incredible array of structures. Made from recycled PET bottles, the ...

Brick kilns have for long been known for its extreme working environment. Although a vital part of any kind of construction, bricks and its manufacturing has been touted as one of the most dangerous ...

The industry, under the guidance of The Polystyrene Association (which is now part of Polyco) has recently rolled out the red carpet for Khaya Khanya, a brand-new factory producing lightweight ...