Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

Roads in Florida could soon include phosphogypsum — a radioactive waste material from the fertilizer industry — under a bill lawmakers have sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis. Conservation groups are urging ...

Humans love to consume – we’ve been slowly chipping away at our planet’s resources for many years. We’re still struggling with reusing and recycling, and significant changes must be made to transform ...

Plastic is everywhere. From water bottles and food containers to household items and packaging, modern life depends heavily ...

Florida wants to start taking mountains of waste material from phosphate mining to use in road construction. The hitch: It's mildly radioactive, and environmental groups say it poses a health risk.

Raffaele Mezzenga has turned chicken feathers into fuel cell membranes, found myriad purposes for the milk protein whey, and used black bean proteins in aerogels for capturing carbon dioxide from air.

Engineered material uses light to destroy PFAS and other contaminants. Materials scientists at Rice University (TX, USA) and collaborators have developed a material that uses light to break down a ...

Using naturally-occurring resources for construction, such as wood and bamboo, have been used for centuries. Meanwhile, other nature-derived materials like mycelium are only just becoming increasingly ...

Electronic waste (e-waste) refers to discarded electronic devices such as smartphones, laptops, televisions, and other consumer or industrial electronics that are no longer functional or needed. These ...