Unused Paint Can Be Recycled Due to New WA Bill
Paint manufacturers in Washington will now be asked to establish ways in which residents will be able to return leftover unused paint.
The new law,...
Honda Recycles Rare Earth Metals to Manufacture New Batteries
Honda has devised a way, the first process of its kind, to extract the rare earth metals from used batteries and other products, recycling them to be...
How Recycled Milk Jugs Can Make 3D Printing Cheaper and Greener
By recycling milk jugs, Joshua Pearce, a DIYer and researcher from Michigan Technological University is working on a method to drastically cut down costs associated with...
Biodegradable and Recyclable Plastics from Pine Sap
Since pine sap is made of compounds similar to those in petroleum, they can be chemically modified using polymerization so that plastics which have...
Cessna Plane Runs on Fuel Derived from Recycled Plastic
In order to prove it, one Australian pilot, Jeremy Rowsell, is going to fly his Cessna from Sydney, Australia to London, England using only fuel derived from...
2011 Plastic Water Bottle Recycling Rate Jumps 20%
According to the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), the Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) water bottle recycling rate increased over the past year.
The National Association for...
Composting: The Next Big Thing After Recycling
Composting could be used over landfill sites, says a renowned specialist.
In recent years, recycling habits have become commonplace, with paper and plastics leading the...
Hong Kong Government Set to Levy Glass Bottles to Help Recycling
The Hong Kong government is planning to put a HK$1 levy on each bottle to help defray the cost of local recycling. According to...
“Bipolar” LED Lamps Made from Recycled Wine Glasses
Unwanted wine glasses can now be turned into lovely LED lamps thanks to the Canadian designer Tat Chao. The "bipolar" lamps are created from...
E. Coli Infections on the Rise After Plastic Bag Ban
San Francisco’s ban on plastic bags is having major repercussions on public health, according to professors at the University of Pennsylvania and George Mason...
