Japan pushes reuse market as new consumption model
Reusing products and materials instead of discarding them is taking hold as a new consumption model in Japan.…
E-Waste Per Capita: Europe Leads the World
By ZeroHedge – Oct 20, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
On average, every person worldwide generates about 8…
collapsible and pocket-sized water bottle elio leans when it stands
when tucked, collapsible water bottle elio doubles as accessory  There’s a new collapsible and pocket-sized water bottle…
China achieves 99.6% recovery of materials from retired EV batteries
China is expanding its efforts to make electric vehicle battery recycling more efficient and sustainable. The country’s General…
Female-Led Arab Team Turn Coffee and Plastic Waste into Activated Carbon, Capturing CO2 in the Atmosphere
credit Haif Aljomard / SWNS A new technology utilizing coffee and plastic waste is designed to capture carbon…
Biodegradable Plastic Made from Bamboo Is Stronger and Easy to Recycle
Bamboo forest – credit Bady Abbas, via Unsplash GNN has reported previously on how versatile bamboo is for…
Recycling Rare Earth Minerals Can Address Military Demand
Electronic waste after components containing rare earths were extracted from computer hard disk parts at the Bureau de…
tripus installation turns industrial pipes into intimate public shelter
Matyáš Barák shapes Industrial gas pipes into a Space for Pause  Tripus by Matyáš Barák is a…
China offers unlikely glimmer of hope in fight against plastic pollution – POLITICO
The Chinese wild card Countries in the self-named High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution — which backs…
scientists use recycled plastic bags as sensors for potable water
recycled plastic bags illuminate in the dark as sensors  Researchers at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta, Indonesia,…
Multitude of Sins designs own material lab using salvaged materials
Bengaluru studio Multitude of Sins has used rejected samples, broken prototypes and construction waste to transform an apartment…
discarded nets reshape into permeable functional sculptures by iranzo
Permanent Souls: Between the visible and the invisible  Iranzo’s project Permanent Souls examines how discarded materials can…