Recycling

TGIF, MarketWatchers. Dont miss these top stories: Personal Finance No pizza boxes, batteries or shredded paper fix your recycling sins Effective paper and plastic recycling is dictated by tossing only empty, clean and dry containers. Otherwise, the bin th…

The natural gas and oil industry in the US supports 10.3 million jobs and accounts for nearly 8% of the gross domestic product.From providing good-paying jobs to assisting public education, the natural gas and oil industry benefits residents …

The problem of how to find the potential treasure trove hidden in millions of pounds of trash is getting a high-tech answer as investors funnel $16 million into the recycling robots built by Denver-based AMP Robotics. For recyclers, the commercialization of …

AMP Robotics, which makes robots that recognize and sort recyclables, raises $16M Series A led by Sequoia Capital (Adele Peters/Fast Company)

Some unscrupulous foreign waste handlers dump unwanted plastic on the developing world by including as much as 50 percent plastic in their supposed paper shipments, Ms. Yuyun said. Local companies profit by accepting the shipments. Much of the plastic is unw…

Research at the Babraham Institute uniting cell signalling, autophagy, mass spectrometry and imaging expertise has resolved a fundamental question about whether the cellular recycling process is halted during cell division. In addition, the researchers have i…

The research uncovers the molecular intricacies of the cell signalling cascades that function to maintain genome integrity by repressing autophagy during the dynamic process of cell division.Research at the Institute uniting cell signalling, autophagy, mass s…

Dell wants to boost the number of female employees at the company. Sarah Tew/CNET Dell says it's aiming for 50% of its global workforce to be female by 2030, according to a Tuesday release. The company also wants women to make up 40% of global people manage…

When you think of fabricating three-dimensional parts out of thin air, you probably think of printing with either plastic or metal. But it turns out there are other ways to create 3D parts, such as the nifty knitting machine Ford is working with. The company …

This week on Dezeen, we launched our series on high-tech architecture, which is covering the movement's buildings and key figures over the course of the next few weeks. So far, features on the late 20th-century architectural style have included an overview o…