Recycling

Recycling A Car

(Reuters) - Rare earth elements are used in a wide range of consumer products, from iPhones to electric car motors, as well as military jet engines, satellites and lasers. Rising tensions between the United States and China have sparked concerns that Beijin…

Its the most irritating scenario: You set up your router in your new house or apartment, and your wifi is working flawlessly, until you find your downloads (or streaming) screech to a halt in that area thats just outside your routers rangelike the exact spot …

Yes, its great that your office put a blue bin next to the copy machine so unwanted print outs dont end up in the trash. But recycling paper still takes its toll on the environment, so researchers at Rutgers have come up with a new way to erase ink off…

Editor's Note: This story was updated at 1:55 p.m. E.D.T. BELLEVUE, Wash. — There's a giant trove of frozen methane, or "fire ice," locked beneath our ocean's surface. If released, it could trigger tsunamis, landslides and release huge amounts of carbon into…

Five firefighters were injured while battling a fire that broke out in a Bronx recycling plant just after midnight. The fire was at Parallel Plastics in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, at 900 East 136th Street. The FDNY says that they received a 911 cal…

Although eco-minded people do send their discarded paper off to be recycled, the recycling process isn't entirely environmentally-friendly it generally requires a lot of power, and incorporates toxic chemicals. Now, however, scientists have developed a new me…

Article by SA Rogers, filed under Products & Packaging in the Design category Recycling isn’t going to solve our waste problems. Between the contamination that happens when we don’t recycle correctly and the degradation of plastic over time, it’s a ban…

When it rains during the summer, there aren't a lot of options when it comes to appropriate women's footwear. Sure, there are short rain boots, but at the end of the day, they're still boots and not something you want to wear when it's 90 degrees outside b…

While British Airways is celebrating the final few years of its 747 fleet with a recent refresh, many carriers have begun retiring their 747s. Others, like Delta and United, have completed the process altogether. Australia’s flag carrier Qantas continues to …