Recycling

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Now that so many Americans are working from home in response to COVID-19, our living space has become our workspace. That wouldn’t be so tricky if we weren’t also sharing the apartment with toddlers, pets, and spouses. It’s a good time to work out a temporary plan that’s better than…

Dezeen promotion: British textile company Camira has created fabrics that contain recycled plastic collected from oceans and beaches.Camira's Oceanic range has a twill weave comprising a light warp and a deeply saturated weft.Up to 50 per cent of the fibres are created from recycled plastic bottles that were sourced from the…

According to the National University of Singapore (NUS), only 40 percent of discarded tires are recycled – the rest are either burned to generate power, or thrown in landfills. Now, however, the university has developed a method of converting old tire rubber into a high-value aerogel.First of all, just what…

Researchers have used waste rubber tires to create super-light aerogels that are highly absorbent, extremely durable, and efficient at trapping heat and sound. Upcycling waste rubber into products of a higher commercial value offers an eco-friendly way to recycle rubber. About 1 billion rubber tires—which are highly durable and non-biodegradable—are…

All schools are to close by Friday with the Easter break being brought forward, according to the Welsh Government.All school exams are to be cancelled this summer with GCSEs and A-levels graded on work already completed.The health minister has also warned individual funerals may not be possible if virus deaths…

The ties between company culture and financial performance are clearer than ever. But according to one company culture expert, only recently have leaders realized their cultures need work. Companies with strong cultures see four times the revenue growth of their peers. Yet a separate study found just 15 percent of business…

Lithium-ion batteries are expected to play a critical role in the green energy transition, but despite surging global demand for the metals that go into them, we’re doing a terrible job recovering those metals after batteries die. A first-of-its-kind bill introduced in the Senate this month seeks to change that…

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Photo: Julia Ewan/Getty ImagesEven for fashion and beauty lovers who think sustainability is important, wading through all the sometimes-conflicting information about it can be tricky. To combat the confusion, we're asking scientists, researchers and other authorities to answer all your most pressing questions in our column Ask a Sustainability Expert.Dear…