New ‘Unprinting’ Method Can Help Recycle Paper and Curb Environmental Costs

Imagine if your printer had an “unprint” button that could remove all the ink from the paper – that may soon be a reality.

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Canada is Moving to Ban Dozens of ‘Harmful’ Single-Use Plastics as Soon as 2021

Canadian legislators are aiming to phase out single-use plastics such as straws, coffee lids, shopping bags, and straws within the next two years.

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10 takeaways from Circularity 19

A few sips from the firehose of insights that spewed from three days of North America’s largest circular economy event.

Episode 177: Sounding off at Circularity 19

Highlights from keynotes by Google’s Kate Brandt, Ellen Macarthur Foundation’s Andrew Morlet, and Cradle to Cradle co-founder Bill McDonough. Plus, on-the-spot interviews with UL engineer Bill Hoffman, General Motors materials guru Lauren Smith and World Wildlife Fund research Erin Simon.

Apple and Best Buy reveal their circular visions (and a new partnership)

Two very different titans in consumer electronics are each aiming to advance the circular economy in their own ways.

How artificial intelligence helps recycling become more circular

The process of sorting things for reuse gets faster and more specific.

Rather Than End Up in a Landfill, Non-Recyclable Glass May Soon Be a Cheaper New Ingredient in Concrete

Australian researchers have developed an exciting new technique for making concrete out of non-recyclable glass that has been turned back into sand. The team found that ground-up glass can be used specifically to make polymer concrete, a material that uses polymers – typically resins – to replace lime-type cement as a binder for roads. Since […]

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Michelin is letting the air out of its tires: Why that matters for sustainable mobility

The 130-year-old French tire company will test the technology first on electric passenger vehicles in collaboration with General Motors.

Entrepreneur Has Bought 10,000 Unused Ride-Sharing Bikes So He Can Donate Them to Poor Students

Rather than letting these abandoned bikes go to waste, a compassionate businessman is buying them up and sending them to village school children.

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Wild bees are recycling plastic, study finds

Plastic is piling up in ecosystems all over the world, not just oceans and lakes. Its harmful effects on wildlife have been widely documented, but a few animals — like bowerbirds and hermit crabs — are doing what they can…