Mexican Student Develops New Form of Rubber Road Pavement That Repairs Itself When Exposed to Rainwater

By melting recycled tires and other additives into a putty, this student has developed a new form of self-repairing road pavement.

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Toronto Garbage Trucks Will Soon Be Powered by Biogas From the Very Food Scraps That They Collect

Toronto is one of the first North American cities to harness the biogas from their food waste and turn it into something useful.

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Philippine Village Simultaneously Cleans Up Its Streets and Feeds the Hungry By Trading Plastic for Free Rice

Not only has the program helped to keep the streets clean, it has also helped to fill the stomachs of financially strapped villagers.

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Managing packaging perceptions vs. realities for a truly circular future

A coffee company’s wake-up call from the circular economy.

Scientists Discover How to Make Eco-Friendly Sunscreen From a Source of Food Waste: Cashew Shells

A team of international scientists has found an environmentally friendly way of producing potential sunscreens by using cashew nut shells, instead of discarding them as waste. The team of “green chemists” from the University of the Witwatersrand—along with colleagues from Universities in Germany, Malawi and Tanzania—have been working on techniques to produce useful compounds from […]

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Eastman advances two chemical recycling options

The chemical company’s previous efforts were ahead of the times, but market conditions now appear to be in its favor.

5 lessons from China’s push to increase domestic recycling

Public-private partnerships and education are central to its plans.

4 Easy Ways to Refresh How You Recycle

Sometimes it’s a good idea to step back and look at how your recycling habits are working for you.

10 questions with Ultra Capital, infrastructure financiers greasing the circular economy’s wheels

From alternative fuels to advanced recycling technologies, director Emily Landsburg chats about what drives the private equity fund’s investment decisions.

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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