Lego ditched plans to make oil-free bricks, saying the new material from recycled bottles would increase carbon emissions. The toymaker said it remains committed to making Legos from sustainable ...

Stronger than concrete, Circular11's recycled plastic bricks were revolutionary. Though the bricks are no longer in ...

Plastic and plastic recycling has been a major global issue for decades, but scientists have found a lot of intriguing ways ...

I went to all these companies and I realized that they don’t really want to use recycled plastic. So I wanted to make my own tools so I could use recycled plastic locally.” Typical plastic ...

A mortar made from recycled plastic and silica aerogel which improves insulation and reduces plastic waste ... in areas where ...

A company is turning plastic trash into cheap, easy-to-assemble building materials. It's helping build schools in Ivory Coast and increasing pay for waste collectors. More from World Wide Waste A ...

The team analysed key properties, such as setting time, flowability (a measure to determine the workability of cement mortar) ...

Stanford researchers show the viability of recycled plastic in construction ... for around 10 standard two-by-four Lego bricks. These bags are made from 100% ocean plastic Fishermen in Java ...

Scientists have come up with a new environmentally-friendly building material that could reduce heating and cooling bills.