The global green building materials market is driven by rising demand for sustainable construction solutions. The market's ...

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China's Green Infrastructure Boom Fuels Demand for Recycled Plastics in Construction: Opportunities Soar Amid Urbanization ...

A new federal government report finds major potential to use recycled plastic in infrastructure items like pipe but also highlights significant economic and environmental challenges to growth in other ...

Only 9.5% of plastic materials produced globally in 2022 were manufactured from recycled materials. The findings, reported in Communications Earth & Environment, are part of a comprehensive analysis ...

For years, the toymaker Lego has been trying to figure out how to make its plastic building blocks out of sustainable materials. It’s experimented with all kinds of things — Brazilian sugarcane, for ...

A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The two-story-tall, flat black panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (KTIV) - The city of South Sioux City, Nebraska will be the first city in Nebraska to install a street using material from recycled plastic materials. “It’s going to be a way ...

In the U.S., about 26-27 million tons of plastic were sent to landfills in 2018 and 2019, according to the EPA.

On Thursday, the Washington State Department of Ecology announced fines for 35 plastic producers for failing to use enough recycled plastics. The 35 companies identified were fined a combination of ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you're a Gen X-er or younger, you've probably been told all your life to recycle anything and everything recyclable. That includes cans, ...