Every year, 300 million tennis balls are manufactured for the beloved sport, and almost all are throw out. A Belgian eco-designer has begun to repurpose some of these into bespoke furniture in a circular way that ensures the rubber and felt balls don’t end up in landfills. Mathilde Wittock and her…
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In northern Maine, a company is planning the largest battery ever made by humans with 8,500 megawatt-hours of storage. The purpose is to store renewable energy like solar and wind, produced but not needed, for times when the Sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. The batteries store and discharge…
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With more visitors than ever before, the new airport terminal in Florence will have a green roof and sport a vineyard. The Italians are passionate about greening their buildings, with the famous Bosco Verticale in Milan being the flagship example. To celebrate its heritage as one of the wine capitals of the world,…
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LEGO has announced it will pay out of pocket to increase the amount of recycled plastic in its bricks to 50% by 2026. Estimated to increase the production costs by around 70%, the company’s CEO stated its bottom line will bear the burden as it hopes continued investment by LEGO will…
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An innovative chemical procedure turns ubiquitous waste plastic items in our society into hydrocarbon building blocks for use in making new plastics. The scientists behind the project explained that the process works “equally well” with the two dominant types of consumer plastic waste: polyethylene, the component of most single-use plastic bags;…
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Researchers in Zurich have found a way to potentially transform chocolate manufacturing by using the husk and the flesh of the cocoa bean pod to create a sugary syrup. Clearing two hurdles in one jump, it would allow chocolatiers to remove sugar from the process, and reduce the immense amount of…
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An Australian startup has created the world’s first mobile brick factory that pulverizes rubble from ruined buildings and presses them into LEGO-like bricks. Idealized as the ultimate in long-term housing solutions for disaster areas, locals who need shelter can place the rubble from their ruined homes inside the machine and within…
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