In a bid to curb plastic waste pollution, India-based company Rhino Machines has invented a way of using plastic to make construction blocks. The silica plastic blocks (SPBs) are strong enough to ...
Imagine taking heaps and heaps of earth-polluting, unusable plastic waste and actually transforming it into something constructive? Plastic pollution is a proliferating and increasingly overwhelming ...
A house built in five days sounds like a promise made for a viral video. Yet modular recycled-plastic bricks are now being pushed as a serious answer to two stubborn problems at once: housing that ...
A Colombian architect has developed a construction system that turns discarded plastic and rubber into blocks for temporary ...
At CES 2026, WES-Tec Global showcased a construction technology aimed at tackling plastic pollution and climate-driven infrastructure risks. Its ECOCCUBE system converts waste plastic into durable ...
All that time spent playing with plastic bricks as a kid may finally be paying off, as tiny composite blocks developed by MIT have been used to create a lightweight structure and could lead to much ...
The problem of ocean waste, particularly the plastic variety, is a big one, and many creative people are working on ways to clean it up. Finding ways to repurpose the plastic debris collected from the ...
Rather than throw out those plastic bags, how about use them to build a park bench or something else useful? Most recycling programs aren’t that good at keeping plastic out of the trash. In the U.S., ...
Dear Jim: My house needs more efficient windows. I live alone, so I am considering some glass block windows for security. Are they very efficient and how can I have some summertime ventilation with ...