The university processes more than five tons of food waste every day into soil amendments it uses on campus. The school has ...

Goodwill Industries in London has installed just such a machine, called a plastic granulator, which turns plastic donations that can’t be repurposed or sold into bits that are then sold to make new ...

Black-and-white placards have appeared across the French Quarter, hung from second-story balconies, propped on signs ...

"Forestry in Massachusetts and New England is such a huge thing, but not on the South Shore in Mass. But what happens to all our trees that are cut down in our backyard? Why not r ...

A red placard with an X means the structure has major hazards and is potentially dangerous for firefighters or any occupants.

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A giant piece of jackfruit wood—with its striking golden-yellow grain and incredible density—was just split down to create only a few 8x12 blocks, and viewers can't believe it. In this video, we ...

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College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110142, China Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Separation Technology, Shenyang University of ...

But one of its most persistent killers isn’t the enemy. It’s disease, often brought on by poor sanitation and waste management. Cholera, typhus (after its first appearance around 1450), and ...

Slices of wood can act as water filters that remove bacteria and microplastics with more than 99 per cent efficiency, potentially offering a cheap way to protect people from water-borne illnesses.