To combat the industry's waste problem, some studios are trading throwaway materials for ones they say can biodegrade or be recycled.

A company in Australia wants to make a bed that could be a breeze to assemble. Better yet, the beds are made from 100 percent ...

Of the more than 16 million tonnes of plastic packaging generated that year, only 6.5 million tonnes were recycled. Plastic recycling remains a serious problem. Inadequate recycling not only ...

The SpecReK project aims to combine state-of-the-art measuring techniques with artificial intelligence (AI) to identify the composition of plastic scrap during the recycling process to improve the ...

"That experience really inspired us to come back and make a difference." Designers unveil groundbreaking new furniture ...

The tree, a Norway Spruce that stands 82 feet tall, is set to be recycled for furniture and landscape mulch, according to a Sundance Square spokesperson. Larger sections of the tree's trunk will ...

Also Ann Arbor, Mich.-based private equity firm Speyside Equity Advisers has acquired GSC Technologies Inc., a maker of totes ...

While recycling initiatives have amped up massively in recent years, plastic is still everywhere; wrapping our groceries, holding our toiletries and taking over our homeware. Keen to see just ...

Quebecers will be able to put most kinds of containers, packaging, and printed material in the recycling bin, including bags and plastic wrap that weren’t previously recycled. The goal is to ...

The Nova Scotia Small Claims Court has dismissed a claim seeking to hold a plastic surgeon liable for failing to follow through with his assurances that the procedures performed upon the patient would ...