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Woman turns plastic grocery bags into outfit
She spent the winter months knitting together more than 300 plastic grocery bags, fashioning them into a skirt and jacket ensemble.
IKEA joins with London artists to construct bird houses from old IKEA furniture
Retail giant IKEA in collaboration with London-based artists, designers and architects is upcycling old IKEA furniture and manufacturing materials and turning them into homes for local wildlife.
Robotics FIRST: Destination Deep Space
Thousands of high school teams from the U.S., Canada, and other countries have taken on the 30th annual FIRST Robotics Competition’s 2019 challenge, Destination: Deep Space.
A base for every season
With a new base/plinth system for enclosures and IT racks, Rittal can now offer an unprecedented variety of functions and options.
Yaskawa helps saw manufacturer solve a knotty problem
Yaskawa servos help cut imperfection out of a board in the blink of an eye.
Windex Vinegar to be packaged in 100% recycled ocean plastic
Household cleaning supply manufacturer S.C. Johnson & Son is preparing to relaunch a popular home cleaning product in packaging composed entirely of recycled ocean plastic — a world’s first, according to the company.
Study: American's toilet paper preference impacting the environment?
According to a report from the environmental groups the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Stand.earth, Americans opting for luxury-brand toilet paper are negatively impacting the environment.
Upcycled PET could help eliminate single-use plastic waste, according to NREL
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have found a way to turn polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic into a more valuable plastic, thereby creating an economic incentive to eliminate waste and address the world's plastics pollution problem.
Robots safely decommission 700,000 munitions
The robotic system designed for the U.S. Army can decommission up to 21 warheads, each containing 644 grenades, per eight-hour shift.
Vanuatu to ban disposable diapers
In a measure to help reduce pollution, disposable diapers will soon be outlawed in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, according to reports.
NTSB faults inspection process for rail tank-car rupture
Eight people were injured in the accident in which 178,400 pounds of liquefied compressed chlorine was released.
New York nonprofit recycles textile waste
Fabscrap is a organization that recycles and reuses discarded textiles of all shapes and sizes, and takes in an estimated 3,000 lb of fabric a day, including material deemed unsuitable for donation.
Startup turns avocados into disposable cutlery, straws
A Mexico-based startup has been turning avocado pits into biodegradable straws and cutlery, according to reports.
Deprag automatic assembly equipment pick and place
In some industries, fasteners tend to have shorter shafts or irregular shapes, such as sleeves, pins or rivets. They may also have wider shaft-diameters, making feeding through a feedhose impossible.
Advanced precision motion and control technologies
This video explains how different drive technologies used in precision automation, micro-positioning and nanopositioning work.
Unusual architecture: building with objects designed for another purpose
Construction in this age of sustainability presents a number of challenges from what material to use to how well the structure handles energy. With that in mind, builders are finding that objects designed for entirely different purposes can have a second life as a home or even a hotel room. Following is a review of some unusual spaces created from objects intended for vastly different purposes.
Samsung doing away with plastic packaging
The electronics division of Samsung announced this week that it would no longer wrap its products in plastic packaging.
Graphene dough easy to transport, store and mold
A non-solution-based processing route produces graphene oxide in a dough state without the use of binders.
Vessel composed of plastic waste and flip flops highlights issue of plastic pollution
Environmentalists in Kenya have constructed a boat composed almost entirely of waste to highlight the issue of plastic pollution.
Anymal traverses and inspects Zurich sewers
During testing the robot transmitted images and a mind-boggling 500,000 measurements per second back to the above-ground team.