Stronger than concrete, Circular11's recycled plastic bricks were revolutionary. Though the bricks are no longer in production (more on that later), they set a daring precedent that established a ...

A company is turning plastic trash into cheap, easy-to-assemble building materials. It's helping build schools in Ivory Coast and increasing pay for waste collectors. More from World Wide Waste A ...

The bricks are strong, lightweight ... Want to do more than just recycle your plastic, but don’t know how? You could start by turning plastic bottles into rope, and then use the rope to make ...

Wanting to investigate possible ways to repurpose this material, [Rehaan33] built a rig to create bricks out of waste plastic for a school project. The aim of the project is to take waste plastic ...

The next generation of designers has a solution. Lego just figured out how to build its specialized bricks out of recycled plastic A single one-liter bottle can be recycled into material for ...

Irradiation can also complement and enhance traditional recycling methods. When combined with a chemical recycling method known as pyrolysis, resulting in radiolysis, plastic waste polymers can be ...

The EcoArk Pavilion in Taipei is made entirely of interlocking plastic bottles. Designed by Miniwiz and made of recycled PET plastic, these bottles are being used as a cheaper option for builders.