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 company says it is working to increase the percentage of certified renewable or recycled materials, which means less oil would go into the ... the virgin plastic in LEGO bricks with bioplastic ...

The aim of the project is to take waste plastic, in this case high-impact polystyrene, and reform it into a brick that could be used as a low-cost building material. The material is shredded ...

But how is plastic recycling carried out at Conceptos ... The unwanted raw material is transformed into robust and solid bricks, reminiscent of Lego block constructions. Advanced waste recycling ...

Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country’s huge plastic waste problem by recycling junk ... bags – is then moulded into dark, compact bricks used as outdoor pavers ...

[Dave Hakkens] graduated from the Design Academy of Eindhoven and decided to try his hand at making affordable plastic recycling machines. His reasoning? “We recycle just 10% [of waste plastic ...

Lego ditched plans to make oil-free bricks, saying the new material from recycled bottles would increase carbon emissions. The toymaker said it remains committed to making Legos from sustainable ...