Scientists from the University of Portsmouth in the UK have discovered that recycled glass powder can effectively stabilize ...

For years, the toymaker Lego has been trying to figure out how to make its plastic building blocks out of sustainable materials. It’s experimented with all kinds of things — Brazilian ...

ByFusion's machine, called the Blocker System, converts the discarded waste into building blocks without having to sort or pre-wash them, a major obstacle in the plastic recycling process. After ...

Now, however, comes the main event: the humble 2 x 4 brick. Lego has moved on from bendy bioplastic to making a new prototype block that is fabricated from PET plastic from discarded bottles.

advertisement 09-30-2024 DESIGN This marble-like building material looks out of this world. It’s actually auto industry waste plastic Earthly recycled plastic could become a new kind of building ...

The company's goal is to produce all of its Lego toys with renewable and recycled materials by 2032. “It's very difficult because we have such high standards for our bricks. They have to be safe ...

The blocks are made without additives or fillers — 22 pounds of plastic create 22 pounds of ByBlock bricks. "We've modeled our ByBlocks around the dimensions of a hollow cement block.

A cement block has rebar running through it, but ByBlocks uses a method called post tensioning, which requires a steel rod. As a sustainable option for building material, the repurposed plastic ...