Tech innovations and Startups
Circular Economy
Recycling
How recycled glass could replace cement in construction
A new study reveals how recycled glass powder can replace cement in compressed earth blocks, boosting strength and sustainability in green construction.
Paolo Travisi•29 August 2025
Circular Economy
Can eco-friendly detergent be made from…
A new study shows that natural ingredients like wood nanofibers and corn…
Paolo Travisi•22 August 2025
Recycling
Recycled tires as rail dampers cut…
A new Australian innovation uses recycled tires as shock-absorbing dampers in railway…
Paolo Travisi•5 August 2025
Tech innovations and Startups
Beer from recycled wastewater that you can only drink for free
Using recycled wastewater from a skyscraper, a recycling company has teamed up with a local brewery.…
14 October 2023
Water
How to recover water from fog using only solar energy
Based on a photocatalytic close-mesh lattice, researchers at ETH Zurich were able to recover water from…
30 August 2023
Tech innovations and Startups
From the Berkeley Lab a recyclable bioplastic to infinity
Scientists at the famous Californian research center have obtained from bacteria a recyclable bioplastic with properties…
31 July 2023
Tech innovations and Startups
Fungi, organic waste and 3D printing create new biomaterials
Growing mushrooms on organic waste compounds moulded from 3D printed moulds allows to obtain biomaterials totally…
26 May 2023
Tech innovations and Startups
From China, biorecyclable and biodegradable glass based on modified peptides
A research team of the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has…
22 March 2023
Tech innovations and Startups
Fraunhofer reinvents thermal insulation with “sponge walls” and transparent laminated roofs
A glass foil cover that reduces the weight by 75% and a vertical water treatment system…
9 March 2023
Tech innovations and Startups
Lexus Design Awards 2023, from eco-tent to soap packaging
Lexus announces four winners of its international design competition that rewards emerging designers and innovators
7 February 2023
Tech innovations and Startups
The transistors of the future could be produced from lignin
Lignin, a paper industry waste, could be a resource to build green and sustainable transistors. A…
23 January 2023
Tech innovations and Startups
Enzymatic recycling makes it possible to break down the most difficult plastic
With enzymatic recycling it may be possible to break down more economically the most difficult to…
3 January 2023
Tech innovations and Startups
Biodegradable plastic in a few days
From the chemistry laboratories of the University of Constance a new plastic, developed with "breaking points"…
28 December 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
Tiny home: the smart, transformable and green houseboat
A floating tiny home, equipped with all services and capable of feeding itself with renewable energy
23 December 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
From Taiwan 96% recyclable solar panel easy to disassemble
Industrial Technology Research Institute and United Renewable Energy designed recyclable solar panel in all its materials,…
18 November 2022
Mobility & Transportation
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