The reincarnation of discarded polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles
into Valox iQ* resin from SABIC
Innovative Plastics epitomizes Cradle to CradleSM design, an innovative
paradigm from the internationally renowned sustainable design firm, McDonough
Braungart Design Chemistry, LLC (MBDC).
If you listen closely, you might hear a NASA
project manager singing this song. Lately, Marshall Space Flight Center's Carole
McLemore has been working at the end of a sledge hammer opposite a big pile
of rocks, so she has good reason to sing the song Tennessee Ernie Ford made
famous.
As a chemical for industrial processes, butanol is used in everything from brake fluid, to paint thinners, to plastics. According to a University of Illinois researcher, butanol made from plant material could displace bu...
From the structure of DNA to nautical rope to distant spiral galaxies, helical
forms are as abundant as they are useful in nature and manufacturing alike.
Researchers at the Harvard
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered a way
to synthesize and control the formation of nanobristles, akin to tiny hairs,
into helical clusters and have further demonstrated the fabrication of such
highly ordered clusters, built from similar coiled building blocks, over multiple
scales and areas.
Rautaruukki's steel product manufacturing division, Ruukki Production, is to merge with Ruukki Metals as of 1 February 2009. The merger will streamline the corporate structure, which in future will comprise two divis...
Dow Building Solutions has joined more than 600 industry leaders in supporting "Fix Housing First," a coalition of building industry members urging Congress and the incoming Obama Administration to support a pa...
Plug-In to eCycling partners expanded their electronics recycling programs and collected and recycled more than 66.5 million pounds of used electronics in 2008, nearly a 30 percent increase from the previous year. Plug-I...
American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a leading energy technologies company, today announced that it has received an order for its D-VAR (“STATCOM”) reactive compensation solution from Basin Ele...
The U.S. Department of Energy’s
Brookhaven National Laboratory was named a winner in the Office of the Federal
Environmental Executive’s third annual Electronics Reuse and Recycling
Campaign at a White House ceremony on December 16. The Laboratory reused or
recycled 143,600 pounds of electronics during fiscal year (FY) 2008.
Alcoa today detailed a series of specific actions to conserve cash, reduce costs and
strengthen the Company's competitiveness during the current economic downturn.
Building on the Company's commitment from October, these actions address
additional production curtailments, cost and procurement efficiencies, portfolio
streamlining and reduction of capital expenditures and other liquidity enhancements.
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