This 3D printer can figure out how to print with an unknown material
The advance could help make 3D printing more sustainable, enabling printing with renewable or recyclable materials that are difficult to characterize.
The advance could help make 3D printing more sustainable, enabling printing with renewable or recyclable materials that are difficult to characterize.
In order to recycle construction materials, keep them close to home, a new study of Amsterdam suggests.
The Undergraduate Association Sustainability Committee repurposes items for good causes — and discovers a few hidden gems — following a burst pipe in W20.
The Working Green Committee is made up of MIT staff committed to encouraging reuse and recycling of goods, and reducing waste.
With sustainability in mind, MIT’s EHS Lab Plastics Recycling Program gathers clean plastics from 212 MIT labs, recycling some 280 pounds per week.
Drawing inspiration from butterfly wings, reflective fibers woven into clothing could reshape textile sorting and recycling.
PhD student Alexis Hocken is working with manufacturers to keep their products from (literally) falling through the cracks in the recycling process.
J-WAFS Fellows discuss their inspiration for pursuing challenges in water and food systems.
Prizes in the materials science competition also went to a waste-monitoring device and a nanofiber-based yarn.
Cobalt-based catalysts could be used to turn mixed plastic waste into fuel, new plastics, and other products.
A new way to make carbon fiber could turn refinery byproducts into high-value, ultralight structural materials for cars, aircraft, and spacecraft.
This year’s projects address mobile evaporative vegetable preservation, portable water filtration, and dairy waste reduction.
Students in STS.032 (Energy, Environment, and Society) learn about environmental and health consequences of discarded electronics.
Student inventors recognized on World IP Day for groundbreaking, patentable solutions to issues related to maternal health, energy efficiency, and plastic waste.
Engineers have developed self-cooling fabrics from polyethylene, a material commonly used in plastic bags.