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Could recycled plastic lead to more housing?
When you think about building a house, what materials come to mind? Brick, wood and metal all come to mind; there are also ...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have made recycled plastic into floor trusses for housing, arguing the waste stream could provide an ...
MIT engineers turn plastic waste into strong building parts that could solve housing crisis and reduce environmental impact ...
MIT aims to make house construction more sustainable by using discarded plastics to print structural components.
MIT’s 3D-printed recycled plastic trusses could reduce deforestation and offer a scalable solution for global housing needs.
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Your future home might be framed with printed plastic
The plastic bottle you just tossed in the recycling bin could provide structural support for your future house. MIT engineers ...
Current methods to recycle plastics often use expensive catalysts, harsh conditions and produce toxic byproducts. New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled ...
Recycling plants are amassing millions of tons of plastic bottles. Recycling plants are amassing millions of tons of plastic bottles, the Environmental Protection Agency says, with some becoming part ...
Plastic is ubiquitous. Around 1m plastic water bottles are sold every minute and 5trn plastic bags are used around the world every year, according to the un’s Environment Programme. Half of all ...
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