A Kenyan woman invented a brick stronger than concrete that's made entirely of recycled materials like plastic. Nzambi Matee is the 29-year-old inventor and founder of Gjenge Makers, which ...

In a bid to curb plastic waste pollution, India-based company Rhino Machines has invented a way of using plastic to make construction blocks. The silica plastic blocks (SPBs) are strong enough to ...

At CES 2026, WES-Tec Global showcased a construction technology aimed at tackling plastic pollution and climate-driven infrastructure risks. Its ECOCCUBE system converts waste plastic into durable ...

Imagine taking heaps and heaps of earth-polluting, unusable plastic waste and actually transforming it into something constructive? Plastic pollution is a proliferating and increasingly overwhelming ...

A house built in five days sounds like a promise made for a viral video. Yet modular recycled-plastic bricks are now being pushed as a serious answer to two stubborn problems at once: housing that ...

A recycling program that turns discarded plastic into construction-grade building blocks will become a sustained fixture in Tucson after City Council approved a 4-year contract Tuesday that makes ...