The future of housing may lie in the plastic waste we throw away. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers are transforming recycled plastic into 3D-printed structural elements, creating ...

A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...

Contractors at the Salvaged Materials Market ignored the stack of misshapen supplies, but Carmelo saw the makings of his masterpiece in that pile. The sculptor spent an hour scrounging to gather all ...

One of the easiest and best ways for homeowners to go green is to tap into the growing array of furnishings, systems and home-related products that incorporate recycled materials rather than see them ...

The global demand for wood could grow by 54% between 2010 and 2050, according to a study by the World Resources Institute. While some building materials like steel get consistently recycled back into ...

How can unused home construction materials be recycled for additional use? This is what a recent study published in Journal of Cleaner Production hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated ...