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  • Holland-Based Ceramic Tile Factory Awarded Cradle to Cradle Certification
    News - 21 Dec 2009
    Leading Manufacturer Increases Recycling Inside and Outside the Company. Holland's Royal Mosa is the world's first ceramic tile factory to receive the Cradle to Cradle certificate. The...
  • Formosa Plastics Increases Pollution Controls at Two Petrochemical Plants
    News - 30 Sep 2009
    Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp., Louisiana, will spend more than $10 million on pollution controls to address air, water, and hazardous waste violations at two petrochemical...
  • Lightweight Concrete Being Used for Green Roofs
    News - 23 Jun 2008
    Celcon aircrete, already known for helping to cut carbon emissions because of its excellent thermal insulation properties, is now being put to another ‘green’ use. Waste aircrete which...
  • Survey Conducted by Hewden Environmental Experts Closer Than You Think
    News - 3 Sep 2007
    Building contractors are increasingly finding that their own employees are the best source of environmental information, according to a survey conducted by Hewden, the UK’s largest plant hire...
  • Turn Old Rubbish Into New Houses
    News - 3 Apr 2007
    That's exactly what civil engineer Dr John Forth in the School of Engineering wants to achieve with the invention of a building block made almost entirely of recycled glass, metal slag, sewage...
  • WRAP Calls for Developments to be a Global Showcase
    News - 3 Nov 2006
    WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) has called for the Thames Gateway development to be a global showcase for best practice in how materials are efficiently used in construction. By...
  • CIRIA Annual Contaminated Land Conference
    News - 21 Sep 2005
    Contaminated land professionals have had to face a number of new challenges in the past 12 months. The implementation of Landfill Directive last summer and the forthcoming Waste Acceptance Criteria...
  • Recycling - Turning Pallets Into Flooring
    News - 18 Mar 2004
    From dross to dance floor; from garbage to golden flooring; from the landfill to the foyer: Whichever phrase you favour, it’s what researchers at North Carolina State University are doing with...
  • Sustainable Grout from Geothermal Fluids
    News - 26 Feb 2025
    A study published in Case Studies in Construction Materials details how Japanese scientists developed a carbon-neutral grout using waste fluids from geothermal energy harvesting...
  • Developing Non-Reinforced Concrete From Stone Offcuts
    News - 1 Dec 2023
    A group of researchers from EPFL, ETH Zurich, and a Geneva-based architecture firm has created a novel form of non-reinforced concrete using stone offcuts. Prototype walls made with clay, lime, and...

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