It sounds like the premise of a comedy sketch, but researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo led by Yuya Sakai have developed a way to recycle food scraps into ...

Envisioning a new project that uses existing scraps will be easier when you know what you're working with. To organize your scrap stash, sort fabrics by size—so you can easily see which pieces are big ...

European Union (EU) lawmakers this month announced plans to reduce waste and increase recycling across the bloc, with proposals to collect and process 45% of 16 identified "strategic" raw materials by ...

All of that leftover metal, wood, fabric, and tile can find a new home—if you know where to look. If you’re doing your own renovations or just working on some projects around the house, you'll find ...

The story is told of a dedicated crafter whose workroom was filled floor to ceiling with leftovers from her past projects. She couldn't bear to throw any of them away. Among the cartons, there was ...

Back-to-back sessions sought to narrow down a definition of the term “green steel” and discuss potential changes to recovered metal flows as new capacity comes online. From left: Sean Keenan of SSAB ...

Place a small amount of potpourri in the center of a square of fabric. Pull the corners to the center and tie with a ribbon.

Caterpillar, Peoria, Illinois, has plans to release a new wheeled material handler for North American scrap yard and mill operations in July. Cat’s new MH3040 wheeled material handler is an update on ...

Longtime readers of this column may remember the reader who wanted to know where she could donate her fabric scraps. I offered details on a small organization in Texas that turns new fabric scraps ...