The saying goes that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” and as we speak, researchers around the globe are experimenting with taking this phrase literally. Right now, it’s possible to turn ...

The global surge in electronic waste (e-waste) poses a critical environmental and health challenge. In fact, according to the UN's recent Global E-Waste Monitor Report, “The world’s generation of ...

French datacentre operator Data4 is partnering with the University of Paris-Saclay to prototype a means of reusing waste server farm heat to create sustainable sources of biomass-based energy. The ...

Researchers have developed a new mining technique which uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon in the waste produced by mining. Adopting this technique of reusing mining waste, called ...

There is a growing appetite among senior datacentre professionals to find ways to reuse the waste heat generated by their facilities, as the sector as a whole looks to decrease the environmental ...

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As architecture’s outsize impacts on climate change become ever more apparent, extreme calls to “just stop building” collide with an industry where demolition and new construction go hand in hand. In ...

For the past five years, artist and architect Dennis Maher has collected discarded building materials from demolition sites and salvage yards throughout the de-industrialized city of Buffalo. He has ...