When you’re not in the mood to compost food scraps, you may be able to use them to make concrete! At least this is what researchers hope to achieve in the near future. In fact, they’re closer to the end goal. They’ve found a method to use fruit and veggie […]
When coffee’s roasted, the husks are discarded and it’s been the practice for a long period of time. However, thanks to this innovative company, they’re now being transformed into building materials. Coffee husks are papery natural materials of coffee beans that come off when the beans are roasted. In most […]
Nzambbi Matee is the founder of the Gjenge Makers in Nairobi, a factory which transforms plastic waste into building materials that last. Matee explains that their product is almost 5 times sturdier than concrete. And, when you throw it, it doesn’t crack, despite the loud bang it makes. Her factory, […]
Thousands of years ago, Egyptians used copper to sterilize their drinking water and ancient romans, Greeks, and Aztects used it as a natural remedy. Today, copper is back in hospitals because of its unique capacity to destroy germs on contact. Namely, germs are the reason we get sick when we […]