Tag: SUSTAINABLE

If you pay exorbitant amounts for ink cartridges, you might as well make sure they go to good use, right? That's exactly what Australia's National Park Service has decided to do -- by utilizing used cartridges to create a 347 mile (170 kilometer) bike path between Alice Springs and Simpsons Gap in the Northwest Territory. Australian company Repeat Plastics Australia is constructing the trail out ...

Construction is nearly complete on the Strata skyscraper in central London. The Strata is the tallest residential tower in the area, and boasts a unique feature, built-in wind turbines, making it the first building of its kind. The five-bladed turbines, each measuring about twelve feet in diameter, are expected to raise 50 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity per year, effectively providing ...

Don't expect to see it whipping around the world's race tracks just yet, but a new Formula Three car in Northern Ireland is making waves throughout the racing world. Not only can the car reach speeds of 130 mph, but it's made of sustainable materials, too. According to BBC News, the 'green' vehicle, which researchers say is the world's first sustainable race car, is a result of a collaboration ...