Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Glass artists Nadine Sterk and Lonny van Ryswyck want us to look down. To look at the sand under ...

When Tulane University alumni Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz opened Louisiana's only glass recycling facility, they dreamed of using the crushed sand to help restore the state's eroding coastline.

Franziska Trautman and Max Steitz were seniors at Tulane. They sat there, both thinking about exactly how that bottle would be recycled. Or not. So, in 2020, the duo co-founded New Orleans-based ...

Katie Aldworth grabs an empty wine bottle, puts it into a glass crusher, and then walks through her Maryland pottery studio with the end product: glass sand. After measuring out 275 grams, she pours ...

Glass Half Full and Tulane University researchers are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for recycling glass bottles and using them to restore shoreline in Louisiana. Can a glass recycling ...

CHARLOTTE — After a weekend of Charlotte’s nightlife in full swing, the city accumulates thousands of pounds of glass bottles in recycling bins around the city. In most cases, Envision Charlotte’s ...

WEBVTT ORTI REPORTS. >> NESTLED IN THE ROLLING HILLS OF PALMYRA, NEBRASKA, IS GLACIAL TILL VINEYARD, WHERE WINE MAKING, IS IN FULL SWING. BUT ONCE THIS IS BOTTLED UP, AND CONSUMED, WHAT’S LEFT, ENDS ...

Researchers from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, have developed a sustainable 3D concrete printing process for building structures by replacing 50% of natural river sand with different grades ...

A Glass Half Full team member picks up glass for recycling. The program recycles glass into sand, which is used for Louisiana coastal restoration and storm relief efforts. It all started over a bottle ...