material bank: driving efficiency and sustainability for happier, more creative designers
material bank brings the convenience and environmental responsibility designers experience every day to the professional realm.
Source: www.designboom.com
material bank brings the convenience and environmental responsibility designers experience every day to the professional realm.
Source: www.designboom.com
One of the most beneficial aspects of single-use plastics is their disposability along with the germs they might carry after being used by someone infected with a disease.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing on Tuesday heard leaders from across the battery spectrum call for U.S. action on the growing demand for advanced batteries to power the transportation technologies of the future. The hearing witnesses also outlined measures that can help ensure the sustainable economic growth of an American battery-powered future, including conservation of limited resources and advanced battery recycling.
Adam Muellerweiss, President of the Responsible Battery Coalition and Chief Sustainability Officer of Clarios, stressed in his written and verbal testimony the need to “create a sustainable, domestic battery economy to decrease emissions, reduce our reliance on foreign supply chains, and increase manufacturing in the United States,” and urged Congress to embrace a lifecycle approach that creates opportunities for domestic job creation.
He also shared important details about the Responsible Battery Coalition’s development of ‘Green Principles,’ an effort to help guide environmentally responsible EV battery manufacturing, use and end-of-life management through its research partnership with University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability.
Georgia Tech hosts an event connecting the dots between the corporate and societal digital transformations.
REDDITCH-based Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, has launched a campaign to encourage people to recycle their empty aerosol cans. Running until February 21, ‘the lonely aerosol’ will see social media users targeted with a series of creative digital animations. Sharing best practice recycling advice, each animated character has been specifically created to represent the diversity of aerosol containers found in the home. From ‘Pump up the Volume’ a glamorous hairspray can to ‘Any Old Oil’ a wise old oil can, the fun personalities aim to show viewers the critical importance of aerosol recycling. The campaign is part of a wider cross-industry programme, spearheaded by Alupro and run in partnership with members Ball Aerocan and the British Aerosol Manufacturers association (BAMA), which seeks to establish a proper baseline for aerosol recycling rates.
In mid-February, a member of the Bitterroot Salish Tribe spoke to students about his tribe’s management and protection of natural resources.
Sustainability in design and construction is a hot topic with organisations increasingly seeking routes to mitigate environmental damage and reduce