How two brothers are turning busted skateboards into bowls, furniture, and jewelry
Two brothers in Calgary, Canada, turned their love of skateboarding into a business upcycling skateboards into bowls and furniture.
Liam Mays
Producing fellow
How the US plans to plug 1 million toxic 'orphan' oil wells
Nine million Americans live near an orphan oil or gas well leaking out methane. One ex-oil exec and his team are hunting them down and plugging them.
How plates made from sugarcane could help India's plastic problem
Millions of tons of sugarcane waste is produced every year. This Indian company is turning it into compostable tableware.
Why Ukraine's nuclear waste is a major threat
Destabilizing the kind of waste stored at Chernobyl and Ukraine's four other nuclear plants could create a widespread environmental disaster.
How women are turning one of the world's worst invasive plants into handbags and rugs
Water hyacinths ravage ecosystems across the world. Rokhak Women Handicraft is employing Cambodian women to make bags and rugs out of the weed.
15 inventions made using garbage
From furniture made of used chopsticks to coffins made of mushrooms, these inventions are turning pollution into productivity.