Did you know that old tires can be used to make new, innovative concrete? Or to build strong, autonomous houses? The recycling of old car tires is among the most pressing environmental issues of today ...

About 4 billion tires sit in landfills and junkyards around the world, according to the Tire Industry Project. From there, they leach many harmful chemicals and small microplastic pieces into the ...

Once a tire wears down unevenly to the point that it needs to be retired from your car, it seems like there's little that can be done with it that doesn't involve spinning. They don't appear to be ...

Usually, when something starts to rot, it gets pitched in the trash. But Joanne Rodriguez wants to turn the concept of rot on its head by growing fungus on trash to turn it into something better. “We ...

Many genius ideas are born when people try to solve the everyday problems they see around them. When Amarildo Silva Filho looked around and saw a pile of discarded tires in his Brazilian neighborhood, ...