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Concrete possibilities

Materials: It has been in use for centuries. But now, tired of being walked all over, concrete is ready for a high-tech upgrade Sep 23rd

Reduce, reuse, recycle

A plan to reclaim the most expensive part of a rocket comes tantalisingly close to working Jan 10th 2015 IF CARS were like rockets, their

Clean it up

A pile of plans to collect and use rubbish more efficiently Feb 22nd 2014 | ABUJA THE roughly 170m Nigerians who inhabit Africa’s most populous country are

Modernising Brazil’s waste-picking trade

SÃO PAULOAn app might win more respect for a despised but useful profession Sep 30th 2017 | SÃO PAULO EVERY night Gabriel Cazuza drags his two-wheeled, metal-framed carroça through

Concrete possibilities

Materials: It has been in use for centuries. But now, tired of being walked all over, concrete is ready for a high-tech upgrade Sep 23rd

Reduce, reuse, recycle

A plan to reclaim the most expensive part of a rocket comes tantalisingly close to working Jan 10th 2015 IF CARS were like rockets, their

Clean it up

A pile of plans to collect and use rubbish more efficiently Feb 22nd 2014 | ABUJA THE roughly 170m Nigerians who inhabit Africa’s most populous country are

Modernising Brazil’s waste-picking trade

SÃO PAULOAn app might win more respect for a despised but useful profession Sep 30th 2017 | SÃO PAULO EVERY night Gabriel Cazuza drags his two-wheeled, metal-framed carroça through