What if you could help create jobs for impoverished people and simultaneously address an environmental problem? An innovative young company in Pittsburgh is doing precisely that—dealing with Haiti's ...

In the lead-up to this year’s SB Innovation Open, we’re catching up with some of our favorite paradigm-disrupting startups from past years. This week, we have an update from Thread. When we last met ...

Thread staffer Richardson Antoine says twice a week he buys a shipping container full of washed, sorted and ground-up plastic bottles from here. The ground-up flakes are sent to factories in North ...

Unless you're into bleeding-edge haute couture, wrapping yourself in cling film isn't likely to be your first choice in summer fashion. This might change your mind. A team from Stanford University has ...

Amid escalating environmental challenges, sustainable agriculture has become paramount to supporting a burgeoning global population. One of the standout innovations bolstering sustainable farming is ...

Which is the most earth-friendly: paper bags, plastic bags or cloth bags? The answer to the question depends upon whether or not you really believe in science, because as they say in certain ...