Changing Concrete

Learn more about future changes to concrete, including using waste plastic in concrete, here.

Read the paper here

The Basics

Read more about concrete here


History of Concrete

Read about history here


Concrete as a Material

The most used building material globally. Understand its ubiquity and aggregate mining impacts. Read more here.

Concrete mixing truck pouring wet concrete

Iconic Structures

Enduring mega-structures like the Pantheon, Hoover Dam, and Burj Khalifa. Read more here.

The Pantheon in Rome, a historic unreinforced concrete dome

The Plastic Problem

200,000 tons of waste PLA from 3D printing requires urgent sustainable recycling solutions. Read more here.

Waste Polylactic Acid (PLA) produced as a byproduct of 3D printing

What is PLA?

A 3D printing bioplastic. Learn why its rigidity prevents traditional landfill composting. Read more here.