Advanced ceramics play an important role in addressing the environmental needs of the United States. Ceramics help decrease pollution, capture toxic materials and encapsulate wastes. New ceramic-based materials are being used to create automobile and aircraft engine parts that will result in more efficient combustion and significant fuel savings. Ceramics are used to encapsulate radioactive wastes safely, while hazardous wastes are being recycled with ceramic materials to produce harmless consumer products such as floor tile. Ceramics are also used in oil spill containment booms that corral oil so that it can be towed away from ships, harbors or offshore oil drilling rigs before being siphoned or burned off safely.(from ceramic | stoneware world)
