Tag: Aluminum

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  Zero Energy Christmas Decoration Lights Up Under Existing Streetlamps

  How about using the light from already existing street lamps to spark off the festive season? Here are some off-the-grid parasite lamps so to speak, that look good by day!

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  Third Time Lucky, the NeoRomántico Bench Goes Cradle to Cradle (Photos)

  Santa & Cole takes its environmental policy one step further by obtaining the Cradle to Cradle Certification (C2C) for its 100% Aluminum NeoRomántico Liviano Bench

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  Alcoa, Major World Polluter, Brings Sustainable Transport to Bauxite Mine & Feeds Energy into Grid

  It may sound like an oxymoron, bringing sustainable practices to mining operations, but unless we all stop consuming resources immediately, mining is also not going anywhere. So this is good news: since 2007, Alcoa's Jamalco

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  Vedanta Resources' Orissa Bauxite Refinery Expansion Blocked by Indian Government

  Two months after the Indian government stopped plans by UK-based Vedanta Resources to put a bauxite mine on a mountain held sacred by two indigenous tribal groups in Orissa, on the

• Hungary Toxic Sludge Flood Reaches Danube River

  The flood of toxic red sludge, which burst forth from a containment pond in Ajka, Hungary and covered several villages earlier in the week, reached a branch of the River Danube today. According to the head of the

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  Hungary Declares State of Emergency As Toxic Industrial Sludge Covers Villages (Photos)

  Four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing in Hungary as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in three counties. A

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  Graypants, the Kings of Cardboard, Move into Metal

  We have been fans of Seattle's Graypants for a while; Seth, Jonathan and Jon "strive to come up with designs and ideas that are thoughtful and have an impact, whether it be furniture, lighting, architecture or graphics." Most of the work we have shown

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  Scrap Art Rocks: Bang a (Recycled) Gong, Get It On

  With the price of scrap metal in the dumper, ScrapArtsMusic has turned piles from dumpsters into green music. The discarded metal, accordion parts, artillery shells, and other junked items salvaged

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  In Defense Of TetraPak

  TetraPak, the company that makes aseptic milk carton-like packaging that holds everything from wine to soup to tomato sauce, has been receiving a lot of coverage in the green media lately, both good and bad. This surge in

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  GreenCookingPots Offer Le Creuset Designer Style Without the Designer Price Tag

  Thanks to the folks at Daily Candy for this awesome tip! With the holidays coming up, and that inevitable office party or family gathering, maybe it's time to freshen up your kitchen

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  Does Recycling Waste Precious Water?

  Photo credit: jcheng @ Flickr

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  Quiksilver Makes First Recyclable Watch - "The Ray"

  A few ways to other ways to green your time-keeping: use your cell phone for a phone and a clock, don't wear a watch and just ask your friends for the time, make your own sun-dial. Or, if you just want a watch or enjoy

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  Recycling Firms More Valuable as Oil Prices Climb

  One Massachusetts area firm noted prices of "$900 a bale for

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  The Zevia and Stevia Controversy: Is the All-natural Diet Sweetener Safe?

  Trendy All-natural Sweetener Surrounded by ControversyWhat should we do with a tip about an all-natural alternative to diet soda, Zevia, which is being sold as a dietary supplement due to its use of a natural sweetener called stevia? Although we

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  Big Ben In Old Coke Cans Reminds Us To Recycle?

  Sculptor Robert Bradford is known for his colorful recycled art animal and people sculptures put together with millions of discarded plastic toy parts. Now in honor of Recycling Week in the UK, Bradford has erected a twenty-foot-high replica of the

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  Cannondale ON. More Than a Concept?

  We've had a few comments recently saying we should post on the Cannondale ON bike, a full wheel folding bicycle, with single sided front and rear 'forks' and an enclosed maintenance-free drive train. Err... we have. In it's early development

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  Aluminum House by Atelier Tekuto

  Here is an interesting idea from Dezeen for a prefabricated house; Tokyo architects Atelier Tekuto (known to TreeHuggers for a really skinny house) are developing an aluminum structural system that also works as a radiator for heat, and a conduit for

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  Cole Scego Design: The Beauty of Deviation from the Norm

  A lot of the design that gets featured on TreeHugger has a familiar look: lots of wood and bamboo, both chosen for their soft, organic feel, ability to sequester carbon dioxide, and their almost infinite renewability. Missouri-based designer Cole Scego