Tag: Recycled Consumer Goods - Page 10
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Discarded Tomes Recycled Into Elegant Book Lamps
Is it premature to predict the death of the paper book? With sales of e-readers recently outpacing that of real books, it may seem like the end is near. But even so, according to that logic, that's a lot of "useless" books that are
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No Longer Used for Evil, Oil Barrels Remade into Sweet Cabinets
Okay, "evil" might be a bit much. But I will say that I vastly prefer this new, unexpected use for oil barrels. They're the work of German design group Lockengeloet, from St. Pauli, Hamburg. Taking barrels that are
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Adhocism in Action: Shopping Cart Is Repurposed Into Lounge Chair
It is what architectural theorist Charles Jencks called it Adhocism back in 1968:
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Rookcase: Recycled Books Transformed Into iPad & Kindle Cases
If you're an avid Kindle, iPad or Nook user but still love the feel of a real book, you may still be able to have your literary cake and eat it too. Merging a love of the old with the new-fangled -- and topped with a paradoxical element
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Chairs You Can Make from Your Old Magazines
When it comes to recycling, paper is one of the bigger success stories. But now designer Merryn Haines-Gadd has come up with a way to recycle paper other than throwing it in the right bin- he's made a chair. Taking the
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Green Shopping In Tel Aviv
One of my favorite things to do when I travel to new cities is check out their green shopping scenes. I was recently in the Tel Aviv/Jaffa region of Israel and had a few hours to visit the area shops and outdoor
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Students Create An Upcycling Blog, and Need Your Ideas
At TreeHugger, we've written about tons of examples of great upcycling, from candy wrappers that become wallets to broken zippers reincarnated as funky jewelry. Now, two Austrian students who are
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Aveda Aims for Zero Waste: Pilots Packaging Take-Back Program in Colorado
As of yesterday, Coloradoans have a way to recycle packaging items that are not accepted by their curbside collection program. With the support of the city of Denver, Aveda launched its take-back program—the latest step
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Robots On Steroids: Recycled Trash Sculptures By Himatic (Photos)
Artists who get creative with so-called "junk" never cease to fascinate us here at TreeHugger, and
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Circuit Boards and Ribbon Cables Repurposed As Furniture
Benjamin Rollins Caldwell of BRC Designs shows us the BNR011000110110100001100001011010010111001001-00110001 , AKA the Binary 2 Chair, built up from the frame of an old industrial printer, covered in
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Stands for Change Design: The Hinge for iPad
At a Sustainability Summit in Los Angeles this week, I listened to a report about a Multifamily Rooftop Solar Project and took notes. (I'll report further on it
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The Hangers in Your Closet Could Make You a Surprisingly Comfortable Chair
We've seen a lot of chairs made from interesting, unexpected materials: coffee grounds, window blinds, even oil drums. As time goes on, it becomes clear that rather than exhausting the possibilities, these works'
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Take a Seat on a Bench Made from 5,000 Recycled Metrocards
In New York's subways, you see a lot of discarded Metrocards. It's sad, not only because most people drop them on the floor rather than in a trash can, but because the cards are rechargeable, and there's no good
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Concert Performed By Stupid Orchestra of Old Appliances
Designer Dieter Rams said "Question everything generally thought to be obvious." He is probably thrilled to see what composer and conductor Michael Petermann has done with a whole collection of his designs, now in starring roles
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Hardwood Floors & Basketball Courts Recycled into Skateboards
Watching basketball, do you ever wonder what happens to the wood flooring when the court has to be replaced? Well, in the case of the court at Virginia State University, the maple planks once played on
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PET Bottles Recycled Into Bright Lamps, Table Legs, Flower Pots In Chile
Motivated by a workshop at the Chilean Catholic University during her studies, designer Sofia Montero developed ADN PET: a line of products from tops and bottoms of recovered PET bottles.
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Recycling Gone Right: Amazing Kitchen With Random Salvaged Materials By WhyDesign (Photos)
Asked to come up with a concept space for the BGourmet event in Sao Paulo, Brazilian studio WhyDesign came up with this fabulous kitchen made almost entirely with salvaged materials from flea markets and demolition
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Wine Racks, Clocks, Sculptures and More Made from Recycled Scrap Metal and Engine Parts
One man's trash is another man's...sculpture? This twist on the age-old saying is the underlying philosophy of Randy Schwartz, a San Antonio-based artist who sees junkyards as gold mines. Using 99% scrap metal and
