Tag: Recycled Consumer Goods - Page 12
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Beulah Fashions Help Indian Women Escape Sex Trade
Sometimes one can't help thinking that the world does not need another eco-fashion label. But then the story behind the brand comes out, and you realize, again, that there are so many people out there trying to do their bit for
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Crayola Crayon Maker Recycles Stubs Into New Crayons
We don't often show mainstream plastic toys on TreeHugger, but this one is interesting and frankly, a bit surprising. One would think that all Crayola wants to do is sell more crayons, yet for twenty bucks they will sell you the Crayon Maker, which
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Tate's Christmas Tree Bares All
It's been a tough year and many holiday celebrations this year are being kept simple. For example, the Tate Britain Art Gallery. It has a long tradition of commissioning famous artists to decorate the Christmas tree in its
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New Soap, Old Bottle. Detergents now come in a Heineken, Coke or Dr. Pepper Bottle
Researching innovative packaging solutions the other day, I stumbled on New Soap, Old Bottle. Similar to this green way of drinking (old bottles, fresh wine), Scott in the States sells new liquid soap packaged in old plastic bottles. That way, he saves
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Adopt A Robot, Made From Parts That Refused To Die
Brian Marshall runs a robot orphanage, repurposing used parts that "refused to give up on life just because they were being discarded." They are quite clever and funny, if a bit expensive at his Etsy store, but he also
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3 Things About Recycling the U.S. Can Learn from the Galapagos
The ballooning rates of people coming to the Galapagos, as residents or tourists, over the past few years has created a variety of environmental concerns for the islands. Not least of these is waste management, as the
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Repurposed Stove Turned Into High Power Entertainment System
TreeHugger loves repurposing, even more than recycling. Artists and designers have the opportunity to challenge us with new ideas, new ways of looking at what we used to throw away. But can one have too much of a good
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Turning Printed Words into Non-Literary Works of Art
With e-books fast on the rise, it's time to think about what will happen to all the non-virtual volumes already printed as more people abandon the page for the screen. The beautiful work of designer Devi Chand makes that prospect seem a little less sad.
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Hip Holstee Greeting Card Sends Motivational Message On Elephant Dung
We're big fans of Holstee's hip ethical products at TreeHugger, but also love their upbeat positive messaging. The Holstee manifesto focuses less on the worthiness of sustainability, thank goodness, and more on being passionate about what you do,
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Dirty Rags; from old uniforms to funky object (Photos)
What can you do with 1.285 bright green used uniforms? This was the brief the design students at Elisava school in Barcelona received by Urbaser, a local waste collection and urban
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Awesome Recycled Skateboard iPhone Cases, Bike Fenders & Jewelry From MapleXO (Photos)
Photo: Founder of MapleXO Lindsay Jo Holmes with recycled skateboard iPhone case and earrings (above via Grove and MapleXO below) Recycling skateboards is nothing new, as skateboarder and designer Lindsay Jo Holmes will tell you. Holmes is the founder
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Super Summer Project: Two Young Designers, One Idea A Day
After seeing this lovely bike basket made from pine cones on Recyclart, , I learned of O1Mathery, a project subtitled "Two young designers-One idea a day," where from the end of one school year to the start of the
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Less Is More: MacBook Air Packaging Hits New Low
That's a good thing; It is a new low in volume and material, reducing the amount of packaging required significantly.
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Engineered Pulp Used To Make Cheap, Light, Green Coffin
DanCof (The Green Way To Heaven) writes that about 36 million coffins are produced every year. That is a lot of chipboard at the low end and fancy woods at the high end, just to bury someone in. Hazel at Inhabitat writes that "Bendt
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Savvy Cardboard Clothes Hangers Reduce Plastic Waste
Considering that only 15% of the 8 billion polystyrene or polycarbonate clothes hangers manufactured per year are recycled, the much-depended on closet accessory has a major environmental
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Amazing Lamp Entirely Made Of Dry Grape-Twigs
Talk about a good use of food leftovers: Mexican artist Diego Perez designed the Proyector lamp using dry grape-twigs he gathered with the help of friends and local juice stands, as A-Seis explains. Who knew those could make such
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Cool Couches Made From Recycled Fridges (Photos)
The fridge couch -- well, someone out there had to finally marry the two. Created by Canadian designer Adrian Johnson, these customized ultra-retro seaters are made from vintage refrigerators and salvaged
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Rogier Martens Builds Store Display System Out Of Old Bottles
Rogier Martens is one of those rare designers who blend humour, style and a bit of environmentalism (the late lamented Tobias Wong was probably the master of this).
