Tag: Recycled Consumer Goods - Page 3
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Rio +20: Who is Really Responsible for Responsibility
TerraCycle looks at why all companies should begin a sustainability initiative.
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Clever Design Uses Newspaper to Make a Real Umbrella
The Eco-Brolly is a handle and a frame, add some newspaper and you've got an umbrella.
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Students Build a School from Waste Products in the Dominican Republic
Students from Humboldt State University went to the Dominican Republic to help locals build a school from newspaper, sawdust, dirt and plastic bottles.
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British Telephone Booths Get a New Look
They aren't the real thing, but artists have had a great time decorating them for charity.
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Natural Beauty Products Delivered to Your Door, Recycling Included
Beauty products provider Goodebox offers package recycling bonuses for customers and money for EWG's Cosmetics Database.
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Simple Cutter Gives Glass Bottles New Life
A low-tech bottle cutter lets you convert glass bottles into useful items.
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Cardboard Packaging Comes With Instructions For Upcycling Into Useful Stuff
Buy A Joolz Stroller and get what you need to turn it into a chair or a birdhouse.
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If We Collect Cigarette Butts, Does that Mean we Promote it?
An article describing the challenges and triumphs of collecting cigarette waste.
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Designed for Biophilia: Mindful Furniture Enhances Love for Life
This Brooklyn-based design studio is looking to nurture the undeniable bond between humans and the web of life (biophilia) -- through furniture.
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10 Sustainable Garden Products for a More Earth-Friendly Garden
Can your garden be kinder to the earth? From the materials your raised beds are built from to the fertilizers you use, there's room for improvement to achieve an earth-friendly garden
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Furniture Made from Plastic Bottles and Human Hair Looks Comfy and Creepy
A Swedish designer makes seating from recycled PET bottles stuffed with human hair.
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Sleek, Modern Furniture Is Made from Recycled Tomatoes, Car Parts & Clothes
Dutch design firm Springtime makes furniture from wrecked cars, shredded textiles and agricultural waste.
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How to Make a Solar Water Heater from Water Bottles for $20
This DIY water heater uses simple materials and is great for camping.
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Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards.
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Portable iPhone Speaker Is Made from Recycled Paper
The eco-amp is a simple iPhone amplifier made from recycled materials, great for music on the move.
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AirHotel is a Treehouse Hotel Room in the Sky
These hotel rooms hang from trees. Do you have better dreams in them?
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Colorful, Comfy Bench Is Made from Trashed Textiles
This odd-looking bench is stuffed with shredded textile leftovers.
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New Shwopping Campaign at Marks & Spencer to Recycle Clothes and Save Landfills
Shopping plus swapping equals shwopping, sort of. Donate old clothes and help OXFAM and landfill sites.
