Tag: Recycling
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From A to Zierfische; Obsolete Signs are Being Saved from the Dump at the Buchstabenmuseum in Berlin (Photos)
The Buchstabenmuseum is an NGO dedicated to preserving, restoring and exhibiting old signs from Berlin and around the world. Its owners save obsolete letters from the dump and instead tell their stories. It is a museum like no other!
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Maker Faire 2012: Gon KiRin, a Fire-Breathing Dragon Made from Recycled Scraps
This fire-breathing scuplture was a hit at Maker Faire Bay Area.
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Teens Run E-Waste Recycling Business
15-year-old Jason Lin and his friends run iReTron.com, a business that buys, refurbishes and resells used electronics, from his family's garage.
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Florida School Sets World Record For Recycling
Kids at Sugg Middle School don't just learn about history -- they make it.
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Straw Wars is a Campaign to Ban the Use of Straws in London's Restaurants
No straws in restaurants? MacDonalds are you listening?
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5 Creative IKEA Hacks for the Garden
Hack these IKEA products into something new for your garden.
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Make Your Own Plant Tags From Discarded Fountain Drink Cups
Upcycle fountain drink cups into plant tags to label your seedlings and plants.
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Film "Last Call at the Oasis" is Sobering Look at World Water Crisis
The water crisis is getting worse, whether or not we notice it every day.
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Drink Bottles Recycled Today in Times Square will be Converted into a School Garden (UPDATE)
Turn trash into a school garden in Harlem by recycling drink bottles in Times Square today.
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20 Ways to Reuse Coffee Grounds and Tea Leaves
From soothing burns to removing odors, coffee grounds and tea leaves have more than one life. Give them a productive reincarnation in any of these applications.
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Smart, Solar-Powered Kiosks for Recycling and Composting Send Text When They're Full
The University of Washington has installed smart, waste-collecting kiosks that are solar-powered and communicate wirelessly when they're full.
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Can Social Media Really Help Make a Difference for the Environment?
Social media helps everyone connect - but what about real action?
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Deadly Recycling. How Kids in Laos Gather Explosive War Scrap to Put to Use.
Everyday, children and adults wander into the countryside to find metal, like bomblets and weapons from the second Indochina war, to sell as scrap metal or souvenirs to tourists, or to turn into useful objects, only if they don't explode beforehand.
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Israeli Company Wants to Make Paper From Your Poo
In the world of recycled paper, there remains a previously overlooked source of pulp that's literally being flushed down the toilet every day. (Hint: It's feces.)
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Brooks Green Silence Running Shoe Can Save 30 Million Pounds From Landfill in 20 Years
The groundbreaking competition racing flat offers sustainable elements in every part of the shoe.
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Designer Creates Nature-Inspired Glassblowing Molds Using Tree Trunks (Video)
In re-using fallen logs, a German designer crafts beautifully unpredictable glass-blown forms.
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The Week in Cleantech
A round up of cleantech stories that caught our eye this week, but we didn't have a chance to cover.
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iPhone Docks Built from Vintage Upcycled Cameras
A photography fanatic creates beautiful iPhone docks as a homage to old cameras.


























