Tag: Recycling - Page 2
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Recycling 2.0, molecular sorting to scavenge raw materials from wastes
With precious resources increasingly trapped in a complex matrix of different materials, molecular sorting offers hope for recycling.
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How GM earns $1 billion recycling
Forbes reports on how General Motors is recycling or reusing "90 percent of its manufacturing waste."
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Man Converts Dumpster into Deluxe Backyard Pool (Video)
A dumpster is transformed into a small but stylish wading pool in this man's yard.
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10-Year-Old's Recycling Business Hailed by City Leaders
At an age when most youngsters are just beginning to get aquatinted with the world they've inherited, 10-year-old Vanis Buckholz was already thinking of ways he could help make it a better one for others.
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Filabot Turns Scrap Plastic into Filament for 3D Printers
The system lets plastic objects that have reached the end of their life become raw material for something new and useful.
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Revisiting the Avant-Garde Work of Castor Design, from Fluorescent-Bulb Chandeliers to a Concrete Ice-Fishing Hut
The imaginative industrial design of this design firm -- which reuses materials both to create objects and speak about our culture -- has always been ahead of the curve.
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Starbucks Introduces Reusable Cup That Sells for a Buck
That's cheap enough that people might actually use it, which is good. But it is part of a shift from producer responsibility, which is not.
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8 Artists Transforming Abandoned Dolls into Surreal Art
These artists reclaim and recycle orphaned dolls and their parts headed for the trash, and reincarnate them into new forms.
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Astronauts Recycling In Space: NASA Turns Trash Into New Parts
NASA researchers are working on a closed loop system that could turn waste generated during missions into parts for spacecrafts.
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Our Wireless Addiction Is Creating a Big E-Waste Problem
The trend of cheaper mobile gadgets and the urge to constantly upgrade to the newest device calls for better e-waste recycling solutions.
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Experimental Recycled Paper Bale Structure Serves Up Some Surprises
Recycled paper makes an unexpected appearance as the main building material in this temporary project in Essen, Germany.
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Machine Sorts Used Batteries for Recycling
The Optisort uses optical recognition technology to sort 10 batteries per second.
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2012: The Year of the Fixer
We dub 2012 “the year of the fixer”: More and more people are breaking out their screwdrivers, and the headlines have been full of repair stories. Here are a few we missed.
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10 Stylish and Sustainable Ways to Wrap Gifts
Give virgin paper and plastic bows the heave-ho-ho-ho with these chic and earth-friendly alternatives -- several costing nothing at all!
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Airplane Upcycled into the Coolest Kindergarten Classroom (Video)
In the country of Georgia, a headmaster transformed an airplane into a classroom to engage kids.
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Guns to Drums: An Orchestra Made of Old Weapons
The sound of gunshots has been transformed into the sound of music in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez, where artist Pedro Reyes turned 6,700 confiscated weapons into a complete orchestra of fully playable musical instruments.
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Patagonia Reminds Us: Don't Buy What You Don't Need
Here's a friendly Cyber Monday reminder from our friends at Patagonia. Stand with them and take their Common Threads Initiative pledge!
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Recycled Plastic Dolls Become Creepy Sculpture
Barbie and Ken have become something very sinister.
