Tag: Recycling - Page 3
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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.
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Art Made from Mt. Everest Trash Exhibited in Nepal
Sixty-five porters and 75 yaks labored over two years to bring more than eight tons of trash down from the slopes of Mount Everest -- and into the hands of local artists.
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Euro-trash Takes Over Rome Airport, Demonstrates The Real Cost of Our Disposable Culture
The cleaners in Rome's Airport were on strike for a day; a demonstration of what happens when nobody picks up after you.
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AT&T Recycles Over 50,000 Cell Phones in One Week, Sets World Record
For National Recycling Week, AT&T set a Guinness World Record, but there are still many old cell phones out there.
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Curro Claret Gets Former Homeless People to Design New Camper Shop From Recycled Materials (Photos)
Instead of designing it himself, Curro Claret gets people in risk of social exclusion to create and build Camper's shoe store in Barcelona, using reclaimed materials. The result is a fun store with a lot of personality.
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New Documentary Shows Scale of the E-Waste Problem
Terra Blight, a recently released independent documentary film, gives the e-waste problem a human face and unravels some of its complexities.
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Artists Takes Trash to New Heights as Habitat for Urban Birds
A Danish street artists upcyles trash into colorful tiny birdhouses for urban feathered friends.
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Recycling for Victory! 18 Great Posters From When Every Little Bit of Scrap Made a Difference (Slideshow)
When it came to recycling, they didn't kid around during World War II.
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Good News for Clean Tech: China's Reign over Rare Earth Metals is Ending
Prices are falling for the metals used in an array of electronics and clean technologies like solar panels as other countries ramp up production and recycling becomes more prevalent.
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Boomerang Box from Grand & Toy Is A Design Tweak That Changes The Cardboard Box
Such a simple idea yet it makes a big difference in the amount of waste generated
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EPEAT Defends Decision to Certify Ultrathin Notebooks
The registry reiterates that the products met the current standards, but also admits that those standards need to be updated.
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EPEAT Certifies Hard-to-Repair MacBook Pro with Retina Display
The ultrathin laptop has been deemed hard to repair and recycle. So why would EPEAT certify it as meeting repair and recycling standards?
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New Recycling Tools Designed for Safer Disposal of Flat-Screen TVs
Older flat-screen TVs and monitors contain toxic materials like mercury. As those models are being retired, a safer recycling method is necessary.
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UK Supermarkets Slash Waste by 8.2% in 3 Years
Despite a slow start, a broad coalition of UK supermarkets hit and surpassed ambitious voluntary waste reduction targets.
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Lightning Bolts Could Make Concrete Recycling Viable
Researchers are using bolts of lightning to separate waste concrete into its constituent components, which could be recycled into fresh concrete.
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Irish Anti-littering PSA Tackles the Problem with Humor (Video)
Anti-littering ad reminds Dublin residents to put trash in its rightful place--or else!
