Tag: Recycling - Page 4
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At IIDEX: Zerolandfill Cleans Out Your Sample Room And Puts It To Use
Offices for architects and designers are full of out of date samples, and they used to go in the garbage. Not any more.
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GE Recycles 100,000 Refrigerators Using Emissions-Busting Technology
Appliances contain refrigerants that are perfectly safe to use at home, but when it comes time for them to be replaced, their chemical components make it hard to dispose of them safely.
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Waste Silicon Being Reused in Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries
Researchers at Rice University have found a way to reuse silicon that would otherwise be discarded to make better lithium-ion batteries.
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US Open Rallies Green Efforts: Increasing Recycling, Public Transportation & Local Food Use
The US Open is now in its fifth year of greening the two week tennis tournament, making some serious progress on a number of worthwhile eco-efforts.
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Areaware Designs Destined For Flea Markets, Not Landfills
Here are the latest products by Areaware that promise long emotional as well as technical lives and are likely to end up at a flea market rather than landfill. I spotted cute wooden robots and fair-trade recycled bins at the NY Gift Fair.
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The Shocking Stats Behind Back-to-School Waste (Infographic)
As the kids head back to the classrooms, the back-to-school waste begins. Just how bad is it?
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Wooden Touch Pad Computer is 98% Recyclable
The computer is made with a minimum amount of hazardous materials, uses very little energy over its lifetime and is easy to repair.
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Stylish Seats Made from Old Washing Machine Parts
In the hands of two Beirut-based designers, old washing-machine drums from some of Lebanon's many junkyards become colorful, sturdy stools fit for any home.
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The Sea Chair Project Turns Fishermen Into Chair-makers and Rids the Ocean of Plastic Waste (Photos)
The ‘Sea Chair’ is made entirely from plastic recovered from our oceans. Together, Studio Swine and Kieren Jones have created devices to collect and process marine debris into a series of stools.
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How One Teacher Built a Computer Lab for Free
The problem? An underfunded school needed computers for the classroom. Budget? $0. Staff involved? Just one: Robert Litt, a sixth-grade teacher.
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How Extended Producer Responsibility Could Revolutionize Recycling
How TerraCycle took the next step in recycling chip bags.
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US Throws $11.4 Billion in the Trash. Every Year.
And amount that should only grow over time. Can we afford not to fix this problem?
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Foroba Yelen, a Portable LED Street Light, Locally Made in Rural Mali (Photos)
FOROBA YELEN is the name given by villagers in Mali to the lighting prototype following an anthropologic study. A shared technology to improve work, education and rituals.
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Weird Fish Habitat: Unused Phone Booth Remade as Giant Aquarium
There's a glut of derelict phone booths in our cities -- and this French creative team transformed one into something else entirely.
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Brazilian City Offers Vegetables in Exchange for Trash
Thanks to one Brazilian city's forward thinking recycling program, trading in trash has never been tastier.
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Far More Gold Is in E-Waste than in Gold Ore
Electronic waste contains 40-50 times the amount of gold in ore mined from the ground, according to a report last week by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative and the United Nations University.
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Forget Recycling: Are You "Eco" Enough to Eat Your Own Packaging?
TerraCycle looks at the possibility of the "greenest" packaging for candy yet.
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It's About Time: Battery Manufacturers Plan Nationwide Recycling Program
Five of the biggest battery brands in the U.S. are planning to launch a nationwide battery collection and recycling program next year. Better late than never.
