Tag: Waste Not Want Not - Page 2
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Kimberly-Clark Disposable Hand Towels for the Home Belie Sustainability Promise
"Kimberly-Clark has long recognized the importance of corporate responsibility and integrated the concept of sustainability in our business practices," the FAQ on Kleenex Hand Towels reassuringly announces. "At
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Making a No Impact Movie About No Impact Man
Making a movie about No Impact Man means also going no impact during filming...or at least as low
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Burts Bees Saves $25,000 a Year After Dumpster Diving
Burt's Bees employees stocked up two weeks of trash. They then suited up in Haz-Mat gear and dove in.
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From the Forums: What to Do With Disposable Diapers?
We have a newborn and have a cloth diaper service. The problem is we got a few disposable diapers for gifts which came with the packages opened ("a diaper cake" which is pretty sad). So we have quite a few
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Top 7 Green Categories of 7 Green Lists of 7 Green Things
In the never ending battle to beat out absurdities such as Stewie the Grape Stomping Reporter and the real 19th century vampire kit that is (apparently) a must have, here is a little contribution that picks up on my last
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Top 7 Green Lists of 7 Green Things
Seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven! It's a magic number; people are addicted to the number seven. Doesn't it feel good, just looking at all those sevens? You get a thrill right, something deep down inside, a little
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Save Paper, Save Money: 5 Free Software Downloads That Spare Your Printer
Printing out pages and pages of emails, websites and the like is getting more and more pointless, expensive, and, thankfully, taboo both at home and in the business world. However, there are still times when printing is necessary or
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Biofuel Crops to be Fertilized By Landfill Ooze
Landfills aren’t just dumping grounds. All that rot can produce usable energy. Many landfills are already prized turf with methane being used as a fuel source, and cellulosic biofuel plants pillaging the refuse headed towards
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Waste Not, Want Not: Soap Bank from DesigNoDoubt
Getting every last bit of soap from a bar to do its job can be tricky; the smaller it gets, the harder it is to handle those slick little buggers. Instead of trying to mash them together, or into a new bar, the Korean design team DesigNoDoubt has a
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Waste Not, Want Not: Peak Bath Concept by Lyndon Craig
Not to be confused with peak oil, peak copper, peak coal, peak natural gas or even Peak beer (wha?) comes Peak Bath. A finalist for this year's Bathroom Innovation Award in Australia, the design heeds the bent-knee convention of most bath users to cut
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Waste Not, Want Not: Non-Woven by Christian Kocx
Taking unwanted bits of plastic from an injection molding machine, Dutch designer Christian Kocx has created "Non-Woven," a small collection of ultra-modern furniture, lighting and accessories. Originally presented during the furniture fair in Milan in
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Waste Not, Want Not: Ceramic Beverage Warmer
How's this for a smart idea to better harvest what you're already using: if you've got an old-school radiator, skip the goofy USB mug warmer and let your heating do double duty. "Natural Wave" is ceramic plate that fits tidily over your radiator,
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Waste Not, Want Not: Wax Recycling Candle
How's this for a sleek implementation of a simple idea: spied at 100% Tokyo, Rice Design has created a real "Why didn't I think of that?" idea. This "candle production machine" collects its own wax drippings from the top candle; burn a couple of
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Waste Not, Want Not: Water-Collecting Dish Drainer
TreeHugger is always on the lookout for materials, ideas, designs and concepts that make the most of what we have and wasting as little as possible; it's a key idea for anyone who wants to maximize the reach of their lives while minimizing their
