Tag: Zero Waste - Page 6
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U.S. Wastes 2 Percent of Its Energy on Uneaten Food
For the folks who won't buy an electric car, put solar panels on their roof, or turn off the lights when they leave the room, there's a painless solution that can help even them reduce their carbon footprint -- stop wasting all
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My Recycle List iPhone App Streamlines Your Waste Stream
We love smartphone apps that help people recycle. We've seen such cool versions as Earth911's iRecycle and even location-specific apps like San Francisco's recycling app that helps residents avoid fines for mis-sorting
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Steam Punk Chandelier From Old Bikes? Yes, Please
Artists Carolina Fontoura Alzaga has a way with bike chains. She transforms old bike parts into some seriously cool one-of-a-kind chandeliers. They have a certain steam punk style that we love, while also upcycling
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Paper-To-Pencil Machine Repurposes Printed Pages
For all the offices trying to go green by minimizing paper use, there are still those that have a pile of wasted print-outs in the recycling bin. This concept by designers Chengzhu Ruan, Yuanyuan Liu, Xinwei Yuan & Chao Chen
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Green Your Kid's Packed School Lunch: The Buy Guide (Slideshow)
Back-to-school means new notebooks, new backpacks, and, of course, a new lunchbox. But this year, trade plastic superheroes and disposable paper bags for lunch accessories and kits that mean less waste, more durability, and a prime
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Green Your Kid's Packed School Lunch: The Buy Guide
Send your kids off to school in style with the lunch boxes, silverware, napkins, and containers that will make them the most popular kid in the cafeteria -- and, while you're at it, cut back on the waste inherent in disposable paper bags and plastic snack
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Rubber Made from Chewed Gum Could Replace Plastic
It's not news that chewing gum is the scourge of city sidewalks. Nor that it takes a lot of money and energy to clear
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"Pay-As-You-Throw" Trash Metering Cuts Landfill Waste by 50% in a Month
Some places have looked at paying people to recycle, but others think it makes more sense to charge people for their waste instead. When the UK talked about implementing a "pay-as-you-throw" scheme for trash, our readers were
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3D Portraits of Celebrities Created With Their Own Garbage
This art piece featuring Conan O'Brien is made with remote controls, electronic boards, cellphones and cables, among other pieces of garbage. And it is just one of a huge collection of incredibly realistic,
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Whisky Biofuel Available in a Few Years: 30% More Power Than Ethanol
The food versus fuel debate already has many people worried that we can't feed the world and power our cars. but some folks are claiming we can power (some of) our cars, feed the world and have a drink in the
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Bicycle-Based Compost Collection Turns Town Toward Smarter Sanitation
Composting is catching on nationwide as more cities provide services to residents for collecting food, landscape clippings and other compostable separate from recylables and landfill waste. But to test out if the St.
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A Modular, Expandable Compost Bin That Can Grow Plants and Store Tools, Too
Domestic compost bins come in many shapes and sizes, for indoor and outdoor use, tumbling or not, to help you turn organic waste into delicious hummus for garden and pot plants. However, if until now you haven't come across your desired shape or size,
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Re-Bubble Concept Puts Your Old Soaps in Public Restrooms
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without" -- This is an old saying that is great for living sustainably, and designs that help us live this mantra usually catch our eye. Such is the case with Re-Bubble by designers
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2% US Energy Consumption is Lost Through Food Waste
We know Americans are guilty of wasting an inexcusable amount of food every year. In fact, estimates say we waste as much as 40% of our food supply; New York City residents alone waste 270,000 pounds of food every
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Forget Dixie Cups! Drink Out of Jell-O Glasses!
We write a lot about alternatives to paper and plastic cups, or designs that reduce their waste, but this has to be a new favorite. Designers at The Way We See The World have envisioned picnickers everywhere using
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NYC to Track Real Time Water Use With Wireless Meters
Photo by Jakeliefer via Flickr CC California is leading the way with wireless water meters, but other locations aren't far behind. The latest to join in modernizing water metering is New York City. Starting this week, residents of the Bronx are going to
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Couple Lives Trash Free for One Year
Okay, "trash free" technically only applies if you consider that the small box of non-recyclables accumulated by Amy and Adam Korst now counts as collectible. The Korsts write in their blog, Green Garbage Project:
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iPod Packaging Doubles As Charger
We love smart packaging design, especially when the packaging turns into something useful once the product is opened. With a new concept for iPod packaging, designer Sverre Wiik Øberg came up with a box that no consumer in their
