Tag: Reusability - Page 27

For decades, Hiriya, a 2,000 acre garbage dump, has sat on the outskirts of Tel Aviv as an ecological and aesthetic blight. At its center was Hiriya Mountain—a massive 230 foot mound of waste. But after an intensive

The EPA debuted a new award this year—the "Excellence in Site Reuse" honor, which is awarded for, you guessed it, the most innovative and comprehensive efforts to renovate and reuse dilapidated or formerly

While some important political, racial, and environmental red tape may have been broken in this election, this latest battle between red and blue was anything but green when it comes to the waste created by campaign entourages swinging through up to 7

If you’re like me, you wait until the day before Halloween to pull together a costume. I’ve learned to embrace my last-minute back-of-the-closet rummage—pulling together whatever zany costume concoction I can come up with. Last year I paired an old

It's London's only thatched roof, and it is on a reproduction of London's oldest theatre: the Globe which dates back to Shakespearian times. The open-air theatre is based on the descriptions of the original design from 1559 where Shakespeare worked

Junk in the Trunk, a woman-owned trash-collection business in Washington, DC is available to collect any excess baggage (large home or business or construction items) that you need to get rid of but

Muu, new to the world of children's furnishings, is launching its kids furniture line that is both customizable and modifiable - the Sam Collection. The pieces are beautifully built and sturdy. Best part - each of the pieces are

There's no one in my group of extended family and friends that I can imagine buying this $40 reusable lunch box for their child (or for my child) or even as a nice gift for someone else's child!

It's not hard to see the increased appeal of vintage and clothing swaps in a (necessarily?) contracting economy. Some of us have been second-hand thrift shoppers before it was cool, though, because we were economically-challenged and/or liked the

This cool water fountain was at the center of the outdoor conference tents. Made of some unexpected reclaimed materials, it provided a nice place to sit and talk, as well as a DIY inspiration for a back-yard project.

:: Hey, rockers! Reuse your guitar picks with one of these four crafty ideas.

Photo courtesy of Used Cardboard Boxes UsedCardboardBoxes.com, a company last seen on TreeHugger flagrantly self-advertising via a comment on a post on green moving has now come up with another half-baked marketing move. They're offering one 'free

Increasingly, we notice that people all over the world nurture a deep wish to live simply, beautifully. A case in point is how we eat. Traditionally, here in Japan, people eat with wooden chopsticks.

In a small town in Far West Texas, Clyde Curry has been busy refining and perfecting his papercrete mixture. Papercrete is mostly recycled paper and his new formula even gives an afterlife to styrofoam as well. Clyde mixes this waste into paste and

Discarded coconut shells are turned into beautiful Coco Tiles.

:: Expand your eco-vocab and learn about adaptive reuse.

TreeHugger visits IIDEX, short for International Interior Design Exhibition, an annual trade-only design show in Toronto.

There are some words that are difficult to translate across languages, and mottainai is one of them. But author Mariko Shinju's gives it a shot with the English translation of her book Mottainai Grandma, which teaches kids the basics of the 3Rs, but