This hard shell suitcase might look like just another piece of high-end luggage, but scratch its surface and you'll realise it's made from recycled carpet. No, really.
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I understand that fashion works in cycles. Every now and then trends come back. My question is from around what years are the current trends being brought back?
If you've already decorated your iPhone with a recycled skateboard back panel, then there's only one accessory you need to complete your look: a pair of sunglasses made from the same stuff. More »
You might feel good sending your old reading glasses to a developing country. But a recent international study, led by the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE), a collaborating partner in the Vision CRC, in Sydney, suggests it is far better to give $10 for an eye examination and a...
I wouldn't want to live in West Texas right now. Why? Because the Colorado River Municipal Water District, which supplies water to the region, is recycling wastewater (aka pisswater) into tap water. Recycle, reduce, reuse...it never sounded so gross. More »
I have seen them only at businesses and schools out door mats that are made out of stringy black tire looking material from what I have seen they look like they are better than anything else for wiping muddy feet off on. I'm not talking about flat mat tar rugs, what I'm thinking of looks kind of...
The odd lottery ticket purchase when you're feeling particularly lucky is fine, but when it becomes an addiction then it's time for an intervention. Two artists did just that, showing what could've been bought with the money spent on tickets. More »
For my d.t homework, i have to find out how everyday gadgets can be recycled, or disposed of.
Please tell me ways in which to do so.
(please dont say: google it, throw them in the bin etc.)
I have the sneaking suspicion that one could collect any opaque object, hang it en masse encapsulating a central light source and have themself a clever chandelier. Further investigation necessary, if I could only find my glasses...
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Just like you can recycle cans for money, are there places where they also PAY for a bunch of magazines?
I have a bunch and wanted to know before I throw them out in a recycling bin.
...increase our carbon footprint?
Ralfcode, the few kilogrammes of old tin cans on that 15 tonne 20 mile journey truck might make sense, I expect you've done the sums. Perhaps you could elaborate with your calculations.