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Coca-Cola increased its plastic bottle production by a billion in 2016

Coca-Cola increased its global production of single-use, throwaway plastic bottles by one billion in 2016, according...

Trashpresso, Pentatonic, recycling, waste reduction, green technology, clean technology, solar power, solar, green design, sustainable design, eco design, London Design Festival, Design Frontiers

The world's first mobile, solar-powered recycling plant just popped up in the middle of London

The mobile recycling factory of the future just landed in the 19th century courtyard of the historic Somerset House...

London’s sewer-dwelling ‘fatberg’ will be converted into biofuel

London's sewer-dwelling 'fatberg' will be converted into biofuel

IT's not the only monster lurking in the sewers. Beneath the streets of London lies the now-notorious "fatberg,"...

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Amsterdam is transforming a prison into a green energy-generating neighborhood

A brighter, solar-powered future is coming to Bijlmerbajes, a former prison complex in Amsterdam. The Dutch government...

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Pentatonic launches new brand of modern furniture made with nothing but trash

Trash never looked so good. Pentatonic has launched a new brand of modern, modular furniture made with nothing...

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Origami-inspired clothing line that grows with kids wins Dyson award

The cost of keeping a growing child clothed is oftentimes staggering, which is why this expanding origami-inspired...

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People are using recycled laptop batteries to power their homes

Why spend thousands of dollars on a Tesla Powerwall when you could build your own - for a fraction of the cost?...

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Rooftop farms in Gaza provide a lifeline to the community

Meeting even basic needs can be a challenge for the nearly 2 million people that live in Gaza. An Israeli blockade...

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Inspiring urban farm teaches kids how to grow their own organic food

A tree may grow in Brooklyn, but an amazing urban farm flourishes on Governors Island. An inspiring GrowNYC initiative...

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Cameroon student nonprofit recycles plastic bottles into boats

Humanity has a plastic bottle addiction - people around the world purchase one million a minute, and many bottles...

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Give goods, find goods, and do good on National Thrift Store Day

If you’re the type of shopper that lives for finding hidden gems in vintage stores, mark August 17th on your...

plastic, environment, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 13 billion tons, 2050, Science Advances, wildlife,

We've made enough plastic trash to bury Manhattan under 2-miles of the stuff

Whether you get an iced latte to-go in the morning, your restaurant leftovers in a plastic takeaway container,...

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Energy-efficient Bluebonnet Studios offers sustainable housing to Austin’s most vulnerable citizens

The Bluebonnet Studios social housing development in Austin supports a healthy lifestyle through the design. The...

Eric Lundgren, hybrid recycling, electric vehicles, Tesla, the Phoenix

INTERVIEW: Meet Eric Lundgren, who broke the world record for EV range with a car made from trash

Eric Lundgren, the founder and CEO of e-waste recycling company ITAP, recently beat the electric vehicle driving...

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Peek inside the zero-waste kitchen of the future

The kitchen of the future will be healthier for our planet and improve our family ties through food. That's the...

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