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CORA iPhone App Turns Trash Into Treasure by Connecting Community Recyclers
A new smartphone app made by the folks at CORA may soon be available to eco-savvy individuals and businesses who are looking to make use of, or donate, old materials in lieu of sending them off to the
Frisch vom Dach To Convert Former Berlin Malt Factory Into a Rooftop Aquaponics Farm!
Community gardens are already very popular in Berlin, but a group of agro-entrepreneurs is planning to take urban farming to the next level in the German capital. A team of three Berliners is planning to
Martine Camillieri Makes Toy Cars from Recycled Bottles!
Got an empty bottle of laundry detergent kicking around? When artist Martine Camillieri looks at it, he sees an ice cream truck. A bottle of motor oil? That looks sort of like a sports car. Camillieri
Re-worked Brews Up Furniture from Recycled Coffee Grounds
To most folks, used coffee grounds aren’t particularly useful — but a couple of British designers figured out a way to turn those old grounds into new furniture. That’s right, you can
Four Stylish Green Grills for a Sustainable Fourth of July!
Like many Americans, you may be lighting up the barbecue this holiday weekend — but if you want to set yourself apart from the bands of boring black grills, take a cue from our guide to stylish green
16-Foot Clothing Mountain Illustrates Hong Kong’s Daily Textile Waste
A 16-foot mountain of used garments towered over Hong Kong’s Central Star Ferry Pier last week, as part of the ‘Get Redressed‘ exhibit — an awareness building campaign to promote
Mayang Anggraeni’s ‘Float Lights’ Are Made From Recycled Laundry Detergent Lids
Sometimes, the most innovative lighting fixtures don’t come from the stable of perfectly finished, sleek task lights at design shows, but from the recycling heaps and hardware stores on the streets
Dirk Van Der Kooij Creates His Modern Endless Chairs from Recycled Refrigerators
Dirk Van Der Kooij’s Endless chair is a marvel that uses just one plastic string bent back and forth to form its innovative structure. The best part? The chair is made entirely from recycled
HEINEKEN WOBO: A Beer Bottle That Doubles as a Brick
Upcycling is a 21st century term, coined by Cradle to Cradle authors William McDonough and Michael Braungart, but the idea of turning waste into useful products came to life brilliantly in 1963 with the
Old Rail Engine Repurposed as Giant Trash Inhaling Machine
This old rail engine was assigned to be scrap until Indian Rail engineers decided to use it to clean up the tracks instead. It’s been fitted with a massive suction pipe that sucks up all of the
Go-Kart Powered by 6 Circular Saws Slices Through UK Derby
Just how powerful is your circular saw? Well, put six of them together and they can propel a go-kart and rider at more than 40 miles an hour. This important discovery was made this weekend at the
GM to Use Recycled Oil Spill Cleanup Materials in New Cars
If you’re in the market for a GM car, you may soon be sitting among recycled Gulf oil spill materials. With partner GDC, GM is cleaning and recycling the infamous absorbent booms from the Gulf and
DIY Altoids Mini BBQ Grill Is Curiously Awesome!
Happy Labor Day! As households across the states prepare to fire up the BBQ today, why not give your grilling a smaller footprint this year with this awesome mini grill made from a tin of Altoids! This
The ‘Altoids Sours’ BBQ Grill Is Curiously Awesome!
Talk about upcycling — this tiny barbeque grill is made from a single Altoids Sours tin, two salvaged computer fan guards and a handful of nuts and screws, and it’s big enough to handle a
Lottery Tickets Transformed Into Beautiful Works of Art
Lottery tickets can make or break dreams, but they can also be transformed into beautiful objects in their own right. Ghost of a Dream, a team of two Rhode Island School of Design Graduates, has created
Versatile Green Lighting Made From Sandblasted Glass Jars
We love seeing fresh ideas for lighting solutions made from recycled materials, and UK designer James Shaw‘s Jar Lamps are a great example of simple yet innovative recycling. To create these lights
LEGO Headphones Bring New Life to Old Toys
Still have a tub full of building bricks sitting around after your last life-size LEGO project? Why not transform them into a pair of block-rocking LEGO headphones, as per these directions from
Architect Creates Geodesic Building Toys from Recycled Trash!
If you’re into structures and architecture like we are, playing with K’nex or Tinker Toys as a child may have had something to do with it. Now one enterprising architect/grandfather, Ron
African Student Builds Humanoid Robot From Old TV Parts
No matter how cool you think your childhood science projects were, Sam Todo, a student from the Togolese Republic in Africa, has probably one-upped you with his humanoid robot made almost completely out
Recycling Zychal: Hoods and Doggie Coats Made from Broken Umbrellas
The next time your umbrella turns inside out beyond repair, think about mailing it to Taryn Zychal and giving it a second life. Recycling Zychal upcycles rescued umbrellas into hoods, umbrella dog rain
MIT Team Makes Wireless Network in Afghanistan Out of Garbage Bits
At Inhabitat, we’ve seen a ton of cool things made of garbage, but never a whole wireless network – until now, that is. That’s right, members of MIT‘s Bits and Atoms lab taught
CAT FOOD JEWELRY: Recycle A Cat-Food Can Into a Ring!
If you’re a cat parent, you probably know all about the mountainous pile of catfood that feline friends can go through in a week. Well instead of trashing your catfood cans, why not upcycle all that
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