Far too many people toss their outdated clothes or, worse, send them to Salvation Army assuming, wrongly, that someone else wants to snatch up a pair of 1987 Z. Cavariccis. Tobias Juretzek ain’t one of them. He takes his old shirts, ...READ MORE›
Art schools are messy places. They're also places populated by starving students with limited resources. At the Royal College of Art in London, a bit of clever cross-disciplinary collaboration uses the school's scraps to create free ...READ MORE›
What do you do with a ship that is considered to be out of date? Sell it to a Turkish company, over the internet, to be recycled into pots and pans. READ MORE›
Boy, do I remember my first car.
Like the vast majority of Americans, it was used and it was crap. Reliable it was not; in fact, I can assure you that my first car was made out of metal, plastic, and betrayal.
I was reminded ...READ MORE›
Walmart generates tons of recyclable waste. So instead of sending it all to recycling plants, the retail giant has decided to divert some of it Worldwise, a sustainable pet products company.READ MORE›
60,000 pounds
Average amount of excess fabric, trims, buttons, zippers, thread, and the like produced at a midsize garment factory each week.
$18,000
What a rag sorter got for a pair of collectible Levi's at an auction in ...READ MORE›
Upcycling paper into household products is simple enough. Turning newsprint, paper, and seed packets into red carpet-worthy gowns is a challenge even Project Runway contestants might find difficult. But that's exactly what "papier ...READ MORE›
We're big fans of TerraCycle, the upcycling company that turns trash into trash cans, Frito-Lay bags into speakers, and snack bags into totes. The company's wares can be purchased online and in select stores (i.e. Walmart) but up ...READ MORE›
Sometimes it seems like the array of upcycled home furnishings coming down the pipeline is nearly endless. From LEGO tables to lamps made out of drinking straws, we thought we'd seen it all--until now. Designboom points us to Jesus ...READ MORE›
Good news for anyone who has old records but no record player: you can make your own record player pretty easily--just add cardboard. Griffiths, Gibson and Ramsay Productions (GGRP), a Vancouver-based sound design studio, exploited ...READ MORE›
TerraCycle has grown significantly since its inception in 2001. The upcycling company went from selling plant food made from worm waste products to repurposing packaging from brands like Frito-Lay and Wrigley's into everything from ...READ MORE›
Don't like that office memo from the boss? Think the latest report to come across your desk is utter BS? Or do you just have way too much old paper lying around in recycling bins? The White Goat can save you. The shredder, developed ...READ MORE›
We're all for upcycling, but sometimes it's taken a little bit too far. Case in point: the Blow Soda by MALAFOR, which is made out of recycled paper dunnage bags, or airbags used in shipping. The sofa is easy enough to ...READ MORE›
Companies like Terracycle are great at upcycling trash into brand new consumer products, but researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois are taking the concept of turning trash into treasure to new heights with a ...READ MORE›
Sure, you could buy a fierce-looking sound system for your iPod or invest in some slick ceramic speakers. But where's the fun in that? Dean Brown's $30 Audio Can uses a simple baked bean can to house a loudspeaker. amplifier, and ...READ MORE›
We write a lot about upcycling, or the practice of reusing products for new purposes to prevent waste. Now DMD Green, an environmental management consulting company, wants to make the process even easier with its new SocialCycling ...READ MORE›
We're big fans of Terracycle--the upcycling company that made used junk food wrappers cool--and continue keep tabs on the New Jersey-based company as expands it reach, first into the international market, and now into ...READ MORE›
Until now there have been limited options for recycling old cell phones--send it back to the manufacturer, send it to one of a number of Web sites that offer cash for your used electronics, or go to the cell-phone store and hand it ...READ MORE›
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