Source: chicagotribune.com Published: September 12, 2014 By Ellen Jean Hirst What do you do with 15,000 feet of old fire hose? Hammer it onto docks as boat bumpers. Weave it together for jungle gyms. Stretch it into horse fences. Cut it into pieces to sharpen straight...
Source: goexplorer.org Published: October 20, 2016 Neptuno Pumps designs and manufactures energy- efficient water-saving pumps made from recycled materials. By Sustainia Located in the driest place on Earth – the Atacama Desert in Chile – Neptuno Pumps designs and...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: September 13, 2016 Crocheting has never been so badass. By Yagana Shah You might not think much of those plastic shopping bags you’ve been hoarding in the kitchen, but a group of resourceful older women in Tennessee are putting...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: July 21, 2016 Franck DUNOUAU via Getty Images By Carla Herreria Russo Between the multicolored bins, complex facilities and sticky bottles, recycling can seem very intimidating. But it only takes the tiniest bit of extra effort...
Source: theguardian.com Published: June 30, 2016 Jambulingam Street, Chennai, India. Photograph: Vittal Srinivas In India, roads made from shredded plastic are proving a popular solution to tackling waste and extreme weather Sribala Subramanian Jambulingam Street,...
Source: treehugger.com Published: June 29, 2016 © Beru Kids Katherine Martinko This company is committed to ethics and environmentalism by manufacturing its clothing line in downtown LA, paying fair wages, and repurposing deadstock textiles. Beru Kids is an ethical...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 13, 2016 Fed up with the job market not serving the community and the amount of waste we use, a Kansas City resident decides to put on a cape, and take the streets as a super hero to address something important. Recycling! With...
Source: treehugger.com Published: April 6, 2016 © http://www.dropbucket.dk/index.html James Clasper The award-winning DropBucket is a recycled cardboard trash can that can be reused and/or recycled. For some product designers, necessity is the mother of invention. For...
Source: nationalgeographic.com Published: March 29, 2016 Photograph by beth trudeau/shutterstock Subaru offers steps everyone can take on a zero-landfill path to keep our National Parks pristine. This year’s National Park Service centennial marks a time to celebrate a...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: March 21, 2016 This is an important step for the tech giant. By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Monday unveiled a robotic system called Liam to take apart junked iPhones and recover valuable materials that can be...
