Upcycling

Source: runningpress.com Published: August 23, 2011 Create Beautiful Things With the Stuff You Already Have Renowned environmental lifestyle expert and Today Show regular Danny Seo shares 100 of his most inspiring projects for creative transformation. Have neglected...

World’s First Fully Recyclable Paper Cup to Hit UK High Streets

Source: theguardian.com Published: June 27, 2014 Inventor Martin Myerscough and the Green Your Cup, which has a thin film liner which separates easily from the paper. Photograph: Jane Mingay/Green Your Cup Rebecca Smithers, The world’s first fully recyclable paper cup...

10 Uses for Eggshells

Source: mnn.com Published: June 10, 2014 Eggshells make great compostable seedling containers. (Photo: Oksana Bratanova/Shutterstock) Before you throw out those scraps, consider their uses in the garden, kitchen and more. My introduction to recycling came in my...

Ecover is Making Bottles Out of Recycled Ocean Plastic

Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 12, 2014 Lead image via Gerry & Bonni by Kristine Lofgren Right now there are about 46,000 pieces of trash floating around in every square mile of the ocean, which is why Belgian company Ecover is now making their cleaning...

Don’t Toss It, Fix It—with Pop-Up Repair Shop

Source: mnn.com Published: March 12, 2014 Photo: Ikonoklast Fotografie/Shutterstock Starre Vartan When I spotted the “itinerant repair service for household goods of all types,” Pop-Up Repair, I cheered.  I grew up fixing stuff, and I still do so. I credit...

Public PPlanter Urinal Doubles as a Bamboo Garden in San Francisco

Source: gizmag.com Published: February 25, 2014 The PPlanter in use, by a person and a bamboo plant If you live in a big city, then there are doubtless alleyways or alcoves you know of that always smell like pee. While it might help to install public urinals in these...