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Who would have thought that in the time of a major economic crisis a county can afford to use money as a heat source? Well, probably no one can afford to burn money that’s currently in use, but Hungary’s Central Bank came up with a great way to dispose of old bills. They’re giving charities tons of ... |
14 February 2012
07:12 GMT |
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If you have any clear resin to waste, along with trunk load of old hardware, you can put it all together and turn it into a stool.
At least, you would be able to if you had whatever contraption Rodrigo Alonso has.
The guy figured out one possible use for piles of old HDDs, mice, CDs, used video cards and just about... |
30 January 2012
09:34 GMT |
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Most of the car fans are aware of the impact their passion has on the environment. At this point in time, vehicles equipped with big engines are considered important polluters, lowering air quality all across the Globe. However, Jonathan Brand, a talented artist, has managed to reduce his carbon footprint and still r... |
18 January 2012
11:08 GMT |
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Since advanced technology could make vinyl records a thing of the past, music fans will most likely want to give a new meaning to their beloved records.
The eco-friendly clock requires a single AA battery to function properly and can become the perfect gift for people who still enjoy music in the good old fashioned ... |
18 January 2012
09:59 GMT |
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The creativity of environmentally friendly artists has no limits when it comes to giving a new meaning to objects people often consider trash.
A green Florida-based designer, Nicholas Ruiz, the proud founder of Made in Forest Hills, has decided to revolutionize the concept of 'wearable art,' by introduci... |
18 January 2012
07:04 GMT |
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Environmentally friendly artists are pushing recycling strategies to a whole other level, by incorporating old items into beautiful, one-of-a-kind masterpieces.
While some of them gather dust in museums, other are cleverly commercialized on the market, attracting the admiration of millions of eco-conscious buyers a... |
17 January 2012
09:27 GMT |
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At times when landfills in the US are overcrowded, authorities do everything in their power to curb the enormous amount of waste generated on an annual basis. In this general movement, Fort Hood plans to take its sustainable goals to a whole other level, by committing to send zero grams of waste to landfills by 202... |
16 January 2012
04:01 GMT |
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Recycling is always an eco-friendly way of keeping landfills clean and dealing with no longer needed items in an appropriate manner. When such operations are combined with charity or art, they provide a win-win situation: both for the environment and for the people benefiting from these projects.
Such an initiative... |
13 January 2012
09:53 GMT |
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The ongoing trend towards alternative solutions requires that all innovative devices be eco-friendly, to capture the attention of a public more and more concerned about environmental issues.
Apart from the seven eco-friendly amazing concepts recently introduced during the 2012 CES, there is another worth looking at... |
12 January 2012
03:06 GMT |
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Nowadays, experts are keen on revolutionizing gadgets, in an attempt to make them both energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. Far from being considered a 'mission impossible' this goal has already been achieved by several companies, whose sustainable, high-tech products have been recently unveiled d... |
10 January 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Fonderie 47 is an eco-conscious enterprise, exploiting the benefits of a philanthropic mission that pays off. The company has designed a line of one-of-a-kind luxurious pieces of jewelry, made of 6,000 weapons of mass destruction, confiscated from Congo.
In order to achieve awesome-looking results, the company has ... |
9 January 2012
04:13 GMT |
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After committing to turning its Wixom Assembly Plant into an eco-conscious paradise relying on renewables, Ford continues to reveal its environmental awareness by involving recycling strategies in its manufacturing processes.
Some of its green Ford Focus Electric cars, emitting zero harmful emissions, will display... |
7 January 2012
06:20 GMT |
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In order to keep streets clean and landfills less crowded in the long term, the Korean government has come up with a new strategy seeking to charge both residents and businesses for the food they discard. This measure is much needed nowadays, to prevent people from throwing away perfectly edible products, Eart... |
6 January 2012
09:01 GMT |
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The sun has set on the era of the ancient “Walk, Don’t Walk” signs, installed in New York in 1952. They are now considered useless, after authorities have decided to replace them with energy-efficient, modern LED prototypes.
Felix Lighting Specialists, an eco-conscious company from the UK, wants t... |
6 January 2012
06:38 GMT |
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Ford is following the same fashionable path to success adopted by Lexus. The giant company has decided to give a new meaning to old car parts, while celebrating its 100th year in the UK. The automaker proves that the fashion business and the auto industry have a thing in common: the passion for one-of-a-kind, innovat... |
4 January 2012
11:10 GMT |
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Swedish artist Cecilia Levy is combining her passion for fine arts with a creative environmental awareness to launch a line of unconventional amazing tea cups made from recycled book pages. She has succeeded in making traditional origami look dull and useless. So far, her talent has been rewarded properly, since sh... |
4 January 2012
04:38 GMT |
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Coffee always gives us a great boost in the morning, but it seems that experts have succeeded in expanding its list of benefits. Researchers from University of North Dakota have thought about using what's left in our coffee mugs to come up with a viable, unlimited source of green energy.
It seems that everythi... |
4 January 2012
02:51 GMT |
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It's been quite a long time since humans have invented the wheel, but improvements are still much needed in transportation. The Energy Return Wheel is an innovative concept, aiming to replace the common pneumatic tires.
The ingenious system is expected to save a lot of money, coming along with improved handlin... |
29 December 2011
10:11 GMT |
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Gisele Bundchen and her husband, Tom Brady, the famous football player, are one step closer to moving in their very own green nest, located in a classy neighborhood in Los Angeles. Bundchen has made a name for herself mostly due to her modeling career, but also thanks to her contribution as an ambassador for the Un... |
29 December 2011
06:48 GMT |
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Although summer is still far away, Sustainable Surf, a California-based non-profit organization has committed to collect old foam waste using it to create new stronger, lighter boards with an ecological footprint lowered by up to 50%.
Their program, entitled Waste to Waves gives a new purpose to styrofoam, technical... |
29 December 2011
05:40 GMT |
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Although China is the most important polluter in the world, it is also considered one of the most eco-conscious nations when it comes to its original recycling strategies. Instead of sending Christmas lights to local landfills, Chinese workers are diverting the impressive amount of waste, almost 20 million pounds of ... |
28 December 2011
11:17 GMT |
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If parts from a Lexus hybrid can be used to design fashionable clothes and accessories, it makes sense that creative recycling is a much greener alternative to sending an old Lada to a car cemetery.
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the new crime-fighting figure created by Studio Re-Creation. The team f... |
28 December 2011
10:37 GMT |
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Sustainable architecture is one of the hottest green trends spotted in 2011. However, only a few initiatives of this kind can compare to the original train car house designed and built by a German couple.
Recycling goes hand in hand with an ingenious idea inspired by a romantic story. Marco Stepniak and Vanessa Stal... |
27 December 2011
08:53 GMT |
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Holidays are usually great occasions to waste more than we actually consume. To make sure that landfills will stay clean during this time of the year, NRDC offers a great guide for a minimal amount of holiday waste.
NRDC officials indicate that almost everything can be reused or recycled and leftovers do not make a... |
27 December 2011
04:27 GMT |
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There is nothing more beneficial for the environment than a recycling strategy tackling a dangerous man-made threat: deforestation. When this initiative is wrapped in creativity, the result is spectacular.
Osian Batkya William is an earth-friendly designer who has launched a series of chairs made entirely of recycl... |
23 December 2011
09:03 GMT |
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Mexico city has decided it is time to close one of the world's largest open dumps located on its territory. The main reason is not the appalling smell, or the health risks residents are exposed to, but the necessity to turn waste into a viable, cost-effective source of energy.
All in all, it seems that authori... |
21 December 2011
07:54 GMT |
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This year, environmentally friendly designers are launching a series of awesome-looking alternatives on the market. One of the most ingenious options is the recyclable Christmas tree made of corrugated cardboard.
The product is lightweight, easy to fold and pack and definitely something you don't see in every ... |
20 December 2011
10:29 GMT |
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An Argentina-based company is revolutionizing the market of recyclable gifts. Eco Lala collects and recycles food packaging and turns them into one-of-a-kind objects that would count as a fabulous eco-friendly Christmas present.
The manufacturing process is simple. The tiny pieces of plastic are cut and melted usin... |
20 December 2011
08:27 GMT |
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This year, recycling operations go hand in hand with charity. This green strategy is adopted both by Sprint and Verizon, two companies determined to help the less fortunate ones while diverting millions of old cell phones from landfills.
Sprint and Verizon have developed two trade-in programs to support their goals... |
20 December 2011
05:26 GMT |
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Seattle is now the fourth eco-friendly city in the state that has decided to adopt and implement a plastic bag ban and a 5% fee on paper bags.
This initiative has been launched in an attempt to reduce environmental pollution, by determining clients to consider reusable shopping bags a viable, greener option, the Ne... |
20 December 2011
04:44 GMT |
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Winter holidays generate tons of waste every single year. Excessive packaging plays an important part in this equation; therefore Government Minister Grant Shapps has urged supermarket owners to start finding and implementing effective ways of reducing the amount of packaging waste.It seems that the situation is quit... |
19 December 2011
09:38 GMT |
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Recycling strategies represent a guaranteed success when passion for high-tech gadgets is combined with environmental awareness and smart business sense. This appears to be the case of a student who has managed to pay his college loans after opening his very own Iphone recycling company, Earth911 informs.Brennan Zele... |
19 December 2011
08:50 GMT |
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Instead of just throwing out beer cans, bottles and other no-longer needed materials, designer Vanessa Harden proves that there are other creative ways of recycling and reusing no-longer-needed products.
Harden has managed to revolutionize Bonnaroo, one of the most popular music festivals held every year in the U... |
10 December 2011
05:44 GMT |
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An American teacher plans to fight the alarming effects of poverty and AIDS in Zambia, relying on recycled plastic bags. After meeting local people from the Ng’ombe community, severely affected by this disease, Linda Wilkinson has decided to change the fate of widows, orphans and hundreds of people who are curr... |
8 December 2011
07:43 GMT |
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If you think that an ancient 26'' wooden TV set even your grandparents would be ashamed of can't be exploited further, you are definitely wrong and have to check out Michael Khor's masterpiece.
He has transformed an old CRT TV into an amazing new home for his fish. The recycled fish tank is anyt... |
8 December 2011
06:53 GMT |
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Our wasteful society encourages us to waste more than we actually consume. Wetherspoon's pubs are trying to tackle this issue, by launching an innovative trial meant to turn leftovers into valuable energy.
The chain will make sure 28 of its popular pubs will contribute, by diverting from landfills approximatel... |
8 December 2011
04:59 GMT |
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Landfillart is an international project aiming to highlight the talent and efforts of 1,041 gifted artists that have what it takes to turn rusted metal waste represented by lo-longer-needed hubcaps into fine works of art. All the material gathered, recycled and marvelously reused comes from old automobiles manufactur... |
2 December 2011
11:36 GMT |
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Most of us would love to drive a Ferrari, but its prohibitive price stops this dream from becoming reality. The keen fans of Formula 1 sport cars can now own one, or at least what's left of it after parts of a crushed luxurious Ferrari ended up in the hands of the creative French artist Charly Molinelli.
It’s ... |
30 November 2011
08:09 GMT |
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is working in partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to support an ingenious recycling competition entitled “New Uses for Recycled Glass.” Both organizations are encouraging participants to come up with innovative methods of reusing or recycling ... |
29 November 2011
02:37 GMT |
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Contemporary Art represents a continued source of surprises, especially when it reflects the creativity of environmentally-friendly artists, who put old above new by transforming recycled materials into amazing one-of-a-kind masterpieces. This time, some of them decided to tackle e-waste, a frequent important compo... |
25 November 2011
08:25 GMT |
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Authorities from Calhoun County, South Carolina have to clean up a big mess, as a giant pile of used tires forming a 50-acre illegal open dump is threatening the environment. Apparently, the tires belong to George Fontella Brown, a 39-year-old who tried to obtain a decent profit by selling them to China. After he r... |
23 November 2011
09:07 GMT |
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One of the keys to the long lives of galaxies is the creation of new stars with the passing of eons. This is done through a complex process, which involves the recycling of both hydrogen and heavier elements. Now, these mechanisms are much better understood, thanks to recent observations.
While Sun-like stars have ... |
18 November 2011
04:29 GMT |
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Puma is a major apparel company on the right way to sustainability. According to its officials, the enterprise struggles to display its new eco-conscious conduct through an innovative line of clothes which, once recycled, will most likely please your backyard.
The representatives talk about a brand-new project, deve... |
14 November 2011
05:02 GMT |
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Despite the fact that recycling operations can keep our planet clean and our streets waste-free, people aren't always interested in improving their eco-conscious attitude mainly because there's no fun in it.
If they are able to count their recycled items and notice their progress while comparing their r... |
12 November 2011
05:44 GMT |
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Toyota published its 2011 North America Environmental Report, which highlights the company's concern regarding the sustainability of its products, as well as their impact upon the environment.
Toyota's officials firmly believe that progress isn't achievable while working on their own, therefore they h... |
9 November 2011
05:15 GMT |
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Nowadays, approximately 16 billion injections are administered worldwide, every single year. Hospitals all across the globe pay a significant amount of money on utensils manufactured from virgin materials and invest even more in waste disposal.
Waste Management (WM) works in partnership with BD, one of the most impo... |
27 October 2011
04:57 GMT |
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Yesterday, authorities from the city of Cleveland joined efforts with Arcelor Mittal Cleveland to organize a program that will have the objective of melting approximately 700 guns.
Three days earlier, Cleveland's inhabitants gave up their guns and were rewarded for their noble intention with gift cards.
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21 October 2011
03:05 GMT |
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Ohio State and Sodexo have initiated the Zero Waste campaign, which aims to divert 90 percent of Ohio Stadium's gameday waste away from landfill. This season efforts have diverted 70 percent of waste away from landfills after only three games. According to detailed Ohio State evaluation reports, the game against... |
7 October 2011
05:34 GMT |
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With the more and more countries employing legislation for e-waste recycling, IT companies have to find ways to comply, including with Europe’s WEEE directive. Failure to meet the requirements could led to costly fees, competitive disadvantage or brand damage.Panasonic is one of the manufacturers aware of the n... |
27 September 2011
05:50 GMT |
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Those United States users who already have a tablet PC they no longer need can now head over to Verizon Wireless to enter the carrier's Trade-In Program to get rid of it.
Initially launched in September last year for smartphones and feature phones, the Verizon Wireless Trade-In Program is now accepting tabl... |
2 April 2011
10:41 GMT |
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