Posts Tagged ‘recycle’

Furniture can be made out of a lot of different materials, but paper?  Doesn’t that sound pretty crazy?  Well, the paper furniture made by Way Basics can actually stand up to a good amount of use and abuse, and when you’re done with it, you simply recycle it!
How does it work?  Well, the products are [...]

With summer coming up, many people, myself included, will start working in our gardens and flowerbeds again.  While tending to these greens, why not use materials and products that are green?  Here are some of the newest recycled gear I came across that are great for all your outdoor needs.
•    Discarded plastic that often takes [...]

I’ve seen ShamWow on Tv so many times, and was always amazed.  Well, after seeing it on TV so much I decided to buy one.  The sponge like reusable towel picks up 20x its weight in liquid.    It was an excellent decision.  ShamWow is phenomenal.  What makes it great for the environment is that it [...]

Ever been confused about which bin your recyclable garbage goes in?  Well, your not alone.   Apparently this was a large enough problem that designer, Woo Seok Park, created a barcoded set of recycling bins.   If you have some trash and you are confused as to which bin it goes in….well fear not.   Mr. Park [...]

Think about how many plastic bottles of water you consume each week.  Now multiply that by the number of people on the planet drinking water from a plastic bottle.   The amount of plastic hitting landfills from just water bottles is staggering.   A company called Brand Image has a solution.  They have created durable bottles created [...]

I’m sure everyone who is reading this has moved at some point in their life.   Its often a hassle that involves moving things you haven’t moved in years, finding things you thought you lost years ago, and packing it all up to take to the next place.  Most people go down to their local moving [...]

The technology to recharge batteries has been around a long time, but people continue to buy expensive non-rechargeable batteries.  Well, if you can’t beat em, then join em.  Sort of.  Designer Sun Woo Park has created a street light that will accept batteries to power it.  The concept is simple.  There are holes in a [...]

You know those leaves you rake up and throw away?  Would you be impressed if I told you could make cool products including furniture from those leaves?  I know you would!  Naturecast is doing just that.  They are gathering dry leaves, barks, and dead twigs from the city of Compostela in the Phillipines, shredding them [...]

RecycleBank, a Philadelphia based startup, pays consumers to recycle.  Using RFID technology, a residential customers recycling amounts are recorded each time their trash is collected.  Depending on the quantity and type of recyclables collected, points are accumulated and later convert to gift certificates for businesses such as Whole Foods, Stonyfield Farms, and Green Mountain Coffee [...]

I was at my sister’s house tonight to celebrate my Mom’s 60th birthday.  Amid all the stimulating conversation, delicious food,  and chaos of a yellow lab and a three year old in the same room, I discovered something very cool!  As I awaited the birthday dinner to be prepared, I saw my brother-in-law huddled in [...]