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It’s in the Bag: More Ways to Reuse Plastic Bags than You can Shake a Plastic Bag At!
One of my teachers once said: “If you don’t know three ways of doing something, you’re not being creative. It makes me wonder how to get creative about the trash and resource issues that face us-how can I conserve/reduce/reuse/recycle my stuff?
The UnGreen - Take Out
The Wine Controversy: Is PET Plastic The New Glass?
No one likes change. Especially if the change involves something that can be expensive and is fun to drink in the dark by a roaring fire. (How romantic!) I’m talking about wine, of course!
Garbage In, But Not Out
Surfing and Salads
When I was a kid growing up near the beaches in California surfing was a big deal and still is. We loved to get in the water and feel the power of the waves and revel in riding walls of water that frequently humbled us. It was great fun. At the same time there were folks with fancy, expensive surf boards attached to their cars who would scope out waves and then move on n
Fantastic Plastic?
I am no fan of plastic and I certainly am cautious when it comes to chemical and technological fixes, but I think the Korean scientists might be on to something with bio-engineered plastics.
Amazing Lamps Made from Recycled Plastic Utensils
Students at Appalachian State University Shine a Light on Plastic Utensils
100% Recycled Plastic Furniture
Rotomoulded furniture is designed to conserve energy and materials. Web surfing on the internet like I usually do, I came across a designer named Rodrigo Alonso Schramm. He used plastic waste obtained from electronic devices, toys, drink trays, stadium seats, etc - to make furniture. His rotomoulded technique of recycling is really unique, in that it can be re-crushed and re-rotomoulded to form a new object.
F1 Model Car From Recycled Stuff
My brother was a model builder. All kinds of models - planes, dinosaurs, trains, ships. I wasn’t. But that didn’t matter. And while I wasn’t particularly into making the models (I’ve never been one to paint inside the lines) I did enjoy watching my brother construct wonderful things that we could take outside and break in the back yard. Now that was fun. But I never imagined anything like what has shown up in Singapore’s Hotel Rendezvous.
Give me a hand with the bags! DIY drying rack for plastic bags
“Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Igor, would you give me a hand with the bags? Igor: [doing a Groucho Marx] Certainly, you take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban.” - Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks |
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