Recycling

Recycling

Learn how to recycle everything, from aluminum and newspapers to less obvious household items.

  • GO Recycling Bins

    GO Recycling Bins: Clever receptacles take the guesswork out of sorting

    Mon, Aug 20, 2012 1:32 PM by Matt Hickman

    In order to further motivate folks to recycle at home, a Hong Kong product design firm releases a line of bins that replace the typical 'this goes in here' signifiers with clever sculptural lids.

  • 9 novel ways to reuse a novel (or any other book)

    Thu, Aug 02, 2012 2:02 PM by Networx.com

    If you don't mind tearing up a book, you can make a spot to hide your stuff, create origami creatures, or decorate a headboard.

  • A box of diapers in the trash

    Poopy diapers to become patio furniture in Scotland

    Fri, Jul 06, 2012 1:21 PM by Matt Hickman

    Recycling firm Knowaste partners with Zero Waste Scotland to launch a 6-month pilot scheme that will enable more than 35,000 households to recycle soiled nappies and other absorbent waste products curbside.

  • A Renew recycling bin in London

    Lower Manhattan to get $47K recycling bin

    Thu, Jun 21, 2012 6:17 PM by Matt Hickman

    Now that they've popped up across London, Renew Recycle Bins — high-tech public recycling receptacles that boast LCD screens flashing news and weather updates — will soon be coming to New York City.

  • A couple walks through a labyrinth made with blocks of recycled materials at Parque da Juventude in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Brazilian slum's green oasis a boon to recycling

    Sun, Jun 10, 2012 8:52 AM by Claire de Oliveira, AFP

    A former landfill for a Rio de Janeiro slum has been turned into a park thanks to a group of dedicated volunteers.

  • Meet Sam, 12, recycling philanthropist

    Mon, Jun 04, 2012 9:42 AM

    Video: Sam Klein is the president and CEO of his own recycling business. He reinvests the money he earns for those less fortunate.

  • How to transform a pay phone into a library

    Tue, May 29, 2012 2:42 PM by Shareable.net

    Change an old phone booth into a library to build community and share good reads.

  • A box of PG Tips

    Composting that cuppa: PG Tips launches tea bag recycling initiative

    Thu, May 24, 2012 3:59 PM by Matt Hickman

    The manufacturer of the U.K.'s most guzzled tea, PG Tips, launches a pilot tea bag composting campaign in an effort to curb the millions of pounds of tea-related waste landfilled each year.

  • Crayola markers

    Calif. kids petition Crayola to take back markers

    Thu, May 17, 2012 12:00 PM by Jenn Savedge

    Green Team's Change.org petition has more than 54,000 signatures asking Crayola to create a marker recycling program.

  • an overflowing trash can filled with recyclables in NYC

    Former RecycleBank honcho appointed as NYC recycling czar

    Mon, May 07, 2012 1:30 PM by Matt Hickman

    Recycling-challenged New York City gets its first deputy commissioner for recycling and sustainability in the form of RecycleBank co-founder Ron Gonen.

  • Mind your textile waste: Infographic

    Mon, Apr 30, 2012 5:53 PM

    Here's the skinny on trash trends: Of the roughly 13 million tons of textiles tossed each year, only about 15% are recovered for reuse or recycling.

  • Old mattresses

    Spring Back Recycling: Saving mattresses from being thrown away while creating jobs

    Mon, Apr 23, 2012 1:58 PM by Shea Gunther

    Spring Back Recycling combines environmentalism with social justice by hiring previously incarcerated people to recycle used mattresses.

  • A young woman in a hooded sweatshirt.

    Turn a hoodie into a laptop carrier -- no cutting or sewing required

    Sun, Apr 22, 2012 5:50 PM by Starre Vartan

    Creative reuse that can make lugging a laptop even easier.

  • The El Cerrito Recycling and Environmental Resource Center

    Paper, plastic, prefab: El Cerrito gets LEED Platinum recycling center

    Wed, Apr 18, 2012 8:21 PM by Matt Hickman

    Is the coolest new green prefab project in the Bay Area a recycling facility? From the looks of the soon-to-open El Cerrito Recycling and Environmental Resource Center, I'm leaning towards 'yes.'

  • fast food

    Alternative uses for fast food products

    Fri, Apr 13, 2012 1:05 PM by Networx.com

    We don't condone eating fast food, but if you find yourself in possession of it, you might as well have some fun.

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