Recycling

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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Rahm the recycler: Chicago mayor promises citywide recycling in 2013

Wed, Apr 11, 2012 8:00 PM by Matt Hickman

Thanks to a little healthy competition between city sanitation workers and two private firms, the roughly 320,000 Chicago households without curbside recycling could be getting blue bins to call their own.

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Make and be merry with DIY design contest

Wed, Apr 11, 2012 12:53 PM by Matt Hickman

Been waiting patiently for the chance to show off your mad upcycling skills? Enter Project ReMAKE, a DIY design contest in which entrants have the chance to win 3-D printers and a trip to World Maker Faire.

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6 handmade and recycled notebooks for warm weather jottings

Fri, Apr 06, 2012 10:52 AM by Starre Vartan

Writing things out in long hand can be a good way to get in touch with what's going on in your life — and where you want to go.

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Wind turbines recycled into Dutch playground

Wed, Apr 04, 2012 3:52 PM by EarthTechling

Turbines provided raw materials for mazes, slides and towers for the playground.

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8 uses for yogurt containers

Tue, Mar 20, 2012 6:31 AM by Networx.com

Don't put those handy cups in the recycling bin just yet.

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Follow the 'poticrete' road: City sidewalk made from crushed commodes

Tue, Mar 06, 2012 12:53 PM by Matt Hickman

Four hundred previously loved toilets are transformed (ground into porcelain bits and mixed with gravel and asphalt) into a new 'poticrete' sidewalk in Bellingham, Wash.

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Can Mardi Gras beads be recycled?

Mon, Feb 27, 2012 4:56 PM by Matt Hickman

Those mountains of discarded trinkets can be repurposed for other festive occasions or used in some crazy DIY crafts. Just make sure they're clean.

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10 ways to repurpose newspaper at home

Thu, Feb 23, 2012 2:52 PM by Networx.com

Here are some practical ways to reuse all that newsprint.

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Winning bins: NYC's textile recycling scheme a success

Wed, Feb 22, 2012 9:00 PM by Matt Hickman

The New York City Department of Sanitation deems the re-fashioNYC textile recycling initiative a success with 50 tons of last season's sweaters and stained-beyond-repair towels being donated in a six month period.

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10 uses for plastic pill bottles

Fri, Feb 03, 2012 7:36 AM by Networx.com

Put your old pill bottles to good use around the house. Here are a few fun ideas.

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The interface for Zumbox's digital mail system

Zumbox joins Recyclebank Ecosystem

Thu, Feb 02, 2012 12:39 PM by Noel Kirkpatrick

Customers can receive rewards points for using online service to receive mail.

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Madison offers alternative to plastic bag ban

Mon, Jan 23, 2012 3:57 PM by Matt Hickman

In lieu of tacking on a fee for plastic shopping bags or banning them altogether, the city of Madison, Wis., will start to offer curbside recycling for the landfill-clogging buggers.