Recycling

Recycling

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

  • Recycling bins in Chicago

    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.

  • Amy Smart and Carter Oosterhouse

    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.

  • a woman journaling.

    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.

  • Wikado playground

    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.

  • stack of yogurt cups

    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.

  • A trashed toilet

    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.

  • 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.

  • newspaper seedling pots

    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.

  • Textile recycling

    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.

  • empty orange prescription bottles

    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.

  • 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.

  • A plastic shopping bag

    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.

  • The Filabot can recycle plastic items to make raw material for 3D printing

    3-D printers could recycle old plastic bottles

    Wed, Jan 18, 2012 4:48 PM by InnovationNewsDaily

    Kickstarter project aims to make plastic recycling affordable for anyone with a computer and 3-D printer.

  • Two garbage cans outside a brick building.

    New York City mayor Bloomberg vows to double recycling rates by 2017

    Wed, Jan 18, 2012 10:13 AM by Starre Vartan

    The 'recycling-challenged' city is going to make some serious changes in the next five years, including compost pick-up.

  • 1,000 Doors by Choi Jeong-Hwa

    1,000 Doors: Push, pull, repurpose

    Tue, Jan 10, 2012 9:00 AM by Matt Hickman

    South Korean installation artist Choi Jeong-Hwa takes a break from his preferred medium of plastic to completely cover the facade of an anonymous 10-story building in Seoul with 1,000 repurposed doors.

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