Window Glass Recycling: Difficult but Not Impossible
September 29, 2011
Window glass is completely different than traditional glass bottles. But there are still nontraditional ways to properly recycle it.
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Natural Landscapes Recreated in Junk
September 21, 2011
Environmental artist Tom Deininger upcycles old, unwanted junk on a truly grand scale.
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Pickin’ for Green Home Renovations
September 20, 2011
Lifetime’s ‘Picker Sisters’ series demonstrates how reusing old junk is an economical and green way to spruce up any home.
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Cute Little Robots Created from Retro Household Junk
September 16, 2011
Discover how a bit of grinding, drilling and riveting can transform a pile of rusting parts into wonderful recycled junk robots with their own personalities.
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WWII Shipwreck Transformed into an Underwater Art Gallery
September 13, 2011
Recycling stories involving objects as big as ships are rare, but here’s one retired and sunken ship, the Vandenberg, that not only fulfills one new purpose, but two.
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‘Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage’
September 2, 2011
A short documentary shows how Americans manage their waste, and what the future holds for our landfills and recycling rates.
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Ten Totally Bizarre Bike Mods
August 29, 2011
See the most unusual everyday items become integral parts of bicycles. Repurposing at its best!
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Business Ties Reborn as Deadly Snakes
August 15, 2011
In the capable hands of artistic duo Guerra de la Paz, repurposed ties become deadly cobras — symbols of fear and oppression in the corporate world.
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The 80-Foot Tower Built from 30,000 Books
August 9, 2011
Recycling books has never been so monumentally beautiful — and ultimately lasting — as when 30,000 volumes were assembled to create the “Tower of Babel.”
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Baking Something Good ’n Toasty with Old Washing Machine Parts
August 8, 2011
Fulfilling a basic need in Brazil has been sustained by an unlikely resource: old washing machine parts.