Environment

Trashed Homes: 13 Houses Constructed from Junk

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Photo Source: Gary Jackson


Typically, the idea is get garbage out of the house and carted off to the landfill. That’s not the case here. Some creative, eco-minded individuals are taking trash and using it to construct full-fledge, livable housing.

These homes are built from scrap metal, reclaimed lumber, soda cans and bottles, plastic waste, shipping containers and plain-old trash. Living in a “dump” has never been so sweet! Read More…

Robot Chews Up Plastic Waste, Spits Out Filament for 3D Printers

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Photo by Whitney Trudo via Wired.com


Plastic waste makes up more than 12-percent of all waste entering landfills in the U.S., according to 2010 figures from the EPA, which is equivalent to about 31 million tons. Only about 8-percent of this plastic trash was recycled, so that leaves quite a bit plastic junk lying around. An innovative new gadget called the Filabot promises to improve the plastic waste problem – it grinds up plastic, melts it, and extrudes plastic filament. Read More…

Mobile App Makes it Easier to Recycle Holiday Junk

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Source: Earth911.com


The holidays are over but now the real work begins: Cleaning up the excess of wrapping paper, cardboard, obsolete household items, and the list goes on. Fortunately, technology is here to help. An innovative new mobile makes it a breeze to find recycling centers near you willing to take your unwanted holiday junk. Read More…

Sounds from the Dumpster: Artist Turns Trash into Ear Pleasing Musical Instruments

Ken Butler - musical instruments from trash
It’s safe to say that Ken Butler isn’t your average artist and musician. Sure, he can play a wide range of stringed and percussion instruments like any seasoned musician out there can do, but it’s the actual instruments he plays that set him apart. He builds fully-functioning musical instruments out of stuff he finds in the dumpster! Legendary guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin may be more famous for playing his axe on stage, but Ken Butler can boast that he literally plays an axe! Read More…

Eco-Friendly Junk Removal Companies Sweeping the Nation

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Have a garage, basement or whole home filled with junk? If you answered “yes,” congratulations!…You’re normal! We all have an area of the house in desperate need of some decluttering but either don’t have the time, motivation or physical ability to clean up the mess. Calling a junk removal service is the answer to the problem. What’s cool about many junk removal service providers today is the growing trend of ‘green’ junk removal. Read More…

“Trash Stats” – Waste in America [Infographic]

American’s generate about 250 million tons of waste each year. That’s an incredibly huge amount of trash, junk, construction debris, e-waste, and so on entering landfills, recycling centers and composting piles each year. Sometimes it’s easier to see what’s going on these days with America’s municipal waste system by looking at a visual depiction of the types of stuff we throw away, how much of it, and what we’re doing to turn that waste into sustainable energy. “Trash Stats” is an infographic that aims to do just that, enjoy… Read More…

$2,200 Fendi Bag…Not Unusual, except this One’s Made out of Trash!

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Carmina Campus via WSJ.com


Fashion from garbage: That’s what Ilaria Fendi, former designer and heiress to the Fendi line of luxurious handbags, is bringing to the table. Would you sport a handbag made out of bottle caps, tires, fabric remnants and other things literally pulled out of the trashcan? It seems that people are, and they’re paying a pretty penny for it. Some of products in Fendi’s new lineup of “trashion” are fetching upwards of $2,200 a pop. Read More…

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