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ecoATM Recycles 17 Elephants Worth of Cell Phones

Time for a new cell phone

Photo via Digital Trends


1 million gadgets and counting… That’s how many outdated, broken or otherwise unwanted electronic gadgets ecoATM has helped keep out of landfills. ecoATM is a California-based e-waste recycling company which sets up small “ATM-like” automated kiosks at various locations around the United States giving you access to instant cash for feeding it cell phones, old tablets and MP3 players. Read More…

Burning Trash is no Stink

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Trash incineration is a growing trend in the United States, and we’re not talking about trash barrel burning in your backyard. We’re talking about the large-scale waste-to-energy facilities located across the country. There are currently fewer than 100 of these waste-to-energy plants in the U.S., and while these facilities are able to generate a huge amount of electricity from burning trash, the U.S. still ranks well below other countries in terms of how much trash we burn for electricity. Read More…

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

filabot plastic filament maker

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…

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