Trash Talk- News from the Dumpster

City’s Quest toward Green Dominance has it Putting Trash into the Roads

Mar 08

Photo source: Dvice.com

It seems logical that keeping trash off the roadways is the eco-friendly thing to do, but not in this case. Vancouver B.C. is the first city in the world integrating a new plastic-to-asphalt technology to literally add trash into the asphalt mix. It’s all part of the city’s plan to become the world’s Greenest City by 2020. Read More…

Trashed Homes: 13 Houses Constructed from Junk

Feb 22

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…

Trash to Technology: 5 Incredible Homemade Tech Creations

Feb 08

Some people see garbage as an opportunity. It takes quite a bit of imagination and ingenuity to transform household junk into innovative tech gadgets and doohickeys. Here are some of the coolest examples of how you can repurpose trash with a twist of tech. Read More…

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

Feb 01

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…

Tips to Save Money on Local Dumpster Rental Service

Jan 16

dumpster rental savings
Renting a dumpster can get quite expensive if you go at it blindly. There are easy ways to ensure you’re getting the best price on a dumpster rental for whatever project you need it for. Why spend $500 for a dumpster when you can get it for $350? We can show you how. Read More…

The Recycled Orchestra: Making Sweet Music from Discarded Junk

Jan 09

Image via ScienceoftheTime.com

A group of young musicians living in a remote Paraguayan village located near a landfill view trash in a much brighter light than the rest of us. So many kids in the area were interested in playing music that there weren’t enough instruments to go around. Solution: Build musical instruments out of found materials at the landfill. Read More…

Garbage Truck Wedding – A Trashy Affair

Jan 07

Source: Ronnie Keshishian, via: Waste and Recycling News

Is there a better place to renew your wedding vows than right alongside a Heil Environmental 7000 automated side-loading garbage truck? According to Ronnie Keshishian, nope! He recently surprised his wife of 16 years with the unique wedding-vow-renewal ceremony in front of about 200 people. Read More…

Airport Feeds Trash to Worms, Makes Free Fertilizer

Jan 04

worm composting at airport
North Carolina’s Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (CLT) is on the cutting edge of manufacturing huge quantities of worm poop…Huh!? It’s true, and it’s not gross; it actually makes this airport one of the most eco-friendly in the United States. Read More…

Mobile App Makes it Easier to Recycle Holiday Junk

Jan 02

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

Dec 07

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…