We live in an era of recycling, where hippies scream in horror if they spot a soda can in the garbage and go into convulsions at the thought of a landfill full of paper. But if you think glass bottles, milk jugs and CSI are the only things that can be recycled, read on. The next dump you take could be used to build a school in Japan. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Ann Wizer turns tooth paste tubes into chairs, and turns other trash into useful, and beautiful art. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Discarded computer parts could one day wind up fueling your car. That’s because researchers in Romania and Turkey have developed a simple, efficient method for recycling printed circuit boards into environmentally-friendly raw materials for use in fuel, plastic, and other useful consumer products. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Faced with the constant erosion of Florida's beaches, Broward County officials are exploring using recycled glass — crushed into tiny grains and mixed with regular sand — to help fill gaps. picked by deepchill 2 years ago

"Okay, I guess I have to admit it. The VHS tape is history. The problem is, I still have a couple of hundred of them sitting around, just taking up space. So what can I do with those old VHS video tapes?" picked by gammerus 1 year ago

These are the winners from the annual Greener Gadgets competition in New York. I totally want a human-powered lamp! picked by sparklyeyedgal181 2 years ago

Recycling rates have risen, and the UK is on schedule to meet EU targets, but the key to dealing with our escalating waste problem lies in changing our buying habits and our attitudes to consumption. picked by squirmster 2 years ago

Eco-thinkers have come up with an amazing new way to create drinking water - by putting plants in the bottom of a shower. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

The Freecycle Network is made up of 4,521 groups with 5,324,000 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. picked by doggylives 1 year ago

...as hair bands. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago

No mercury, lead or plastic in the machine. Wood panels impregnated with *seeds* so that when you throw the thing away, it'll grow new trees! picked by henkspaan 1 year ago

It began with a line of plastic bags ghosting the surface, followed by an ugly tangle of junk: nets and ropes and bottles, motor-oil jugs and cracked bath toys, a mangled tarp. Tires. A traffic cone. Moore could not believe his eyes. Out here in this desolate place, the water was a stew of plastic crap. It was as though someone had taken the pristine seascape of his youth and swapped it for a lan... read full post picked by psycmoe 1 year ago

Keep up with times and make your own cloth bags. picked by gammerus 2 years ago

To make your own brown paper bag recipe cards follow these easy step by step instructions. Make a set of blank cards to give as a housewarming or wedding gift. picked by DaftGretel 9 months ago

City Commissioner Sam Adams is pushing a plan to impose a fee on grocery bags. Paper or plastic.
Adams, who hopes to have the fee in place before he takes over as mayor next year, said he has yet to decide how much to charge. But he's discussing that the City Council vote for a fee ranging anywhere from a nickel to 20 cents per bag. picked by muppet 1 year ago

Energy Champions is a fast and furious game where you must collect the recycling dropped from above by the selfish workers and place them in the correct recycling bins before your carbon workprint becomes too big. picked by willcheng 2 years ago

Two students saw the giant mess left when everyone moved out of the dorm. They figured out it was really a mountain of opportunity. Which campus will be the next one to turn the end-of-year dorm refuse into charity dollars? picked by hisidea 2 years ago

If you're a sex-happy eco-conscious adult, what do you do with all of those toys that no longer excite you (or excited you so much they broke)? You send them to Dreamscapes to be recycled. Just clean them first, please. picked by tigertony 3 months ago

Marks & Spencer is thinking about whether its customers will be willing to change their buying habits, to pay more for less-fashionable but “sustainable” garments. After all, consumers have shown a willingness to pay more for clothes not made in sweatshops, and some are unwilling to buy diamonds because of forced labor in African mines. picked by Misslesh 3 years ago

Well, you decide. picked by cb__ 2 years ago