Recent Posts Tagged With 'plastic'

• A Real-Life Wall-E

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 04:00 in science, Packaging, recycling, plastic

  Apparently Italian scientists are developing DustCart, an on-demand robot trash collector. DustCart is part of a project called “DustBot,” a $3.9 million research program that started in 2006 to implement robotics in society in useful way...

• Find Out How They Make Plastic Into Fabric

  Posted on Friday November 14th, 2008 at 03:00 in internet, recycling, fabric, plastic, online magazine

  We get lots of emails at Life Goggles and one the other week turned out to be a two in one deal. Not only did it link to a digital editions of magazines via a website called Cloverleaf, but the article it pointed to for a free preview was about how p...

• Wales To Be Britain’s Biggest Plastic Recycler

  Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 04:00 in recycling, britain, plastic

  It was only earlier in 2008 that Closed Loop Recycling opened its plant in Dagenham, England. But now it’s been announced that an even bigger plant is to open in Deeside, Wales. The £12 plant has been given the go-ahead by the Government and i...

• Act2 GreenSmart Messenger Bag Review

  Posted on Monday September 22nd, 2008 at 04:00 in review, product reviews, bag, plastic, reuse, product reviews - clothes and accessories

  Finding alternative green materials to the most commonly used synthetic materials out there is often a challenge. I was delighted to be sent a Act2 GreenSmart horizontal messenger bag. The bad also comes in a vertical version and in Storm Blue. IR...

• Is There Really A Toxic Garbage Island?

  Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 11:00 in water, sea, trash, pollution, ocean, rubbish, plastic

  Apparently some people have been talking about a patch of rubbish/garbage the size of the US state of Texas floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, ingeniously dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Basically, the theory is any rubbish/trash th...

• BuyGreen.com Reusable Bag Product Review

  Posted on Wednesday August 20th, 2008 at 04:00 in product reviews, plastic, reusable bag, product reviews - clothes and accessories

  BuyGreen.com offer a wide variety of green products for the home, leisure and the workplace. One of those is a reusable shopping bag, which we were sent to test to compare to our other reusable bag reviews. There are many different reusable bags on ...

• ReJAVAnate Reusable Bag Eco Product Review

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 04:00 in product review, product reviews, bag, plastic, reuse, product reviews - clothes and accessories

  We’ve tested a lot of reusable shopping bags on Life Goggles and there is a huge variety in the style and type. You can see them all on our Reusable Bag Comparison Chart, and the latest bag we have proves that there is always something new. ReJ...

• Give Your Plastic Bottle A New Life

  Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 04:00 in water, plastic, tap water

  We Want Tap is a nice new idea. Essentially it’s just a DIY labeling kit for your water bottle. Whilst we encourage the use of reusable bottles - plastic, steel or aluminum - there are times when they’re not practical due to size, or if ...