Recent Posts Tagged With 'recycling'

• 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...

• Where To Recycle Electronics

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 04:00 in electronics, Free, recycling, pollution, recycle

  It’s often difficult to know what to do with electronics, and some places charge for recycling electronics (I’m looking at you my local EDCO for desktop computers). So to help in trying to find places that recycle electronics for free, Co...

• Designer Toothbrush Made from Dollar Bills

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 04:00 in shopping, recycling, toothbrush, dollar bills

  Radius toothbrush have long made toothbrush handles from sustainable sources, we’ve looked at a couple previously here. The Source range have changeable handles and in addition to the recycled wood handle they now have recycled flax and recycle...

• Eco Design Fair Back With A Party

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 04:00 in shopping, eco, recycling, organic, fair

  London once again plays host to the Eco Design Fair with three days of the fair plus a recycling party night. On Saturday 20 June 2009 between 11am-5pm the fair is at Westbourne Grove Church: Westbourne Grove (Corner of Ledbury Road) Notting Hill Lo...

• Creative Ways To Re-Use Junk Mail

  Posted on Tuesday December 30th, 2008 at 03:00 in recycling, junk mail

  Even if you unsubscribe to junk mail it can still come addressed to The Owner, or Current Resident. Sure, it may go straight into the recycling pile, but there are other creative things that can be done with junk mail (sorry, “direct mail”...

• Wrap Christmas Presents With No Paper or Tape

  Posted on Tuesday December 23rd, 2008 at 03:00 in Packaging, recycling, christmas, wrapping

  If you haven’t yet got around to wrapping your presents, an interesting idea was sent to us, using the Japanese art of Furoshiki to wrap presents in fabric. Helps if you have two presents of the same size to give to get the coolest look. See m...

• 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...

• 34 Different Recycling Boxes!

  Posted on Tuesday September 30th, 2008 at 04:00 in recycling

  Some people find it difficult to recycle with only a mixed recycling box, never mind 34 different ones. Yes, that’s right, Kamikatsu, a town on Shikoku Island in eastern Japan, requires it’s residents to sort their recycling out into 34 d...

• Are You Still Getting Junk Mail?

  Posted on Thursday September 25th, 2008 at 04:00 in mail, Packaging, recycling, stamp, direct mail, junk mail

  Most people I know and speak with have opted out of junk mail (aka direct mail) by using www.mpsonline.org.uk in the UK or http://www.greendimes.com or similar in the US). However if you’re still getting junk mail, you can return them to sender...

• Are You Up For The Zero Waste Challenge?

  Posted on Thursday August 21st, 2008 at 13:00 in competitions, recycling, trash, waste, rubbish

  Rachelle Strauss (aka Mrs Green) and the three other members of her family from the UK are about to set about challenging themselves to creating zero waste! By recycling all that they can and changing their shopping habits, they hope to be able to pr...

• Upgrade Your Old Computer

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 04:00 in Computers, recycling, reuse

  Being a bit of a computer geek, I love to upgrade my computer as much as possible before buying a new one. Not only is it satisfying to see a slow computer whizz along with some new RAM, it’s also much cheaper and avoids the tricky problem of d...

• The Largest Ever Upcycling Program?

  Posted on Thursday July 31st, 2008 at 04:00 in Packaging, recycling, terracycle, kraft, upcycling

  In 2001, Tom Szaky founded TerraCycle whose eco-friendly products are sold at major retailers like The Home Depot, Target, Wal*Mart and Whole Foods Markets. Upcycling is the art of taking used goods like packages and materials that are challenging to...

• Is Your Fridge A Work Of Art?

  Posted on Thursday July 10th, 2008 at 04:00 in energy, recycling, competition, recycle, fridge

  As a follow up to our Save $100 Per Year With A New Fridge article a few weeks ago (which highlighted the US Department of Energy’s Recycle My Fridge campaign), they now have an Art Fridge competition. There will be a National Fridge Art Exhibitio...