Guinness World Record for 45,000-Milk-Carton Tetra Brik Pavilion

To mark World Recycling Day in Spain, CUACS Arquitectura unveiled a quite remarkable pavilion built using 45,000 milk cartons. In conjunction with RESUR, a...

Astronauts Turn to Recycling as NASA Converts Trash to New Parts

Apparently, waste is not only an earth-based problem as NASA is also trying to figure out how to deal with waste produced in space...

Starbucks’ $1 Reusable Cups Make for Greener Coffee Drinking

Starting Thursday, Starbucks has begun implementing plans to introduce a $1 reusable plastic cup in several of its coffee shops in order to decrease...

Mobile Phones Causing Huge E-Waste Issue

Cell phones have become ubiquitous in the modern world. They seem to be everywhere and everyone seems to have one. While hailed as a...

Unilever Removes Plastic Micro Beads from Hygiene and Cosmetic Products

Plastic micro beads used as exfoliating granules will be completely removed from hygiene and cosmetic products produced by Unilever NV. The London and Rotterdam...

Recycled Paper Surprisingly Finds Use as Building Material

Although it is quite common to see recycled paper put to use in the making of items like jewellery or wallpaper, it is quite...

20 Million Pounds of Lights Processed by Chinese Christmas Light Recycling Factories Every Year

One man’s ruined Christmas lights is another man’s treasure. In Shijiao, China, the Yong Chang Processing Company is responsible for recycling unwanted holiday decorations...
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E-Waste Recycling – The Human Cost

Today's electronic devices, computers, laptops, mobile devices, and others, are often obsolete in a matter of months or years. The most affluent nations in...

ReCycle One Step Closer to Its First 100% Recycled Aluminum Bicycles

ReCycle, the bicycle manufacturer, is edging closer to the release of its very first 100% recycled aluminum bicycles. Apart from the attention garnered by...

intelliPaper Finds New Way to Convert Scraps of Paper into Functional USB Drive

Even though the advent of email and social networking has resulted in a significant drop in the quantity of paper used in communication and...