3D printed house.
In Shanghai, China, the WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Company claims to have 3D printed ten houses with inexpensive industrial scraps in 24 hours. (Photos)
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Shipping containers-turned-houses
Recycled shipping containers are blending environmentalism with style.
Corrugated shipping containers have come a long way from transport, storage, and handling of various goods. They have attracted the eye and attention of architects and city planners alike. (Pics)
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Frii bicycle made of recycled plastic
Frii plastic bike
The ultimate green machine will not only be human-powered, but will be made of recycled materials like the Frii prototype plastic bike, despite various takes on the perfect mode of eco-friendly city transport.
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Aluminum Foam Made from Recycled Cans
Aluminum foam
Aluminum foam is neat stuff, made by melting the metal down and adding a bubbling agent while it’s in liquid form. The resultant material looks like a sponge, is up to 95% air, is fireproof, sound-dampening, reflective, and can absorb a high amount of impact force.
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California to Become the First State to Ban Plastic Bags
Californians use an estimated 19 billion plastic bags a year.
California is to become the first US state to ban plastic bags in supermarkets in a move Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called a “great victory for the environment.” Shoppers will have to bring their own reusable bags or pay at least 5 cents each for recycled paper ones under the ban which was approved by state politicians.
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Terrewalks – Innovative Sidewalks Made from Recycled Tires
Terrewalks are made from recycled tires and waste plastics
Concrete sidewalks can make a walk around the neighborhood a pleasant experience, unless the sidewalks are cracked, broken and lifted by tree roots. Then they become dangerous to walk on. Sidewalk repairs require intensive labor, money and sometimes the removal of trees and their invasive roots, but with Terrewalks trees, money and labor are saved.
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Massive House Built with 6 Million Recycled Glass Bottles
House made of beer bottles
If you liked the house made with plastic bottles in Parque Iguazu, this one will blow you away. Tito Ingenieri, a character from a city called Quilmes, about an hour south from Buenos Aires, has built a massive home made entirely from beer bottles and trash. And by massive, we mean… (Video and Pics)
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Wearable 3D Printed Footwear
This laser-sintered 3D-printed shoe, by Naim Josefi and Souzan Youssouf, was displayed at Stockholm’s Fashion Week. If only it was made out of the kind of milk-based bioplastic that smells like rice pudding, well, shiny shiny shiny pumps of dairy!
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Living Wall Systems
Example of a BioWall
We’ve all seen them in action (sort of), so now it is time to check them out on a new level and get at least a cursory look at the different off-the-shelf options out there for living walls. A few select companies are offering systems that are available to North American buyers and beyond. Here’s a summary of what I have found to date… (Pics)
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250,000 Recycled Floating Bottles Used To (Re)Build Mexican Island Paradise
If you can’t afford to buy your own tropical island paradise, why not build your own? That is exactly what Richie Sowa did back in 1998, from over a quarter-million plastic bottles. His Spiral Island, destroyed years later by a hurricane, sported a two-story house, solar oven, self-composting toilet and multiple beaches. Better yet, he has started building another one! His ultimate goal? To build the island bigger and bigger and finally float out to sea, traveling the world from the comfort of his own private paradise. (Pics) (Video)
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14 Awesome Sculptures Made Of Tires
Sculptures made from recycled tires
Tires wear out every few years, and then you have to replace them. But what happens with the old tires? Often they are ground down and made into a surface for a running track. Or they are made into a sculptures. (Pics)
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Your Butt is Wasting the Rainforest
Cleanliness at a high cost.
Here’s something for you to ponder the next time you’re in the bathroom: American’s love for soft toilet paper is ecologically hard on forests!
… fluffiness comes at a price: millions of trees harvested in North America and in Latin American countries, including some percentage of trees from rare old-growth forests in Canada. Although toilet tissue can be made at similar cost from recycled material, it is the fiber taken from standing trees that help give it that plush feel, and most large manufacturers rely on them.
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