Before diving into a project with wooden pallets, make sure you know how to figure out if they’re safe to use.
Easy Upcycling: Turn a Tin Can into a Jack Oโ Lantern
Easy upcycling expert Jennifer Tuohy shows you how to make a jack o lantern from a tin can… with the kids!
The Waste Biz: What Ford Hopes To Learn From Lizards
Ford Motor company is studying lizards to figure out how to make some of its materials more recyclable. Plus, a hip-hop sneaker restorer…
5 Wastes You Didn’t Know Could Be Recycled
The wastes that have recycling potential go well beyond what you can throw in your blue bin, and aren’t limited to consumer products and packaging.
Charcoal Briquettes Made From Coffee Grounds? Yep, That’s A Thing… [Video]
Inspired by what he saw at a Guatemalan coffee farms, Rich Bruins created Coffee Coals: charcoal briquettes made from used coffee grounds.
10 Headphone Repair Hacks
Headphones not working or broken? Avoid the temptation to toss and replace, and try one of these headphone repair tactics to get them back in shape.
The Waste Biz: Is “Big Food” Well-Positioned To Address The Waste Issue?
The industries that make up “Big Food” – ranging from agricultural biotechnology to food processing to fast food to institutional catering – generally don’t get a lot of love from [ … ]
Reclaiming Plastic And Fiber From Dirty Diapers: Knowaste
British company Knowaste has developed technology to reclaim plastic and fiber from dirty diapers and other absorbent hygiene products.
Can You Reuse K-Cups? Yes – Here Are 17 Ideas
Coffee pods aren’t designed for recycling, but can you reuse K-Cups? Yes: with a little ingenuity, there are all sorts of way to make use of this waste.
New Jersey Digs Into Its Biomass Waste; What It Finds Isn’t Pretty
Rutgers University finds that the Garden State tosses over 4 million tons of biomass that it could recycle into energy, heat, and/or transportation fuel.
The Waste Biz: John Tierney Questions The Importance Of Recycling
John Tierney raised a ruckus with a NYT op-ed arguing that the importance of recycling is overstated by well-meaning but underinformed consumers and politicians.
On-Site Plastic To Fuel Recycling: A Better Alternative?
If plastic to fuel recycling can happen on-site, eliminating transportation needs, does that make this a greener process than traditional recycling?
Is The Lowly Mealworm The Answer To Our Plastic Pollution?
Stanford researchers have discovered that the mealworm can subsist solely on a diet of polystyrene, producing wastes that are safe for crop fertilizer.