All the stories tagged with: recycle
Sony recycles old DVDs into new TVs
02/06/2012, The TV business is a cut-throat one, and with South Korean companies seemingly having the upper hand against the Japanese, it is not surprising to see some players drop out of the game. Sony themselves as a company on the [...]
EcoATM offers cash in return for your old phone
10/13/2011, Going green is the way to go, so why not find some way in making money out of this movement? The EcoATM says it all – this startup intends to assist everyday folks in reducing electronic waste while giving them [...]
Drought pushes Texas residents to drink (recycled) pee
08/05/2011, According to the latest reports online, folks living in Texas right now are experiencing record-breaking, scorching hot weather and that’s not the worst part: they also have the drought to deal with. Apparently it’s so bad that Texans have been [...]
Motherboard Gifts recycles technology in effort to save the earth
08/02/2011, The world’s population is already going to touch the 7 billion population mark – now that is certainly an achievement to be proud of, but one thing’s for sure – are we consuming or wasting too many resources that we [...]
Nokia makes a mobile man from recycled phones
07/20/2011, What do you do with phones that don’t work anymore? You usually leave them in a drawer somewhere, throw them away or recycle them. While not all of us are tree huggers by nature, Nokia is trying its best to [...]
A Vacuum Cleaner Made Out Of Cardboard
07/01/2011, How would like to clean, while at the same time go green? If you do, what do you think about this vacuum cleaner that is made out of cardboard? Initially designed by Loughborough University student, Jake Tyler, the vacuum cleaner [...]
Transformers made out of waste auto parts
05/04/2011, Want to take recycling to the next level? You might want to take a leaf out of China’s book, where creations constructed out of waste parts from old motor vehicles. Makes perfect sense, actually, as most of the Transformers that [...]
Seale Solar develops world’s first solar powered rain harvesting, waste processing facility
04/01/2011, With companies all over the world planning to go green, Seale Solar has developed a facility to help these companies out. Touted as the “World’s First Solar Powered, Rain Harvesting, Waste Processing Micro-Franchise Facility” it is a self-sufficient, working system [...]
Solar electric vehicle charging station recycled
03/19/2011, How about going greener than you normally would? That’s exactly what happened with this solar electric vehicle charging station that was constructed using recycled materials, and to think that it has now been recycled itself – and will see action [...]
Modular laptops make it easy to recycle
02/16/2011, To solve the problem of electronics being disposed irresponsibly and building up unnecessary waste, 3 students from Stanford and Finland’s Aalto University have come up with an easily recyclable laptop. The recyclable laptop can be easily disassembled by anybody without [...]
Neverware looks to old computers for a brighter tomorrow
01/24/2011, With more than a million PCs sold each day worldwide according to Intel, it goes without saying that these computer-savvy folks own more than a single computer most of the time. Well, that would also mean generating a whole load [...]
Recycled plastic bottles used to build new school
12/28/2010, Plastic bottles are the scourge of many developing countries, as the use of them are prevalent with no real and proper recycling system implemented. Well, the town of San Pablo, Philippines, certainly has a thought for the future of their [...]
Chevrolet Volt uses recycled parts from Deepwater Horizon oil spill clean-up materials
12/27/2010, If you have a heart for the environment, chances are you’re already driving an electric or hybrid vehicle. For owners of the Chevrolet Volt, you can wear a smug grin knowing that GM recently announced that said vehicle in production [...]
