Metro Ticket in Exchange for Plastic Bottles in Rome

Rome introduced a new incentive to tackle plastic pollution and I'm loving it! The city officials have placed special machines on three main metro stations....

Should We Wave Goodbye to Disposable Cutlery?

Let's all start carrying proper cutlery with us! The moment I saw the article appear in one of the latest issues of National Geographic, I...

How to Get Rid of (Recycle) Electric Car Batteries

Electric cars are sometimes criticized for being less eco-friendly than they seem. The vehicles won't last forever, and one day will need to be...

How to Make Shiny Roof Shingles From Recycled Aluminum Cans

Aluminum pollution has attracted quite a bit of attention lately, especially since the concentrations of the element in cosmetics and shampoos were found to be...

IBM Researchers Develop Radical New Recycling Process for Old Plastic

Currently, more than 272 million metric tons of plastic are produced each year around the globe, with one-quarter of that made up of PET. To...

How You Can Recycle Parts from a Damaged Old Car

Driving a car is often looked upon as the worst thing you can possibly do when it comes to minimizing the impact of your...

Newly Discovered Bacteria Make Plastics Rot Much Faster

Around 5 to 10 years from now a tiny organism with an unusual appetite made a home in an industrial site near a bottle-recycling...

How to Make a $1 Speaker Out of Recycled Paper Plates

This project can prove itself green if you use leftover plastic plates from a picnic, some magnets you have lying around and some copper...

Adidas Reveals 100% Recyclable Running Shoes That Live Forever

Adidas' latest invention is recyclable running shoes, which have infinite number of lives. Once the owner no longer wants to use them, he can...

Paper Bricks Created from Recycling Waste

Two Indian professors at the National Institute of Technology in India developed a way to create paper bricks from recycling waste once they discovered...