“Zero Waste” Restaurant Goes Much Further than Recycle
We’ve heard the waste reduction mantra, “Reduce, Recycle, Reuse,” which has helped reduce the amount of waste heading to landfills, but what if we...
Adding Beer Waste to Bricks Improves Their Heat Insulation Properties
If every time you had a beer, you were overwhelmed by a guilty feeling that the beer brewing byproduct ends up in landfills, worry...
Scientists Just Made Rewritable Paper Real
Paper waste is one of the biggest environmental issues we're facing nowadays. A team of researchers has come up with an interesting solution to...
How “The Hybrid Shop” Reduces Hybrid Battery Waste
When considering a hybrid vehicle, perhaps one of the first things you think about is fuel economy. Then there’s the hybrid battery, which will...
Energizer’s Recycled Battery Hits Market as “EcoAdvanced”
Energizer's new recycled batteries are about to revolutionize the commercial industry as we know it. The "EcoAdvanced" line of products contains recycled old cells.
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E. Coli Infections on the Rise After Plastic Bag Ban
San Francisco’s ban on plastic bags is having major repercussions on public health, according to professors at the University of Pennsylvania and George Mason...
How to Make a Nice Bowl From Recycled Paper
This article will teach you how to make an inexpensive, low-tech bowl by recycling paper you have lying around, instead of throwing it to...
New 3D Printer Filament Made from Recycled Potato Chip Bags
While often criticized for its not-so-green nature, 3D printing is one of the best liberal means of quickly creating objects from various materials right...
How Recycled Milk Jugs Can Make 3D Printing Cheaper and Greener
By recycling milk jugs, Joshua Pearce, a DIYer and researcher from Michigan Technological University is working on a method to drastically cut down costs associated with...
Human Composting May Become Legal in Washington
"Natural Organic Reduction" is the name Washington has used to refer to what we can understand as composting human remains. Last Friday the state...
