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Japanese Pub Made from Recycled Materials in a Zero-Waste Town

Mila Luleva — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:10:25 +0000

This incredible pub in Japan is a symbol of sustainability. Built in the outskirts of a zero-waste town, the pub’s interior and exterior are made of reclaimed and recycled materials. If I have to pick the most sustainable and environment-oriented country I have visited, Japan will definitely be right up there in my top three. […]

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Iran’s Apartment No. 1 Built Entirely from Recycled Stone

Mike Sandru — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:56:02 +0000

Iranian city Mahallat is home to a thriving stone cutting industry. Even though the industry contributes nearly half of the city’s economy, it also generates a lot of waste stone from the cutting process. Tehran’s Architecture by Collective Terrain thus set out to put the so-called waste stone to use by constructing an apartment building […]

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Guinness World Record for 45,000-Milk-Carton Tetra Brik Pavilion

Mike Sandru — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:44:42 +0000

To mark World Recycling Day in Spain, CUACS Arquitectura unveiled a quite remarkable pavilion built using 45,000 milk cartons. In conjunction with RESUR, a waste recycling firm, the Grenada government started the project in 2011. Using tetra briks collected from about 100 colleges in Granada and recycling them, the project, once finished, won the Guinness […]

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