zero waste Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:14:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Japanese Pub Made from Recycled Materials in a Zero-Waste Town https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japanese-pub-made-from-recycled-materials-in-a-zero-waste-town-20190215/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japanese-pub-made-from-recycled-materials-in-a-zero-waste-town-20190215/#respond Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:10:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67881 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japanese-pub-made-from-recycled-materials-in-a-zero-waste-town-20190215/feed/ 0 67881 KFC Promotes Zero-Waste, Offers Coffee in Cookie Cups https://www.greenoptimistic.com/kfc-cookie-cups/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/kfc-cookie-cups/#respond Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:39:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=53484 Do you want a cookie with your coffee? KFC will give you an even better deal- coffee served in the cookie. To celebrate their 50th birthday, the big fast food chain has decided to start a campaign for raising awareness about environmental pollution, pointing to disposable cups in particular.  Later on this year, a selected […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/kfc-cookie-cups/feed/ 0 53484 Silo, The First Zero-Waste Restaurant in the UK https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silo-first-zero-waste-restaurant-uk-20141030/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silo-first-zero-waste-restaurant-uk-20141030/#respond Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:48:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49949 Food waste is increasing at alarming rates and the food industry is the biggest contributor to this. Most restaurants and supermarkets dump perfectly good produce at dumpsters. Thankfully, most does not mean all, and more and more “Zero-Waste” restaurants are popping up- first in the US, now the UK follows. World’s population is expected to […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silo-first-zero-waste-restaurant-uk-20141030/feed/ 0 49949 Chinese Company Uses 3D Printer to Construct 10 Houses in 24 Hours https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chinese-company-uses-3d-printer-construct-10-houses-24-hours-20140430/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chinese-company-uses-3d-printer-construct-10-houses-24-hours-20140430/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 18:20:28 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47220 The small houses that the Chinese company Winsun New Materials is building may look plain, but they represent a huge breakthrough in rapid construction. Amazingly, or scarily, enough the company used a giant 22 foot tall 33 foot wide 3D printer to create 10 small houses in 24 hours. Each home is made from recycled […]

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