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3D Portraits of Celebrities Created With Their Own Garbage

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images via Jason Mercer via 1800recycling This art piece featuring Conan O’Brien is made with remote controls, electronic boards, cellphones and cables, among other pieces of garbage. And it is just one of a huge collection of incredibly realistic, detailed portraits made by Jason Mecier, an artist who puts a lot of stock into the potential of stuff that seems to have reached the end of its useful life. Check out some of his impressive work after the jump. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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DIY Balloons Glow to Show Air Quality

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Instructables The idea of showing air quality by emitting glowing colors is fairly old. In fact, in 2007, Pairs launched hot air balloons above the city that would show citizens the level of cleanliness of the air they were breathing in. Even air filters have started to sport glowing colors to indicate the level of pollutants in the air. But having such a cool air qualit… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Thoughts on Lollapalooza: Concerts Getting Cleaner?

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photos by Jeff Kart So I spent the weekend at Lollapalooza, along with another 200,000 or so people, rocking out to headliners like Green Day, The Strokes and Lady Gaga. And I noticed something. For the most part, people were doing the right thing: Recycling their beer cans, using refillable water bottles, putting trash in its place. Now this may not seem like a revolution, but it’s worth mentioning, especially against the backdrop of the first few Lollapaloozas I attended back in the 1990s…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Artists Recycle Lottery Tickets into Stuff They’d Buy

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

An H3 Hummer built with $39,000 worth of discarded lottery tickets. All photos via Ghost of a Dream . Each year, millions of lottery tickets are sold to people who dream of winning big — but the vast majority of the time, those tickets end up being just pricey bits of trash. One recycling artistic team, however, has begun transforming all those losing tickets into something with real value — the stuff a gambler may have purch… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Texas Oil Companies Funding Campaign to Overturn CA Climate Law

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A few years ago, the state of California passed a landmark bill designed to reign in carbon pollution to 1990 levels by 2020, and Governor Schwarzenegger signed it into law. Now, the trailblazing law is beginning to take effect — but wouldn’t you know it? The fossil fuel industry and conservative politicians who ally themselves with it are attempting to shut it down. In particular, a number of Texas-based oil companies have begun funneling millions of dollars into misleading campaigns designed to overturn California’s law…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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This Car Runs on Poop: The Bio Bug

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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First U.S. Battery Recycling Facility in 20 Years Gets Green Light

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Credit: Charles Williams It’s the first air permit issued in almost 20 years for a new, fully-integrated battery recycling facility in the U.S., says Johnson Controls Inc. The company secured the permit from South Carolina environmental regulators. And they did it in cooperation with local and national groups including the Coastal Conservation League and League of Women Voters of South Carolina. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Couple Lives Trash Free for One Year

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: Week 52, Green Garbage Project Okay, “trash free” technically only applies if you consider that the small box of non-recyclables accumulated by Amy and Adam Korst now counts as collectible. The Korsts write in their blog, Green Garbage Project : “Oddly enough, this has become enough of a talking piece that we’re unlikely to ever throw this stuff away.” After 52 weeks trying to live absolutely trash-free, the Korsts have inventoried the year’s “failures”. The f… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Upcoming ReuseConex Conference Covers the Important Rs

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

We spend a lot of time on TreeHugger about adaptive reuse, designing for deconstruction, creative upcycling and repurposing, the connection between reuse and climate change, and even reuse as “the original green job.” You’ve read the blog, now attend Reuse-Conex – the “First of its kind conference highlighting reuse.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bury Cardboard Boxes to Grow Trees

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

“This is what can happen when you order 8 plates, 4 large, 4 small.” Photos by Rev Dan Cat Recycling that does double duty. Ship a package and the recipient could plant 100 native trees from seeds embedded in The Life Box for a little woods of Hemlock, Sycamores and Birch trees. Created by mycologist Paul Stamets (one of Treehugger’s Top 5 TEDsters), the boxes are infused with seeds and spores. Instead of breaking… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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