Sydney City Council is considering a plan to swap out garbage trucks for high-powered vacuum garbage tubes. Kind of like Futurama, but with trash rather than people. Unless you stuffed people in there. Which I’m legally obliged to point out would be a very bad idea indeed. More »
A Taiwanese man was inspired to build a green Android robot. So he grabbed a trash can, some DIY electronics experience and went to work. More »
iRobot’s best known for the robots that clean your living room, not robots that clean crippled nuclear reactors. But they leant a hand to Japan’s infamously infirm power plant for some very, very messy work. More »
Your rubbish bin, overflowing with filth – it doesn’t have to be that way! You can fit more. The wonderfully designed Smash Can makes it easy, featuring a telescoping lid that lets you compress your junk with clean hands. More »
Armed with RFID chips and a disdain for those residents who simply refuse to put out their recyclables in a timely manner, an army of “smart” recycling bins will soon descend on Cleveland to enact their green environmental goodness. More »
Electrolux may be known for its outlandish concepts, but when their CEO promises to look into reclaiming the plastic waste from the ocean and turning it into vacuum cleaners, I can’t help but believe him. More »
