The huge, incredible DIY Maker Bot is almost as impressive as the beautiful furniture it assembles from the melted-down refuge of discarded kitchen appliances. You have to watch this for yourself. More »
There are lots of recycling programs that will happily salvage the raw materials from your outdated electronics. But if you still can’t let your old 386 go, maybe Rodrigo Alonso has another solution for you — turn it into gaudy furniture. More »
This beautifully crafted sculpture of a dog isn’t special just because of the talent involved in creating it. It’s also the finest example of recycling you’ve ever seen: it’s made using old skateboards. More »
Welcome to Shijiao. It’s a bustling town in China that just so happens to be the unofficial capital of dead and unwanted Christmas lights. According to The Atlantic, nine million kilos of old Christmas lights make it through Shijao every year. What the heck for? More »
It’s a MacGyver Christmas in Lithuania where a 12.8m Christmas tree made of plastic bottles and cable ties was unveiled last Sunday. It’s good to know where all those Sprite bottles I throw in recycling bin finally end up. More »
Everyone knows being in a band is cool. But what’s cooler is making your own band out of old computer parts and then getting it to play a note-perfect version of The Animals’ House Of The Rising Sun. More »
Eco-friendliness isn’t my biggest concern when it comes to buying headphones, but I guess even Greenpeace likes listening to music, so designer Michael Young has created these recyclable over-the-ear cans as a follow-up to his cornstarch earbuds. More »
