Rubbish bins are the eyesores of city life, like the grimy physical manifestation of popped pimples overflowing with bags and Chinese takeout ooze. The Olympics? A magnifying glass on a city’s life. That’s why it’s not surprising to see a city (in this case, London) introduce new, stylish trash cans as a quick makeover. For London 2012, new bombproof trash cans that have dual giant LCD screens and Wi-Fi hotspots will brighten up the dreary London fog. More »
Is that a stained glass window dedicated to man’s excess? Nope. A MoMA exhibit capturing our disposable lifestyles? Sorry. A corporate logo treatment for a recycling facility? Not exactly, but it is related to turning trash into something beautiful. More »
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 »
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 »
