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Wood wool is a material made from leftover slivers cut from logs – it’s mainly used in packaging, filling, or bonded to form boards. As a celebration of this wonderful eco-friendly material, Italian designer Valerio Romondia created a simple eco-friendly clock using a single wood wool brick and a standard set of recycled aluminum hands. Measuring 7x4x3 inches and dub... weiterlesen...
A finalist at the Green Furniture Awards 2012, Jar Lamp uses upcycled jam jars in a bright new way. Created by designer Jan Lampei the luminaire consists of an organic wooden structure fitted with sterilized jam jars attached with standard clamps. Exhibited at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair, this customizable light feature brightened the inspiring Nordic festival.
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All over the western world, food waste is a major concern. When so many are starving, sending thousands of tons of unwanted food to the landfills shouldn’t be an option. In the UK, British retailers have pledged to reduce the amount of food waste and reduce the nation’s carbon footprint. However, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) have announced in their annual repo... weiterlesen...
Taiwanese design firm Miniwiz is putting an elegant new spin on a classic party-going gift with their new Re-wine Classic: a biodegradable, recycled wine tote that makes any gift of the good stuff a whole lot greener. This reusable, durable tote protects your wine from unintentional breaks and spills using Miniwiz’s patented POLLI-BER material, and makes for a creative way to ... weiterlesen...
This quirky looking hourglass stool is a cool, solid design that you can make at home on your own! Spotted over at ‘Dangerously Fun‘, this DIY stool can be made simply by using old cardboard from boxes or packaging, strong glue, a craft knife, a tape measure, and a pencil. Hit the jump for an easy-to-follow ‘How To’!
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Want to introduce your kids to baking and avoid spending money on store-bought snacks? Here’s a recipe that’s fun, relatively easy, and is guaranteed to be a hit with the kids. These homemade organic cheese crackers are of course fresher than the ones you might find at the supermarket, and when you make them at home, you can skip the excess packaging, food coloring, ... weiterlesen...
I want to compost more, reuse more, and pay more attention to the packaging on products I choose. What about you?
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Furniture retailer Ikea just announced plans to swap out wooden shipping pallets in favor of new lightweight cardboard pallets – and although this isn’t a change that customers will be able to see, the company expects to see a decrease in transport costs amounting to 140 million euros ($193 million). The thinner, lighter, and cheaper cardboard pallets will be sourced... weiterlesen...
Christmas has come and gone, and amid the unwanted socks and numerous toiletry gift sets are piles of wrapping paper. While many of us will put our wrapping paper out to be recycled, the fact is that lots of people won’t – it is estimated that an astounding 500 tons of Christmas tree lights will be thrown away, along with 25 million bin liners full of plastic wrappin... weiterlesen...
What came first, the light or the egg? Ready-made from a paper pulp egg carton and recyclable glass lights, the Smart Egg Lamp is an eco-friendly lighting solution packed by the dozen. Using energy-efficient light bulbs to create a warm ambient light, Joon & Jung‘s quirky design is compostable, recycled and is its own packaging!
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“Before” example of a kids Novara bike: Smarter, lightweight packaging means most of the waste above is eliminated.
According to Eric Abraham, REI’s packaging engineering manager, the future is all about “unpackaging” products. The company’s ambitious goal is to reduce packing materials 35% by 2013, and some of those gains are going to be made... weiterlesen...
Cup Noodles is an all too familiar staple for college students who are on a serious budget. While sitting down with a Cup Noodles can hardly be considered 5-star dining, there is an institution in Japan celebrating the quick-fix meal with an entire Cup Noodles Museum. The museum in Yokohama, recently commissioned artisans to recycle the famous disposable cups into washable di... weiterlesen...
Right on the heels of this month’s Art Basel Miami, Art Strong bags are making their debut, offering a reusable solution for transporting artwork. Packaging artwork can be expensive and wasteful, with layers of bubble wrap and plastic being discarded once the painting has been transported to its new home. Offering a more eco-friendly alternative, Art Strong’s bubble envel... weiterlesen...
Getting food and shelter to victims of a natural disaster is one of the first priorities for emergency service providers, but that can often generate a lot of unnecessary waste. But have no fear because UNICEF’s amazing reusable LEGO-inspired brick, which doubles as food storage and building material, takes care of all these needs in one fell swoop. See pictures of the des... weiterlesen...
KFC is not known for its environmental record. But it could at least take steps to stop destroying endangered forests for its packaging.
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Sick of the excess waste that came with all the products he purchased, Timofey Yuriev created a green advertising campaign promoting the best sustainable packaging nature has to offer. The message is clear: “We don’t have to destroy the planet to have orange juice, cabbage salad, or a banana jam. The perfect packaging doesn’t pollute, kill or poison. Nature alr... weiterlesen...
Brown-baggin’ it to work? Bringing your lunch to work is a great way to keep your costs down, watch your diet, and avoid wasteful packaging that comes with buying lunch at work. But you don’t have to sacrifice style while taking lunch in the break room. Beginning with World Market’s “Anne” insulated lunch tote (pictured, $9.99), we’ve p... weiterlesen...
I remember when I first got serious about running, and I went to a shoe store and the workers put me through a litany of tests: run on a treadmill; put your foot in water, and then stand on a piece of paper; walk around barefoot, you name it. The science of running shoes has become complex to the point of absurdity, but a sincere examination of how to make a more environmentally... weiterlesen...
If you fancy getting your hands into some DIY projects this summer, the best way to start is take note from the DIY masters at ReadyMade! An idea straight from Andrew Wagner, the former editor-in-chief of DIY ideas magazine, this crafty project takes found egg cartons off the streets of New York‘s Chinatown, piles them up high, and secures them with a stylish ribbon. The... weiterlesen...