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Deby Cowdin recycles glass bottles to create magical artwork

Posted by AditiJ on 18/11/2009

Deby Cowdin shows the world the importance of recycling with her artistic and exquisite creations. The artist, who has been working with glass for nearly 15 years now, gave birth to From the Blue Bag, a company that recycles glass to shape unique...

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Sustain-o-bin thanks you when you drop trash into it

Posted by DeshRaj on 18/11/2009

Designed and developed as a course project by the Industrial Design Center (IDC) students at IIT-Bombay, the Sustain-o-bin is an interactive dustbin with three sensors to follow people, to demarcate its boundaries and to acknowledge the good work...

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NYK Super Eco Ship 2030 is the vessel of the future

Posted by DeshRaj on 17/11/2009

With a reduced vessel weight and a minimal drag, supplementary deployment of fuel cells, solar panels and wind turbines, the concept NYK Super Eco Ship 2030 went on to bag the Japan Good Design Award 09 for its outstanding design and eco-credentials..

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Oberthur Technologies intros EcoSIM - The First Eco-friendly SIM Card

Posted by DeshRaj on 17/11/2009

Oberthur Technologies introduces the worlds first patented eco-friendly SIM card called the EcoSIM. Being only half the size of a regular SIM, it naturally brings the use of plastic down by 50%. Since recycled paper, PEFC, and FSC certified...

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From Sewage to Fuel and Other Biofuel Developments

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/11/2009

A new process being developed at the University of Kansas aims to turn treated sewage into biofuel. Meanwhile, the Department of Energy and USDA are putting $24 million into research of other biomass and biofuel projects.At KU, researchers are testing a process by which microbes munch through tre ...

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