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Colin Lin reuses discarded newspapers to create eco-friendly shoes and tote bags

Posted by DeshRaj on 20/11/2009

Designer Colin Lin, 50, chanced upon a brilliant idea of creating eco-friendly footwear and tote bags using recycled newspaper. The Taiwanese designer recycles Chinese language newspapers and weaves them into a lattice pattern. In order to endow...

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David de Rothschild has high hopes with his catamaran made of recycled plastic

Posted by AditiJ on 16/11/2009

David de Rothschild hopes to sail out the Golden Gate and across the Pacific to Sydney Harbor in his magnificent 60-foot catamaran made completely from recycled plastic. Dubbed as Plastiki, the high-profile project from the 31-year-old eco-celebrity..

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Rethink Recycling: Styrofoam-made seahorse and squid win sculpture contest

Posted by DeshRaj on 16/11/2009

Philip Custer from Broadneck High School in Anne Arundel County won the grand prize at the Rethink Recycling sculpture contest, a part of America Recycles Day, for creating a seahorse and squid from recycled rope and Styrofoam. The Maryland...

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Restore Relics in Charleston morphs trash into treasure

Posted by DeshRaj on 16/11/2009

The renowned Christian housing ministry Habitat for Humanity International has been doing a sterling job in eliminating poverty housing, and conducting other rehabilitation and recycling programs. One of its affiliates, the ReStore is also...

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Recycled Mac and iPhone jewelry, a perfect gift for gadget geeks

Posted by AditiJ on 16/11/2009

If you are a huge Mac and iPhone fan, then here is something that you just cannot afford to miss. Some creative-minded people at PowerBook Media have come together making something so magnificent that it could become an ideal gift for all the gadget..

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