Recycling
Daniel Sung, editor of Tech Digest, writes:
If you're having a bit of a Spring clean, then I should remind you that you're running on Southern hemisphere time. Now that I've done that, I should point you in the direction of AbundaTrade.com where you can recycle your old CDs into gadgets.
It's all quite simple and actually rather complicated. Every CD is worth one credit assuming it plays and has some sort of current market value. If not, you get either half or a quarter of a credit. If it comes without its box or the artwork, you may get slightly less too.
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Green gadgets
I'm not advocating smoking or illicit substances, but instead I'm praising the ingenuity of the creator of this bong. It would have been so easy just to chuck his old NES controller. But no, he refused to waste resources and by dint of some hose and and a drill he created a workable bong. Sadly the controller has now ceased to work, but hey, we now have a new product.
[via Shiny Shiny]
Green News
'I'm sure they only send it abroad' is a common refrain I've heard when talking about council recycling schemes, and it's starting to look like this belief may be true in many cases. Some councils are happy to admit they send waste abroad, while others keeps schtum. But it's definitely going on, which raises the question is it better to recyle abroad than not recycle at all? I found that it's not nearly as straightforward a question as you might think...
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Fashion & accessories
What first caught my eye about this quilted clutch was the bizarre fan shape, the great contrasting materials and the textured frill detail around the edge. Bags that catch my eye are pretty much my job, so of course I quickly stopped scrolling. But what had me clicking through to find out more?
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Fashion & accessories
There's nothing green about flying. Unless, that is, you're recycling a plane and turning its innards into stuff we can use for blameless everyday activities with a clear conscience. Of course, you could go to the lengths of grounding a plane and turning it into a hotel, but a less extreme solution is to turn your jumbo's upholstery into fresh and funky luggage accessories...
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Home & Garden
I'm looking for a rug for my room at the moment, and the selection I've seen so far has been so disappointing! So many are made from dull, synthetic materials or are just too pricey. It was only when I looked up rugs on Etsy when I found these fun creations, all of which were something else in a previous life...
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Hippyshopper how-tos
The guys over at Recycled Crafts posed a very good question today when they asked "what can you usefully do with old pasta sauce jars?" Despite never really eating the stuff, I personally seem to have amassed a great number of them, and was asking myself the same question only this afternoon. Being made from glass, they take up a fair bit of space and are quite heavy, so having empty ones about the place is no use to anyone...
Follow the jump for some top ideas
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