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 We are getting used to the idea of recycling our newspapers, aluminium cans and plastic bottles now in the UK. In 2011/12, we recycled 43% of our household waste. Although this is more than ever before, the rate is levelling off. Perhaps we’ve done the easy bit and now we need to start recycling more of  One comment - (Comments are closed)  All, Product, Sustainability  ecodesign, manufacturing, materials, recycling, RSA, SWEEEP, SWEEEP Kuusakoski, The Great Recovery, WEEE  There were a few products and materials that stuck in my mind after a quick jaunt around this year’s Designersblock: Kate Sibley‘s paper jewellery was inspiring, both in terms of embracing fickle fashion in a sustainable way and the choice of material. Recycled gold findings (hooks) can be swapped between One comment - (Comments are closed) All, Product, Sustainability cycling, design, Designers Block, ecodesign, exhibitions, fashion, jewellery, lighting, London, materials, recycling, Sustainability  What can you do with stacks of unwanted burned CD’s, DVD’s and the inevitable pile of jewel cases that go with them? 2017 UPDATE: We are informed that unfortunately London Recycling no longer caters for CD /DVD recycling and also that Polymer Recycling Ltd. no longer exists. Green Ant Plastic Recycling offers a granulating service  Yesterday I had a quick peek at some of this year’s RCA show, in particular at Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) where there was a great mix of projects. Here are three that caught my eye: Esource by Hal Watts  If you don’t know what rapid prototyping is, it’s a method of ‘printing’ physical objects out from a computer. If you have a 3D computer model of a bottle opener, for example, you can print out a bottle opener in plastic or metal and use it to open a bottle. Or you could print out some One comment - (Comments are closed) All, Product, Sustainability 3D printing, 3D Systems, Cubify, manufacturing, rapid prototyping, recycling, replicator  Trying to find a green place to lay your head for the night can be tricky. A lot of places tenuously use the word eco, perhaps because they have a reception desk made from local wood, or because they only wash towels when guests leaves them on the bathroom floor. Such things alone do not make One comment - (Comments are closed) All, Lifestyle, Sustainability accommodation, Argentina, Chile, hostels, interior design, recycling, solar power, travel  Get on your bike! It’s trendy. This is obviously great news for lowering emissions and improving fitness but the growing trend of the bicycle is also bringing about some great innovations, events and developments. Here are a few that have caught my eye recently:
Photos: Monochrome There are a number of companies  I just noticed that the medals for the recent Winter Olympics in Vancouver were made using recycled electronic waste recovered from circuit boards. Well actually they contained ‘token’ amounts of recycled e-waste (Gold medals contained 1.52% recycled e-waste, Silver medals 0.12% and Bronze medals 1.11%). Whilst this sounds like a pathetically small amount, it is, according Comments are closed All, Product, Sustainability design, London 2012, olympics, recycling, renewable energy, Sustainability, Vancouver  What can you make out of 1200 empty drinks bottles? Well, I recently visited the “Casa de las Botellas” (House of Bottles) in Puerto Iguazu in the North-East of Argentina, a project by Alfredo Alberto Santa Cruz demonstrating how everyday rubbish like plastic bottles and tetrapaks can be used to create housing. I had 20 comments - (Comments are closed) All, Architecture, Sustainability Argentina, eco-living, PET bottles, recycling |
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