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Recycled cell phones for teens

New service offers refurbished cell phones complete with green tips for teens.




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Mobile aid: Recycle your cell, help Haiti

Have an old cell phone stashed away? Recycle it with the Phones for Haiti program and you'll help the American Red Cross provide disaster relief in the earthqua




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Business owners: Recycle your company's cell phones

Communications Wireless Group works with business owners to recycle, refurbish, and reuse old wireless devices while maintaining a zero-landfill policy.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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World's first recycled plastic bike path opens in the Netherlands

The Dutch do it again with a new cycling path in the northeastern city of Zwolle that's made from old plastic bottles and packaging.



  • Research & Innovations

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What happens to the electronics we recycle?

There are many reasons to recycle electronics, including copper, steel, gold, silver. The wiring in some older desk tops may yield up to 5 pounds of copper.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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A dandelion's natural cycle causes chaos and confusion on the internet

A lot of people thought white and yellow dandelions were different plants.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Life Cycle Analysis doesn't budge outcome of the great dishwasher debate

Even if you take the energy and water it takes to build a dishwasher into account, it still beats washing by hand.




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Tucson to resurrect river with recycled water

The Santa Cruz River, nearly dry for almost a century, may soon flow once more through downtown Tucson.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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3-D printers could recycle old plastic bottles

Tomorrow's homeowners may print out everything from utensils to furniture with 3D printers — and they may not even need to buy raw materials. Instead, they co




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This couple cycled from Canada to New Mexico with their toddler

Last year, they successfully hiked the entire Appalachian Trail when their daughter was just a baby.




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The recycled man: Steve Feldman of Green Demolitions

Keeping discarded kitchens out of landfills is just the tip of the iceberg for this entrepreneur.




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Rebecca Hall recycles, goes carless

Rebecca Hall ('Vicky Christina Barcelona') stars in HBO's 'Parade's End' with Benedict Cumberbatch.



  • Arts & Culture

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Actor Matthew Rhys recycles, conserves

He plays a KGB spy in 'The Americans'.



  • Arts & Culture

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Scientists create a new type of plastic that can be recycled forever

New plastic PDK can be broken down at a molecular level and come back just as strong to be reused again and again.



  • Research & Innovations

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Recycled materials boost the appeal of a tiny house

Tiny houses have become the darlings of budget-minded minimalists, and Ryan Mitchell's book, "Tiny Houses Built with Recycled Materials," explores them.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Puget Sound getaway is pure freecycled genius

As its name implies, Scavenger Studio by Eerkes Architects was constructed from materials plucked from soon-to-be-demolished homes.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Pharrell Williams announces denim line made from recycled ocean plastic

Singer-songwriter, in collaboration with G-Star Raw, will create jeans made from plastic-based 'bionic yarn'.



  • Arts & Culture

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How to recycle carpet

It's rare to see anyone choose to throw away a plastic bottle if a recycling bin is nearby. Unfortunately, it’s still common to see carpet waiting curbside fo




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Danish bicycle activists win $200 million upgrade

Day 1 in Copenhagen: despite massive jet lag, we had a fun bike tour of the city that proved a revelation in bike-centered city planning. 37% of all commuters u



  • Research & Innovations

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Learning how to fix bicycles is opening new career paths for teens

Project Bike Tech offers students diverse skills and options when they leave high school.




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Recycled glass Coke bottles treated to high-design afterlife in Japan

Coca-Cola teams up with Tokyo-based design studio Nendo to release a collection of gorgeous recycled glass tableware dubbed, most fittingly, Bottleware.




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Office Depot recycles your pens and pencils

Take your old writing instruments to Office Depot this week and earn Sanford coupons.




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Ugandan artist makes playground from recycled plastic bottles

Artist and teacher Ruganzu Bruno Tusingwire wins the first 10K prize at TEDxQuatar with his innovative recycling idea that helps kids in need.



  • Arts & Culture

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Portrait of a coffee farmer, created with recycled grounds

Filipino artist and environmentalist Vincent Francisco Navarro paid homage to coffee farmers by painting portraits of them with used grounds.



  • Arts & Culture

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Hawaii-sized recycled island to be built from ocean garbage patch

Material from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be collected, melted down and rebuilt into a floating paradise for green tourism.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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10 creative ways to upcycle your plastic bottles

These DIY projects will have you see plastic bottles in completely new ways.



  • Arts & Culture

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Fund Podcycle and your planet will not explode

A new device that takes K-Cups apart has the potential to keep millions of single-use pods out of landfills.




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Recycle Us Too!

Will our heroes make it or will they wind up in a landfill near you? Find out now: http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/recycling/sponsorstory/recycle-us-too-comic




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Why can't clothes just be recycled?

Tons of textiles end up in landfills every year, and we need a solution.




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This nifty backpack is made from a whole bunch of recycled plastic bags

Onward Bag is landfill-skirting design at its most ingenious.




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Are your glass bottles really getting recycled?

In some cities, glass recyclables aren't being recycled at all.




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What does 'easy to recycle' mean?

If you can't throw it in the curbside recycling bin, is it really 'easy?'




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Will you recycle a cup if your name is on it?

We make interesting decisions when we choose what to recycle and what to throw in the trash.




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Meet Liam, Apple's 29-arm 'recyclebot'

Apple's recycling robot Liam disassembles iPhones in 11 seconds to more efficiently combat electronic waste.




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7 unrecyclable items that really can be recycled

Breathe new life into hard-to-recycle junk with these innovative solutions.




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Pro baseball player makes these fierce, recycled creatures in his down time

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Blake McFarland says he just wants to make cool things.




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Why can't you recycle graduation gowns?

There doesn't seem to be anywhere to recycle one-time-use polyester graduation gowns so maybe they shouldn't be an option.




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This mall in Sweden sells only recycled stuff

The ReTuna mall in Eskilstuna provides a shining example of how the buy-use-dispose model can be turned on its head.




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Floating park built from recycled plastic waste debuts in the Netherlands

A river pollution clean-up project yields spectacular results in Rotterdam.




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Starbucks proves you can recycle coffee cups

Starbucks just recycled 25 million unused Starbucks cups, and that's good news. But don't ditch your reusable travel mug just yet.




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Why you shouldn't separate the cap from a plastic bottle to recycle it

Plastic bottles and caps should now be kept together when you recycle them. The reason? It's easier to sort them that way.




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More and more, America's recyclable plastic is being burned, not recycled

Incineration has become America's stopgap solution following China's crackdown on imported foreign waste, and it's hurting low-income communities.




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This mutant enzyme recycles plastic in hours

Incredible enzyme is capable of breaking down the PET in plastic bottles into raw materials in as little as 10 hours.



  • Research & Innovations

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World's loudest bird is louder than a motorcycle

The male white bellbird attracts a mate by singing louder than a jackhammer.




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Guitars crafted from recycled Detroit rubble

Curt Novara uses salvaged wood from the Motor City’s abandoned homes to build one-of-a-kind guitars.




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How can I recycle my electronics?

Green considerations for the responsible homeowner and gadget-lover.




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Why can't I recycle pizza boxes?

Turns out that food is one of the worst contaminants in the paper recycling process.




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Can I recycle plastic bottle caps? How about motor oil?

Vanessa answers questions on recycling, including plastic bottle caps, plastic overwrap, motor oil, glass and taped cardboard boxes.




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A Danish artist hid these recycled giants in the woods for you to find

Danish artist Thomas Dambo creates 'forgotten giant' sculptures in the wilderness.



  • Arts & Culture

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What to do with that old office building? Recycle it.

What to do with that old office building? Recycle it.



  • Climate & Weather