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So long plastic air pillows: Amazon shifting to recycled paper filling for packages in North America
June 21, 2024 1:42 am
The company said Thursday that it's already replaced 95% of the plastic air pillows with paper filler in North America and is working toward complete removal by year's end.
IIT Madras researchers use solar energy to recycle waste concrete
January 16, 2023 6:24 pm
IIT Madras researchers have developed a method to use solar thermal energy to recycle concrete waste from construction and demolition sites.
A tablecloth as source material
January 05, 2023 10:36 am
The two friends — and now collaborators — were celebrating their first capsule collection, inspired by Prounis’ family history, which combines Bode Aujla’s unisex silhouettes with gold-plated silver buttons and charms designed by Prounis
Japan’s discarded kimonos get new life as redesigned casual wear
June 13, 2022 5:05 pm
Designers are repurposing high-quality fabric from cast off kimonos to make contemporary outfits more suited to today’s sensibilities and fashion. The transformation is as much an art as science
A post-apocalyptic royal rave
May 20, 2022 2:36 pm
Rather, if the royal court of a time-traveling post-apocalyptic society was trying to figure out what to wear to a rave in the desert, here was the answer
The unlikely ascent of New York’s compost champion
May 14, 2022 1:48 pm
Morales, a doe-eyed, vibrant 30-year-old once known on the street as “Reckless,” is on a mission to make composting cool, by which he means accessible to everyone, by which he means the people he grew up around in hard-bitten neighborhoods in New York City.
Ghana artist is melting its glass waste into wonders
April 13, 2022 10:28 am
He envisions a Ghana free of foreign glass, having channelled its glass bead-making tradition into a modern, multi-faceted industry.
'We were never ready': Fast food giant reacts after girl makes frock dress out of recycled packaging
November 21, 2021 1:36 pm
The post, instantly, went viral with netizens showering praises on her creativity.
In major ocean polluter Philippines, group turns plastic waste into planks
October 25, 2021 1:22 pm
Having collected over 100 tonnes of plastic waste to date, the social enterprise is doing its bit to address a local problem that has global ramifications.
Chennai Corporation sets up attractive ‘junk art’ sculptures across the city
July 23, 2021 10:08 pm
The corporation had provided 15 tonnes of metal scrap to these artists to create these structures. Commissioner Bedi said about Rs 29 lakh has been spent on creating these sculptures. He added that they decided to place the structure thematically.
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