Browse by subject: Waste & recycling: Re-use/refurbishment (28)
‘Reuse It Yourself’ movement could revolutionise DIY
30 Apr 2009
Some “14 million tonnes” of unwanted building materials generated by the construction industry could be saved...
Waste vegetable fat to surface the roads
11 Jan 2010
Chip fat could be recycled to surface roads, following successful live trials in Bedfordshire.
Waste away on the net
05 Nov 2006
A website for trading and exchanging unwanted materials - from timber to steel, polystyrene to packaging, masonry...
The tube is my office
10 Jan 2008
When it dawned on him that tube trains were perfect ready-made workspaces, furniture designer Auro Foxcroft phoned...
Second life for EV batteries
05 Feb 2010
The economics of electric vehicles (EV) has been strengthened by a battery re-use deal, as Nissan sells their lithium-ion...
Scope for growth: scrap recovery
30 May 2010
Services that allow organisations to sell or give away surplus industrial wares are on the rise, with emerging...
Robots to make giant bricks from waste
21 May 2010
The non-profit collaboration Terreform ONE (Open Network Ecology) has conceptualised a new generation of waste compacting...
Old phones home
11 Nov 2006
Still sporting a mobile that a mugger would spurn? Well, here’s an incentive to sharpen your street cred. Let...
New dispensers cut packaging by 96.3%
31 Mar 2010
Asda becomes first retailer to trial vending machines for fabric softener, cutting waste packaging by 96.3%.
From trash to fashion
13 Apr 2010
A women’s cooperative in Rio is reworking old scraps for world-renowned designers.
Flying colours
05 Nov 2006
The UK's paint swapping scheme, CommunityRe>Paint, is a shining example which other EU countries would do well...
Empire State Building gets eco-makeover
02 Jul 2009
New York’s most iconic landmark, the Empire State Building, is set to become one of the city’s greenest buildings,...
Ecotourism project "repurposes" Albanian bunkers
27 Aug 2010
In Albania, where 750,000 military bunkers are an indelible reminder of the Cold War, plans are afoot to turn symbols...
Brand old
16 Aug 2008
Vintage has made it from the fringe to the high street, as big brands decorate their stores with reclaimed materials...
