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“Made of plastic” is not the only characteristic of the Izzy Plastic Urban Bike, a collaborative project between Omer Sagiv and Uri Sadeh. One would expect a fragile vehicle but the bike is actually quite firm to bear the weight of two adults. Best of all, its frame is recyclable, which means that you can have the damaged frame replaced at the store. To top off the cool concept, the bike also incorporates 2 free standing locking systems, three-dimensional illumination, and the integrated rear suspension. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Charles Seuleusian is quite concerned about the environment and aims to save up energy as possible as he could. His ‘Waste Basket’ is a reusable trash bin made from discarded wooden boards. How to DIY one? Surround a circle base with pieces of wooden boards, put an inflated balloon into the cylinder, fix the mouth with a splint and then done! [Read the rest of this entry...]

To do away with those not-so-eco-friendly materials used to manufacture computers, Brenden Macaluso has come up with ‘Recompute’, a sustainable desktop computer with a slick cardboard case. Though looks bit of fragile, it is a fully functioning computer that uses an Intel Core Duo CPU with 2GB RAM, and also has 8 USB ports for you to add external components. But there’s still one problem about the possible ignition, due to its cardboard materials. Well, in fact you needn’t worry about that, because cardboard won’t burn until 258°, and that’s much higher than the 120° at which plastic melts. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Well-known for a sustainable use, Nokia has been widely popular all over the world. And the new product, a green phone that features a recyclable use, would make you love Nokia much more. Every part of the new phone is made from recycled Aluminum; A capacitive sensor is built onto the keyboard to simplify the phone; Electronic ink is adopted to display words so as to save more energy. In addition, the phone also uses silver-zinc batteries rather than the regular lithium batteries, to reduce electronic wastes. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Bamboo is a kind of plant that could adapt to different climates. Generally, it could be harvested every five years, greatly saving the energy input. With the growing shortage of conventional building materials, bamboo is now considered as an ideal replacement of cement and wood. Far more than that, even the bag designers have adopted bamboo as a new material. The ‘Boo Bag’, made of highly sustainable bamboo fabric, is a most popular design during the “Green Life Competition” held in Korea. Not only eco-friendly and energy-saving, the bamboo also doubles a handle for an easy grip when you use the bag. [Read the rest of this entry...]

2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games medals, unveiled recently at Vancouver Olympic village, are claimed to be environment-friendly, super-ellipse medals with undulating surfaces — all firsts in Games history. Except the traditional metallic material, CRT, computer parts, circuit boards and other recycled materials are also used to make these medals, which aims to call for more attention to the ecology business. As the medals are also designed to be “substantial”, they weight between 500 and 576 grams each, among the heaviest medals in Olympic Games history.

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The new baby buggy by Hoj Jeong is here to provide more convenience, ensuring an easy use through an adjustable design. It still highlights an environment-friendly technology. Constructed of recyclable materials, such as aluminum and organic fabric, the sustainable stroller is weight-light enough for a portable use.

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Though everyone wants to contribute to the eco-business, most of us really couldn’t find the right way to it. So what should we do now? Probably the compost dustbin will answer you, because it ensures you to promote compost by just sorting garbage into different dustbins. Based on a biodegradable technology, bio-reactive substances in the dustbin will start working to degrade certain trash while leaving out the non-available dust. Isn’t it encouraging that you can recycle waste in such an easy way? Join us right away.

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Best publicity needs best billboards, but who needs billboards? To fully recycle the large amounts of billboards, TBWA, an advertising agency for apple, adidas and absolute vodka, has recently launched the two billboard collections. Fashionable, environment-friendly, both the shopping bags and collecting cases are valued as the cleverest commercial products with the smallest amount of waste.

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Obviously the design of the gorgeous home decorations that are made of recycled plastic bottles is the best action to the term “recycle”. Lamps, campanulas, chandeliers, etc, a series of dazzling styles have weakened the sharp lines of plastic and ensure the bottle lamps to be exquisite in warm light.

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Modern art lighting is popular both indoors and outdoors, which attracts dozens of designers. Recently, a Spanish designer created a LED garden lighting with advanced recyclable materials, which can be adjusted to different colors, directions and areas according to your real need. Whether in the bedroom, the living room, the garden or the courtyard, the “flashing candle light” can always create a perfect atmosphere.

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This is a brilliant idea. The trash can itself is made from waste paper and so it is eco-friendly. But the attracting point is that this can comes with multiple layer, each of which can be used as garbage bag separately. In other words, in case the bin is full, you can just throw the trash away with the inner layer.

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Close the tap while brushing your teeth is a good habit, otherwise a lot of clean water will be wasted at basin. The recycling bath sink designed by Woo Sunhye can save the clean water under the basin for later use.

There is a hole connecting to the storage under the basin. The hole comes with a lip which can be opened by the water pressure. In other words, the lip will open when the clean water directly flowing down from the tap. When you put your hands under the water, its pressure is dispersed. This will cause the lid to close and the water will flow down the normal drainpipe. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You wanna a long shower but still afraid of wasting water and energy? Then you gotta like this Quench Shower system.

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Unlike most other constructions, this one from Shigeru Ban is made from paper board. And it is starting to pre-sale of £20,000 – 30,000. [Read the rest of this entry...]