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- Trash Cafe: Newcastle Students Unveil Pop-Up Coffee Shop Made From Recycled Cardboard Wed, 17 Apr 13, 3:00pmThe waste material was collected by 18 postgraduate students who worked with engineers to design the basic elements of the café. Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and conceived by civil...
- Amazing Tetra Brik Pavilion Made with 45,000 Milk Cartons Wins Guinness World Record Tue, 8 Jan 13, 1:24amIn order to raise awareness of recycling efforts, the design team devised a method of turning ordinary tetra brik milk cartons into LEGO-esque building materials...
- Denver Zoo Develops a Poo-Power System and Tests It Out On a Rickshaw! Sat, 24 Mar 12, 4:20amDenver Zoo acknowledged that they have a lot of poo on their hands, but rather than hauling their waste off to a landfill or compost, they developed their own on-site poo-power system! They’ve applied the technology...
- Canadian Waste Plant Will Power Itself Using Soda and Beer Wed, 9 Feb 11, 8:00amWe know what you’re thinking – you’re thinking why would anyone waste perfectly good beer and soda to run a power plant? Rest assured because this beer and soda would only be poured down the drain anyway...