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		<title>Earth-Friendly Disposal Of One Of The Most Unfriendly Plastics</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/03/earth-friendly-disposal-of-one-of-the-most-unfriendly-plastics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Soucy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[material research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby bottles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bisphenol-A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decompose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degrade]]></category>
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Bisphenol-A is a key ingredient in polycarbonate plastic, used to make essential consumer products such as baby bottles, toys and other food containers. Recent studies have been showing correlations between the use of these products and increased blood levels of BPA  as well as possible connections to health problems. Concerns over the human and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Objects Fit New Purposes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/02/old-objects-fit-new-purposes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Athena Lo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Material Alternatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salvage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[exhibition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[function]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[paste]]></category>
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Cigarette box toaster from Kingston Penitentiary.

iPod Nano case by Contexture Design.
The Royal Ontario Museum presented an exciting exhibition of creative redesign, playfully entitled Cut/Paste. Curated by Motherbrand, this display showed work that is made from salvaged and reused objects that have found new, creative niches.
What once may have been considered obsolete or of-the-past were repurposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Create Without Waste, Using Waste</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/02/to-create-without-waste-using-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/02/to-create-without-waste-using-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Athena Lo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[create]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[junk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portraits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycle]]></category>
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Everyone, save for Sandhi Schimmel Gold of Phoenix, hates junk mail. 
Rather than immediately dispose of the paper nuisances, she turns junk mail into art! Using old cards, advertisements, menus, calendars and even personal tax forms, Gold creates portraits on repurposed canvases and frames with acid free adhesives and lacquers. No programs, dies, or technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Furniture From Old Furnishings</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/02/furniture-from-old-furnishings/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/02/furniture-from-old-furnishings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Athena Lo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furniture design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gruba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reclaimed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recovered]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sofa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[table]]></category>

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Reconstituted wood and recovered wooden blinds sofa.

Recovered wooden tiles coffee table.
When you&#8217;re finished with home finishings, it does not constitute the end of the items&#8217; lifetime. Argentine design studio Gruba has found uses for old blinds, wooden floor tiles, and other discarded materials. 
The content and components of these furniture designs are not hidden; Gruba [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students Display The Colorful Side Of Reusing Materials</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Athena Lo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Material Scrap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backdrop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beanbag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bottle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[display]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exhibit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imm cologne]]></category>
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More photos found at designboom.
Students from the German school, Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart (Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences) displayed their innovatively artistic side at the most recent home interiors exhibition of imm cologne 2010.
Their installation&#8217;s focus was on reusing thousands of discarded and collected bottle caps, utilizing them to create a colorful and eye-catching backdrop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Designers Using Recycled Materials: Furniture From Available Objects</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/02/giving-objects-a-second-life/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/02/giving-objects-a-second-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Athena Lo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Furniture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recycled]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[form]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[household]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malafor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paper]]></category>
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Malafor has come up with a simple and easily stored furniture design entitled the Blow Sofa. It is made of 100% recycled and recyclable (inflatable) paper dunnage bags, which are traditionally used for cushioning and stabilizing cargo amidst rocky transportation. 
For a comfortable rest, one just has to blow up the bags, which are completely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Playful Side of Upcycling</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/01/the-playful-side-of-upcycling/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/01/the-playful-side-of-upcycling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Soucy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lamp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mirror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan McElhinney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sculpture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upcycle]]></category>

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Ryan McElhinney redefines upcycling with his new collection of lamps and mirrors. Transforming trash to treasure, McElhinney has created beautiful sculptural pieces from old toys and some high-gloss lacquer. Check out the rest of the collection here and keep your eye out for more innovative upcycling ideas and products!
Via Buzz Beast.
Related Posts
reMade USA: Bags From [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Greener Cell Phone</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/01/a-greener-cell-phone/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ecolect.net/2010/01/a-greener-cell-phone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Soucy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell phone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[embodied energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nokia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obsolescence]]></category>
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Nokia has teamed up with designer James Barber to answer our question Can a Cellphone Really Be Green? Their answer: yes. The new, green (literally) design looks at both energy consumption and the embodied energy in phone production. Because of the short lifespan of the phone, embodied energy was as much as 3 times greater [...]]]></description>
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