Artist Bellino Alain makes things from materials you would find at a demolition site. Fixtures, spoons, and even small statues are recycled to make works of art. Check out his video and photos of this amazing Darth Vader bust over at The Behance Network. You’ll also be able to view ...

“I wish the bottle had never come to me…” “A plastic type-1 bottle to rule them all. It must be destroyed. Go to Mount Dump and dispose of it…” “Trash-riders!” Yes, another spoof trailer, but this one’s a hoot — and has impressive production values for a mere comedy sketch. The folks at ...

The challenge was to recycle a plastic bottle into something useful, decorative or just plain interesting. Edward Goode and his daughter Zoe did all three with this totally awesome piggy bank. Here’s the parts they used to keep this bottle out of the great pacific garbage patch: The ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a huge mass of plastic debris floating in the Pacific Ocean. This weeks challenge aims to keep some plastic bottles from making their way to this Pacific Plastic Vortex. The challenge is to take a plastic bottle or juice container and make something out ...

It must be because I grew up reading Ranger Rick, but I take recycling pretty seriously. You know, I’m that annoying guy who notices the white paper in the office trash can and fishes it out for the recycling bin. At our local library, I got tired of all the ...

We like to reuse old technology in our house so I’m often passing on old gadgets to my wife and kids. I recently passed on a Nokia C5 to her. She really enjoyed the phone – her previous one was a bit of a brick and I think embarrassed her a ...

Confession: In high school I took my dates to the county dump. Not every date.  There was the occasional movie outing (Purple Rain was awkard) or dinner at the strip mall pizza joint (with a Tron game!), but neither could compare to the gargantuan machinery in the cathedral-like five story open ...

By all creditable accounts, the environment is a mess. With problems ranging from ozone depletion to overstuffed landfills and plastic-bottle sargassos drifting the oceans, we all need to do more to help. But where can we start? Nancy Conner, author of Living Green: The Missing Manual, shows us how we ...