GreenSleeves

Inhabitat:

"Few would challenge the introduction of a bit of greenery into a city environment. Toronto residents, Eric Cheung and Sean Martindale, are making this basic urban space ideal into a reality with their poster pocket planters. The duo carve their way through existing posters to create little pockets, then fill them with potting soil and plants to create an impromptu green wall system. The result is a bit of greenery that effortlessly blends into the existing urban landscape. Best of all, Eric and Sean want to empower eco- and locally-minded folk by keeping the process open source– and are making their cutting patterns available online."

Coin Wrapper - Upcycling Material by Shinwoo Her

Coin wrapper
Coin wrappers are used everyday, especially in banks.
It is not reusable once it is opened.
Therefore, it becomes a trash.
I'd like to use this material for upcycling project.

Toothpaste as upcycling material

Toothpaste is what we use everyday. It takes month or more to finish whole pack; however because all most everyone is using it, mass amount of wastes creates. I can't think of anything designed by toothpaste package but I think some interesting product can come out using this material.

Recycled recording media

Lacerta Group Recording Media Data Storage and Plastic Recycling Program

Custom plastic manufacturer that collects recording media and uses it as a raw material in thermoforming plastic.

Bubble Wrap - Tae Lim

Bubble Wrap
I think a lot of times we get over loads of bubble wraps from packaged
goods and don't know what to do with them. This bubble wraps become pure
trashes that I think we can upcycle this trash into furniture piece or
cushion for our home.

Posted for Tae

Shredded Paper

It turns out that paper shredders cut the paper into strips too small to survive through the sorting at a recycling facility. They might even clog the system by getting into the parts of the machinery and therefore, shredded paper is NOT recyclable. So, it would not be a bad idea to do something with all of this shredded paper instead of making hamster beds or compost. Here is a picture of someone (no name found for crediting) who used it for.... art(?)

Recycled Materials Proposal: Excess Fabric

When fashion is mass produced, there is often several layers of fabric laid up and cut out according to a pattern. Most of the time the pattern pieces can not be laid up without leaving several areas of waste in between. I would like to obtain the waste pieces of fabric from several different articles of clothing, and use them to create a new textile. Ideally, the pieces could be sewn together to take best advantage of different colours, textures, patterns, etc. Once the pieces were all sewn together, the fabric could be trimmed into a standard bolt length and resold as a 'new' textile.



Near the beginning you can see how the fabric is rolled out in layers, and then cut out according to the pattern piece.

Glass Recycling, Cullet, Abrasives and Powdered Glass

Strategic Materials, Inc. - Glass Recycling, Cullet, Abrasives and Powdered Glass

Provides glass cullett - ground up recycled glass

Upcycling Art by Schimmel Art

Sandhi Schimmel Gold, use letters or flyers from the mail as well as waist magazines to construct her art. First she paints the piece out, than she find and match the color she want on the canvas. By doing so all the waist will further become an expensive piece of art work.


Go to watch a clip on : Fox News
Go to the web site : Schimmel Art

Reducing energy consumption

Left, Pull-Tab purse by Escama
Right, vintage record bowl
Both design using well known objects. There is better way to re-use material, for example, Pull-Tab purse using aluminum tab of can. This design reduses recycling energy and waste of aluminum. Sometimes, it is better to use disposed materials directly.

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Chiquita Chandelier



Chiquita Chandelier by Dutch designer Anneke Jakobs. A "Product" that is just an instruction sheet, but that has deeper ties to sustainability and developing countries. Tim Keating from Rainforest Relief will talk about concerns surrounding the banana buisness. You can also find information on the RFR website at: Bananas

This may seem like I am taking the easy way out since PJ already posted the link for this material (eco-spun by Wellman, Inc. which is a fiber made from recycled plastics)....... but I thought that I could use it to make jewelry. The various colors of the fibers and the weave texture could be really fun and interesting.

www.wellmaninc.com

UPCYCLING YOURSELF.

My idea is simple, but I'm not sure how to use a manufacturer.... I've been thinking about using old t-shirts to make teddy bears. I was thinking about how baby's sleep better with something that smells like their mom near them... like placing an old t-shirt in the crib with them. I think that my product would actually be just instructions for mothers, a pattern of sorts to make DIY teddy bears with their old maternity tee's. Upcycling yourself if you will.

Low tack, high durability paint system

Mythic®paint is a non-toxic, ultra low odor paint that provides the durability and coverage you expect from a premium paint without the off-gassing VOC’s and cancer-causing toxins that emit years after drying. Stronger, safer, smarter paint.® Now that’s a breath of fresh air.

Scotchgard Paint Protection - A paint that resists damage from bugs, and stones, on cars

Proposal:

Ecosexy is a low tack 3M and Scotchgard protected paint…it withstands wear and tear and creates a physical shell on wall board, further protects the wall board from blunt destruction. The tack of the paint allows artists, and designers to ‘pin up” papers without putting up cork board, or pushing pins into the wall.

User: Home owners, apartment tenants, art and design studios.

Cost /Benefit: The option of sustainability through non toxic materials, and second function/use exploration.

Posted for Doug Best

HP Packages Laptop in Messenger bag

HP Press Release: HP Wins Walmart Design Challenge with Innovative Notebook Packaging

In accordance with its long-standing Design for the Environment strategy, HP radically redesigned the packaging of the HP Pavilion dv6929 by replacing conventional protective shipping materials and boxes with the HP Protect Messenger Bag, a stylish and protective accessory with fabric made from 100 percent recycled materials. This allows for a dramatic reduction in overall packaging content and size while delivering equal, if not better, product protection when compared to conventional packaging

Mattress use competition

Discarded Dreams Open Architecture Network




Architecture for Humanity and Rubicon National Social Innovations invite entrants to create innovative ways of converting used mattresses into useful products. The competition aims to encourage entrants to form groups capable of creating a consumer product, instructions detailing how to make the product, and a plan for production on a larger scale. Entrants must create designs that take into account the volume of mattress waste generated each year. Groups are encouraged to utilize local resources, including existing manufacturing facilities and other waste products.

Etsy :: lousupcycles :: Eco-Loving, Upcycled, Recycled, Trashion Fashionista

Etsy :: lousupcycles :: Eco-Loving, Upcycled, Recycled, Trashion Fashionista

Line of recycled plastic products for the home

preserve everyday

Company provides full life cycle analysis as part of their products.

Preserve products are made from 100% recycled plastics and 100% post-consumer paper. By using recycled materials, we save energy, preserve natural resources and create an incentive for communities to recycle.

All of our plastic products are recyclable, either through our postage-paid labels and mailers (toothbrushes and razor handles) or at the curb in communities that recycle #5 plastic.

We make our products in the USA, so that we can ship them shorter distances, using less fuel and limiting our environmental footprint.

Scrap traders meeting site

Scrap Metal, Scrap Metal prices, Plastic scrap, Scrap dealers

Scrap and Remnant Leather Pieces For Sale

Scrap and Remnant Leather Pieces For Sale





At Brettuns Village our number one product is our high quality scrap leather. We offer these leather pieces in a variety of types, and we pick the colors and thicknesses you want. We also have some types of specialty scrap, such as camouflage print leathers, suede, and harness leathers, subject to availability, as shown below. Shipping is always free to contiguous USA locations!