New York to implement clothing recycling program

In Singapore where we are so stuck on whats new and trendy (not such a great trend in itself) there would be a great use for an idea like this! Someone please stand up and do this, you can count me in!

Starting in September, New York City will launch one of the largest textile recycling initiatives in the nation. The aim is to make it easy to donate clothing, almost as easy as throwing it away.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Americans pitch almost 10 pounds of socks, jeans, shirts and sheets per year, per person. In New York, where 190,000 tons of textiles entered the city’s landfills in 2008 alone, the plan would place 50 collection bins in high-traffic areas.

via Yahoo! News.

The Life Box: solutions for re-greening the planet

If ever you needed extra incentive to recycle the packaging that comes with all your purchases, The Life Box is it. Simply tear up, plant and water, and voila, you’ve planted several trees.

(They’d have to be native to your location though, we think).

What is The Life Box™?

The Life Box™ was invented by Paul Stamets, mycologist, author and founder of Fungi Perfecti®, LLC. The Life Box™ suite of products builds upon the synergy of fungi and plants by infusing spores and seeds together inside of packaging materials that can be planted.

Read more at The Life Box

Karang Guni Chic

Stuart Haygarth collects things and then displays them. Stuff you can find in flea markets become stunning exhibits, like his collection of bottles and vases which he then categorizes by color. The results are amazing.

New Soap, Old Bottle

A company in the U.S. buys brand-name detergents and soaps and sells them to consumers in recycled plastic and glass bottles, calling it an eco-initiative aiming to “give consumers a greener option”.

The company doesn’t vouch for the eco-friendliness of the contents of the bottles, but you get the drift.