recycling
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Old Phones Will Become Gold Medals For 2020 Games In Tokyo
When the Olympic Games hits Tokyo in 2020, the Olympic organising committee hopes the medals awarded to athletes will be made out of recycled smartphones and other gadgets.
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Australian Councils Could Make $21 Million A Year Converting Plastic Waste Into Fuel
PhD student Songpol Boonsawat has developed a waste disposal system that turns household plastic waste, contaminated plastic waste and targeted plastic waste into fuel. If implemented across homes and councils across Australia, it could result in an 80 per cent reduction of plastic waste in landfill. Songpol says there is huge potential for some councils…
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How To Turn Trash Into A Working Hair Dryer
Haven’t cleaned your desk in years? At this point you’ve probably accumulated enough crap to recycle it all into something useful, instead of just sweeping it all onto the floor. YouTube’s MrGear has an easy-to-follow tutorial show you how to turn an old CD case, some soda cans, and various unwanted electronic bits into a…
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Watch Old US Dollar Bills Get Turned Into Dirt
Video: When the Fed constantly replaces old, tattered dollar bills with new, crispy cash, millions of notes get pulled out of circulation while new dollar bills get put in circulation. So what happens to all that old money? It gets shredded. But then what?