recycling
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These Bicycles Made From Old Cars Are Gorgeous And Green
Bicycled is a new company that’s building bikes out of junked cars. While that sounds like it could be a recipe for disaster, the results are actually amazingly beautiful.
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NASA Is Turning Astronaut Trash Into Radiation-Shielding Frisbees
The Death Star’s trash compactor may have been implausible, but it was on the right path towards solving a very real problem: space junk.
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Watch This Band Play With Killer Gunmetal Instruments
Confiscated weapons are always destroyed, but that doesn’t mean the wreckage can’t be used for something. Artist Pedro Reyes took the remains of 67,000 guns — many of which had probably seen some action — and used their dismembered parts to build instruments for a makeshift gunmetal orchestra.
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Will Garbage Bins That Charge Per Use Just Encourage Littering?
The Netherlands is rolling out some 6000 smart garbage cans that can only be used when residents scan an RFID-enabled ID card. Besides monitoring just how much rubbish people throw away, the bins will also measure and charge the user based on how much refuse they tossed.