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mangoes Watch: Vegan leather made out of mangoes Jess Sabine
but we recycled New York City recycling facilities receive 1,200 bowling balls each year Thom Dunn
environmentalism Watch: animation shows how much "recycled" plastic Britain dumps abroad Rob Beschizza
american exports The US exports its plastic waste. But now other countries are rejecting it. Thom Dunn
resin Creating a UV curing oven for resin using grocery bags Gareth Branwyn
plastic How China ended the lie of recyclable plastic Andrea James
physical media The overlooked environmental impacts of the music industry Thom Dunn
recycling Police confiscate 345,000 used condoms destined for resale Mark Frauenfelder
plastic waste Big Oil has been lying about plastic recycling since at least 1974 Thom Dunn
DIY filmmaking Watch this ridiculous and wonderful low-budget remake of Alien, by the Cardboard Movie Co. David Pescovitz
mattresses Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will sleep on cardboard beds David Pescovitz
activation lock Apple's extension of "Activation Locks" to laptops will turn refurbishable electronics into e-waste Cory Doctorow
recycling Man ordered to retrieve the refrigerator he threw down a cliff Rob Beschizza
recyclers Recycling center recovers $23,000 in cash that man accidentally tossed David Pescovitz
son-of-curface Coffee cups made from coffee grounds Cory Doctorow
retrotech Inside an incredible "prop library" of vintage electronics and obsolete consumer tech David Pescovitz
kabadiwalas India's e-waste recycling "markets" are toxic nightmares filled with child laborers Cory Doctorow
christmas trees In the future we might paint our homes with dead Christmas trees Séamus Bellamy
sinks Tuba turned into a bathroom sink and tenor horns repurposed as urinals David Pescovitz
delightfully weird Wherein Werner Herzog gives voice to a lonely plastic bag Séamus Bellamy