recycling Big Oil has been lying about plastic recycling since at least 1974 Thom Dunn

Funny Watch this ridiculous and wonderful low-budget remake of Alien, by the Cardboard Movie Co. David Pescovitz

olympics Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will sleep on cardboard beds David Pescovitz

1201 Apple's extension of "Activation Locks" to laptops will turn refurbishable electronics into e-waste Cory Doctorow

mistakes Man ordered to retrieve the refrigerator he threw down a cliff Rob Beschizza

recycling Recycling center recovers $23,000 in cash that man accidentally tossed David Pescovitz

gift guide Coffee cups made from coffee grounds Cory Doctorow

recycling Inside an incredible "prop library" of vintage electronics and obsolete consumer tech David Pescovitz

class war India's e-waste recycling "markets" are toxic nightmares filled with child laborers Cory Doctorow

Science In the future we might paint our homes with dead Christmas trees Séamus Bellamy

DIY Tuba turned into a bathroom sink and tenor horns repurposed as urinals David Pescovitz

recycling Wherein Werner Herzog gives voice to a lonely plastic bag Séamus Bellamy

Technology Apple's claims about recycling and sustainability are kinda entirely nonsense Séamus Bellamy

art Artist creates enormous colorful sculptures by reusing single-use materials Andrea James

Kids This Jenga set is made of recycled fishing nets Andrea James

video Modular floating park made of reclaimed plastic debris Andrea James

Funny Jimmy Fallon sure does love this CAPTCHA joke Andrea James

fashion Sneakers made from Amsterdammers' used bubble-gum Cory Doctorow

Business Microsoft sends recycler to jail for reinstalling obsolete, licensed copies of Windows on refurbished PCs Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets The used cars that Europe sends to Nigeria are filled with illegal, toxic e-waste Cory Doctorow