How can I reuse or recycle plastic coleslaw/potato salad tubs?

Between the good weather and the World Cup, every weekend recently has been barbeque-madness in the UK, which means the burger, salad and salad accompaniments shelves at the supermarket are stripped bare by 10am, just a solitary limp iceberg lettuce left behind to tell of the devastation.

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How can I reuse or recycle plastic coleslaw/potato salad tubs?

Biomimicry: Chemical-Free Water-Blocking Material Inspired By Spider Hair

Photo via Thomas Shahan Looking veeeery closely at spider hairs, scientists at the University of Florida have figured a way to mimic the varying lengths of spider body hair in order to create a flat, water-blocking and self-cleaning surface that could be ideal for anything from food packaging to solar cells to windows. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Switch Me! And Feel The Pain Of Our Planet

images via Designboom That is what French designer Josselin Zaïgouche says about his novel, if unusual, way to reduce power consumption….

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Switch Me! And Feel The Pain Of Our Planet

Hit Or Miss? The Light Tree Combines Solar Street Lighting and Planters

Image via Yanko Design This seems like a slightly more Alice In Wonderland, slightly less majestic version of Ross Lovegrove’s solar tree-like streetlights , but designer Omar Ivan Huerta Cardoso is giving fake-tree-solar-streetlighting a go with the Light Tree. This one, however, has a few real sprouts incorporated into the design, which is nice – but can that overcome some of the other problematic design flaws?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hit Or Miss? The Light Tree Combines Solar Street Lighting and Planters