Ingenious flashlight attached to PET bottle for an eco-friendly lamp

Eco Factor: Lamps made from Flashlight and PET bottles. Looks like designers Lie Zhong-Fa, Lee Sang-Bong and Ji Jung-Ah are on a quest to change the way people think about trash.

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Ingenious flashlight attached to PET bottle for an eco-friendly lamp

Wool Ball Hybrid Humidifier can be powered by your pet

Eco Factor: Hybrid energy humidifier with an integrated energy generator. The Wool Ball Hybrid is the brainchild of designer Yuan Gu and has been conceptualized to make your living room more comfortable by keeping indoor air humid and clean.

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RX-78-2 Recycle Grade Gundam is made from plastic leftovers

Eco Factor: Sculpture made from recycled plastic. A group of eco-conscious Japanese artists have crafted a Gundam from grids of plastic leftovers.

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RX-78-2 Recycle Grade Gundam is made from plastic leftovers

High-Tech Trash Bins Rat Out Residents Who Refuse to Recycle

Photo via orphanjones Cleveland residents are about to get an extra incentive to recycle — if they don’t, their trash bins will tattletale and they’ll be slapped with a $100 fine. The city is starting a new program that features trash bins embedded with microchips

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Purifan air purifying ceiling fans need a makeover

Eco Factor: Energy-efficient ceiling fan purifies indoor air.

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Purifan air purifying ceiling fans need a makeover

Finland aims to build the world’s first green highway

Eco Factor: Green highway with EV charging service stations and pumps filled with local biofuels. Aiming is to create the model for an ecological highway that could be used anywhere in the world, Finland has take up a project under which it will build the world’s first “green highway”

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Minus Oil:Three Ways Technology Can Curb Our Consumption

Photo via quapan Our culture is obsessed with technology, and for many people it seems the solution to our environmental conundrums is embedded in the ways we utilize the technology we have to create solutions.

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UL Environment’s Green Label Expands to Mobile Devices

Photo via dan taylor UL Environment is a fairly new label for green electronics, just launching in January of last year. Underwriters Laboratories has always been a trustworthy entity, though the first company to earn a UL Environment label was LG, who had a SteamWasher and an LCD television set vetted (all amid controversy over th…

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Can Peer2Peer Rental Challenge London’s New Bike Share Scheme?

Image credit: Cycle London London’s new bike rental scheme , like Paris’ velib scheme before it , may be a huge hit.

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Sun Flower concept streetlamp illuminates the night sustainably

Eco Factor: Sustainable lighting system powered by solar energy. Apart from their use in juicing electronic gadgets, photovoltaic panels are ideal for systems such as streetlamps that spend most of their time under the sun.

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Sun Flower concept streetlamp illuminates the night sustainably

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