Spring cleaning is a beloved annual ritual across households as millions purge their closets and drawers of junk they no longer need. Although some items are donated or sold in garage sales, most end up in landfills, with severe consequences for the planet. What if
From groceries to decorative items and presents, people buy many things during the holidays. However, every item you purchase can contribute to waste, create extra cleaning time, and increase environmental concerns. To that accord, you can celebrate special occasions in an eco-friendly manner by reducing
Most watchmakers don’t clamor to associate themselves with plastic for obvious reasons. But when plastic utilization is for the good, its use feels a lot more meaningful. Aiming to work on its ecological ethics, Baume & Mercier has recently created a new Baume Ocean II
During the lockdown, Yuki Murakami realized how much waste he produced every day; which made the student at Nagoya College of the Arts, Japan, decide to stop this everyday use of plastic products. He further made up his mind to convert the already existing or
Upcycling is a good way to keep unwanted plastic out of the oceans and landfills. The process depends on an energy source to heat, melt, and further process upcycling. But what if that energy source is the Sun? Recently, chemists at Cornell University have found
One of the renowned office chairs, Herman Miller’s Aeron chair is getting an eco-friendly update with the infusion of ocean plastic. Designed in 1994, the Aeron chair was specially curated for people who spend most of their day sitting in their offices. Even after years,
Every year, billions of tons of plastic waste are dumped into landfills and in oceans that have immensely polluted the ecosystem. Now SLO Architecture has found an innovative way to make use of plastic waste. It has built a Turntable dome in New Jersey by
Obakeng Thetele, a 17-year-old teenager from Bloemfontein, the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa, has built an innovative car from scrap metal and spare parts. Thetele was fond of cars and wanted one for himself, but his father said that he
While many binge-watched movies and read hoarded books during the pandemic lockdown, a creative couple helped save the environment by upcycling discarded tires into adorable pet beds. Entrepreneurs Tenisha Granger and her fiancée Jonathan Ramcharan found the unique idea of turning tires into pet beds online.
Electric bikes have become a rage in current times, as they are far more environmentally-friendly than traditional ones. The most common e-bikes in the market are priced between $400 to $2000. Recently, one Redditor has created an e-bike by using a 20-year-old bicycle and parts
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