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#Refashion sneak peek! Super fun, creative project, mixing scrap fabrics, old garment pieces, decorative stitching, patchwork, and even granny squares! 
It's all about giving new life to what could otherwise end up in the trash. 
I LOVE these kinds of projects because it's a chance to get playful with different techniques, experiment with designs, and reuse materials in a way!
Stay tuned to see the transformation! 
Artificial text - On few occasion it's also funny. Meow
I have an idea. Tell me if it’s a bad idea.
Those corrugated plastic campaign signs in everybody’s yards? Imagine a 3 inch layer of them in your attic on top of your insulation.
Artist Transforms Pieces of Scrap Metal Into Animal Sculptures via My Modern Met [Shared]
Artist Leah Jeffrey, better known as Bruised Reed Studio, gives scrap metal a new life. She uses discarded materials to create exquisite modern sculptures of animals such as birds, frogs, rabbits, and more. These welded pieces lovingly depict different fauna while also maintaining some of the unique characteristics of the individual parts including gears and mesh wire.
Battery maker Pure Lithium moving to Chicago, investing $46M
lemmy.worldBattery maker Pure Lithium moving to Chicago, investing $46M - Lemmy.WorldThe move also brings Pure Lithium closer to Argonne National Laboratory in
Lemont, near Chicago. Pure Lithium and Argonne are collaborating on a project to
grow lithium metal anode production using recycled lithium metal with funding
from the U.S. Department of Energy.
ZanoSin is the second luminaire in a series of light fixtures in which parts of a broken pressure washer are reused. For this lamp the polypropylene cover of the pump and electric motor has been repurposed as a lampshade. The polypropylene is hand painted in flat black enamel paint, finished of with several layers of spray paint...
Recycling Food Waste Could Dramatically Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions
New research has found that recycling food waste using methods such as composting, anaerobic digestion and “refeed” can lead to a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared with disposing of it in landfills.
#GoodNews #Science #Waste
#Food #Recycle #Emissions
#Climate
https://www.ecowatch.com/food-waste-recycling-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html
EcoWatch · Recycling Food Waste Could Dramatically Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Study
Spain’s Fashion Giants to Start Collecting Used Clothing Waste in 2025 as Part of Trial Program
Re-viste, the project’s organizer, said shoes, clothing and other textiles will be separated from regular waste so that they can be recycled or reused.
#GoodNews #Reuse #fashion
#Recycle
https://www.ecowatch.com/spain-fashion-companies-used-clothing-recycling.html
EcoWatch · Spain’s Fashion Giants to Start Collecting Used Clothing Waste in 2025 as Part of Trial Program
#Federal charges against key participants involved in #Oakland #Waste processing proposal at old #Army base not helping progress of project amidst detritus, disputes, bureaucratic bogus biz bs, and constant contractual crap
Essentially article reveals "#California Waste Solutions" is not necessarily providing solutions, but local govt is pretty good at waste?
While city and developer feud, both fail to follow thru and serve #WestOakland #Community, as residents, #ratepayers and #taxpayers suffer during decades delayed deferred dreams of improved #recycling facility that just seems to #recycle hopes and turn them into more cockroach attracting stink.
https://oaklandside.org/2025/07/11/california-waste-solutions-fbi-oakland-army-base/
The Oaklandside · California Waste Solutions — key player in Oakland FBI case — loses land deal at former Army Base
Flashback (Jun 1, 2023):
"6 clever ways to reuse silica gel packets
Reduce plastic waste while keeping your prized possessions safe from moisture damage."
https://www.popsci.com/environment/uses-for-silica-gel-packets/
Popular Science · 6 clever ways to reuse silica gel packetsThere are plenty of uses for silica gel packets around the home. Keep these packets out of the trash and use them to protect your possessions instead.
Concrete and up-cycled steel light 
Sculpture “BurSong”
A loose arch shaped concrete piece comes with the lamp. It fits on the concrete platform at the switch side. By placing it (or not) in or out the platform there’s the possibility to play with the appearance of the lamp and the light and shadow play that it produces.
Continued thread
#TrumpLies: “You can’t take them down because the environmentalists don’t let you bury the blades.”
#FactCheck: #Wind turbine blades are designed for durability to withstand hurricane-force winds. However, the #US already has the ability to #recycle most #WindTurbine materials, acc/to the Dept of #Energy. It issued a report in Jan that found 90% of wind turbines can be recycled using existing infrastructure, while new strategies & innovative recycling methods will be needed to tackle the rest.
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Today’s #mosstodon is my #totebag on a #mossy tree stump. I made the tote bag myself..
I sewed it from old fabric scraps from my friend and other #recycle materials from the thrift store.
I have done #embroidery for weeks, maybe months, by adding a tons of French knots to this.
I chose to photograph this with #moss and I feel like it could have been a part of the tree from the very start.. it goes really well together.
I think this is a very subtle way to recycle old clothes, don't you? 
#trashie #recycle #noplanetb
https://www.europesays.com/fr/233084/ À Marseille, une « monnaie sauvage » en plastique recyclé pour sensibiliser à la réduction des déchets #2025 #actu #Actualités #EU #europe #FR #France #Marseille #MONNAIE #News #Plastique #pour #ProvenceAlpesCôteD'Azur #recyclé #Région #RépubliqueFrançaise #Sauvage #une
So, I caught a glimpse of #EcoMaine's new recycling facility, which has been completed. The new imaging technology will help separate recyclables even faster and more efficiently! Pretty cool stuff!
#Ecomaine plans $25 million #recycling center upgrade
#MainePublic | By Peter McGuire
Published September 9, 2024
"One of Maine’s largest recyclers is planning a multi-million dollar upgrade of its Portland plant in anticipation of handling more cardboard and other household waste.
"Ecomaine, a #CommunityOwned corporation, plans to spend up to $25.2 million on state-of-the-art sorting equipment at a new recycling plant near its Portland headquarters.
"CEO Kevin Roche said the new automated sorting machines use #ImagingTechnology to separate mixed recycling such as paper, cardboard, plastic, glass and aluminum.
"The equipment will replace the company's current machines, installed around 2006.
"Back then, newsprint made up most of the recycling ecomaine handled, according to Roche. With a boom in online shopping and home delivery, however, cardboard has become the top material it handles.
" 'Paper packing has really taken over the recycling bin, so we need a new design and plus the new system is nearly 20 years old,' Roche said.
"The market for recyclables has rebounded from a slump after China stopped accepting most U.S. solid waste about seven years ago.
"American companies retrofitted mills to process used cardboard into more packaging material, boosting domestic demand, Roche said.
"But local policy is also likely to increase the amount of material ecomaine handles, he added.
"Maine regulators are finalizing requirements that producers pay for the cost of disposing #packaging waste. The extended producer responsibility program would reimburse towns and cities for their recycling programs.
"With that policy in place, Roche said that more communities will likely expand programs or revive abandoned recycling rather than 'leave money on the table.'
" 'So that in concert with public outcry for more recycling and more recovery, those two things are going to go hand in hand and I think, expand recycling programs,' Roche said.
"The company hopes its expansion will allow it to add more member communities that own and send waste to the Portland facility.
"Ecomaine plans to borrow $35.5 million through a bond issue for the recycling upgrade and a landfill expansion. Adding more landfill space will give the company seven more years to store ash from its waste-to-energy [#WTE] plant, according to the company.
"The public corporation is owned by a collection of towns and cities in southern Maine. It serves about 73 communities statewide."
Source:
https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2024-09-09/ecomaine-plans-25-million-recycling-center-upgrade
WMEH · Ecomaine plans $25 million recycling center upgrade