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Discovered TieTek while watching the documentary "Addicted To Plastic"

"Production of 350,000 railroad ties (100 miles of track), from recycled plastic, rubber and waste fiberglass:

-reduces 40,000 metric tons carbon equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions;
-saves 75,000 mature trees;
-uses over 50 million pounds recycled plastic;
-recycles 1 million tires.

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Posted March 7, 2010
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Beer Bottle House // And A Damaged Liver

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Posted March 4, 2010
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Home Restoration Meets Sustainability [Jetson Green]

"..re-used old floor boards and salvaged timbers, purchased clapboards made from locally grown White Easter pine, and utilized a recycled product made from old tires and soda bottles for roofing shingles."

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Posted February 16, 2010
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don't throw away those old skateboards - decorate with'em [DesignCrave]

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Posted January 31, 2010
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2012 Olympic buildings to be made from recycled guns and knives [Metro.co.uk]

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Posted January 26, 2010
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Makedo System Turns Trash into Treasures [Inhabitat]

"Their simple DIY connector system lets you get your creativity going while turning your old piles of junk and trash into some funky treasures!"

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Posted January 18, 2010
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Portraits from Trash [TreeHugger]

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Posted January 17, 2010
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More Ways to Recycle Plastic [TreeHugger]

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Posted January 11, 2010
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{Be Creative} Old Hard Drives Get Sculpted Into Cars, Bikes, Robots [Gadget Lab]

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Posted December 26, 2009
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What A Good Way To Help The Homeless From One Of Project H Design's Local Chapters

Abject Object from Ken Mori on Vimeo.

"In 2009, the group's Los Angeles chapter launched Abject Object, an initiative where designers work with women at the Downtown Women's Shelter to produce products like pocketed scarves and hammocks which convert into bags that can be utilized by the homeless, but are also functional and fashionable enough to be worm by everyone else."

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Posted December 11, 2009
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