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"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.
"..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."
"Their simple DIY connector system lets you get your creativity going while turning your old piles of junk and trash into some funky treasures!"
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."
Founder of the Dearing Group LLC., a consultancy focused on communications and sustainability.
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