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Loading ...Using Crafts to Promote Recycling and Employment
Monday, October 1st, 2007Last week I introduced you to some cool purses made in Rio de Janeiro and Maranhão from recycled materials, such as banana fiber and PET from drink bottles. Here’s more, this time from Curitiba, the capital of Paraná. Curitiba has a longstanding and well-deserved reputation for promoting recycling through environmental education. Thus it is not […]
Trash Photos XIII: Cool Purses
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007Last year while discussing what I like to call "creative recycling," I introduced you to a purse made of used drink can tabs liberated from the waste stream, plus thread and a thin chain. At the time, I invited readers to alert me to any more examples of "an interesting or ingenious product made of […]
“Trash Photos” II: Creative Recycling
Saturday, September 9th, 2006From tiny seeds mighty trees grow. — Old Proverb Here’s some more in my series of photos about trash and recycling (see the prior post of the trash bin made from recycled Tetra-brik packaging). Take a close look at the one on the right — it’s a “disco purse” made of used drink can tabs liberated […]