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- A beer crisis is brewing in Germany as bottle recycling slows amid heatwaves Thu, 16 Aug 18, 7:02amWith summer still in full swing and heatwaves gripping countries around the world, breweries across Germany have been scrambling to keep up with the beer demand from hot and thirsty customers...
- Lucirms upcycles glass bottles into gorgeous handmade lamps Wed, 27 Jul 16, 5:30amAccording to Lucirmás, the majority of recycled glass ends up in pavement aggregate rather than in the production or new glass. In hopes of highlighting the importance and beauty of reuse, the design studio creates unique...
- Artist Nikki Ella Whitlock recycles wine bottle fragments into ethereal mosaics Wed, 4 Feb 15, 5:00amBritish artist Nikki Ella Whitlock takes recycling to ethereal levels, by transforming old glass into stunning mosaics. With a mix of tiles and glass mostly from used wine bottles, the Derbyshire-based artist has created...
- Stallo: Practical and Elegant Cups Upcycled from Glass Bottles Sat, 12 Jul 14, 12:30amThree Italian product design students from Portugal's Matosinhos School of Art and Design have created Stallo, a set of elegant cups upcycled from glass bottles...
- Architecture For a Change Designs Lightweight Church for South African Zandspruit Community Wed, 7 May 14, 6:00amArchitecture For a Change designed a lightweight building to house the Community Church of Zandspruit in South Africa. A symbol of hope and safety in the community, the structure will replace the current tent structure that...
- Architecture for a Change: Cooking Up Community Spirit in Zandspruit, Johannesburg Tue, 15 Apr 14, 6:00amJohannesburg-based architecture firm Architecture for a Change helped to create a low-cost community bakery in the Zandspruit region. Comprised of several friends who met at school, the firm is dedicated to setting new boundaries...
- LightWall Salvaged Material Pavilion Features an Upcycled Glass Bottle Wall Wed, 10 Jul 13, 2:00amLightWall was one of about a dozen entries in the 2012 ReSpace Competition and was selected as the Grand Prize winner. The project was designed by Scott Hefner and Abe Drechsler of the NCSU College of Design. Completely made...
- Casa del Agua in Mexico City Serves Local Filtered Rainwater Thu, 31 Jan 13, 6:30amCasa del Agua is a new artisan bar concept in Mexico City where you can go for a drink of rainwater! The water is served in specially-designed and reusable glass bottles, and it’s harvested and filtered on-site...
- Glassphemy: A Way to Recycle Glass Bottles with Fury! Sat, 15 May 10, 11:00pmPissed off about oil spills? Angered by over-packaging? Rather than letting all that pent up frustration to get the better of you, why not grab a used glass bottle instead and commit GLASSPHEMY!? From the same folks...
- Glassphemy! A Way to Recycle Glass Bottles with Fury! Sat, 15 May 10, 11:00pmSmashed glass! Shards of angiush! Explosions of eco-deliciousness! From the same folks who brought you last year’s famed Brooklyn dumpster pools, come the reverberations of recycling with all the passion and fury of...