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- Maryland grad turns recycled plastic bags into eco-fashion Tue, 25 Jul 17, 12:13amPlastic is Trisha Cheeny's bag. A recent graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she majored in interdisciplinary sculpture, Cheeny is looking to launch Pälemer, a line of clothing and accessories derived...
- Risque fashion trend has Taiwanese teens wearing plastic bag onesies Mon, 7 Sep 15, 3:00amA bizarre new trend in Taiwan has taken the Internet by storm. Young Taiwanese men and women are stripping down and posting selfies of themselves wearing nothing but recycled 7-Eleven grocery bags. Naturally, not the entire...
- Researchers Recycle Plastic Bags into Usable Fuel Fri, 31 Jan 14, 4:44amPlastic bags / Shutterstock A group of scientists in India have developed a process to transform disused plastic bags into usable fuel. Researchers at the National Institute of Technology and the Centurion University of...
- Consumerist Christmas Tree Uses Thousands of Multi-Colored Plastic Bags to Symbolize Our Addiction to Waste Wed, 25 Dec 13, 2:42amA monument to our throwaway society, the 30 foot tall recycled tree symbolizes the wastefulness of excessive shopping and its subsequent environmental consequences...
- Aussie Artist Crochets a Festive Reindeer from 2,000 Plastic Bags Sat, 21 Dec 13, 12:00amAustralian designer Angela van Boxtel is celebrating Christmas sustainably with a festive reindeer made from 2,000 plastic bags! Set in the Australian sun, the upcycled Blitzen was carefully crocheted from disused plastic...
- Erika Drake’s Recycled Plastic Bag Stool Calls Attention to the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Tue, 22 Jan 13, 9:00amDesigner and artist Hongtao Zhou worked with his Hawaiian student Erika Drake to fix a broken stool by reinforcing it with recycled plastic bags! The duo wrapped bag tissues around the broken joinery like a spider web and...
- DIY: Make A Hammock Chair from Upcycled Plastic Bags Thu, 25 Oct 12, 6:00amIf you have a bunch of plastic bags lying around, upcycle them into a hammock chair! All you need to make one is time (you’ll need to braid each plastic bag to make it sturdy), about 500 plastic bags, two spring link...
- ANNOUNCING: The Inhabitat 2011 Green Halloween Costume Contest Winners! Thu, 10 Nov 11, 11:30amRead the rest of ANNOUNCING: The Inhabitat 2011 Green Halloween Costume Contest Winners! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2011 green halloween, 2011 inhabitat costume contest, character 9, character...
- Tesco Warrior Princess Costume Handsewn From Plastic Shopping Bags Wed, 9 Nov 11, 5:55amWith this Tesco Plastic Bag Warrior Princess costume, Ria Burns is taking no prisoners in our Green Halloween Costume Contest. She used 15 old plastic shopping bags sewn together to start the bodice, and the detailed corset...
- PHOTOS: Danish Students Inspire Us to Recycle and ‘Think Twice’ at Copenhagen Design Week Wed, 7 Sep 11, 2:00amRead the rest of PHOTOS: Danish Students Inspire Us to Recycle and ‘Think Twice’ at Copenhagen Design Week Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green furniture", Aarhus School of Architecture,...
- Ghigos Group Recycles Plastic Bags into an Architectural “Outfit” for a House Sat, 16 Jul 11, 7:20amGhigos Group recently turned the disposal of plastic bags into an opportunity to bring life to an unfinished public building. The project takes old shopping bags and turns them into a “dress” or “suit”...
- Fantastic Plastic Objects Made from Trash by Buenos Aires’ Cartoneros Fri, 13 May 11, 6:30amAfter the 2001 economic crisis that hit Argentina, thousands of people that had lost their jobs were pressed to learn how to survive by collecting and selling urban rubbish to local recycling centers...