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    A Japanese town where citizens treat 80 percent of garbage themselves

    Posted on December 16, 2015 by Gareth Mankoo

    How wonderful would a world without garbage be? While recycling and reusing are amazing buzzwords, implementing them as practices is a tad more challenging. However, it isn’t possible. The town of Kamikatsu in Japan has proved this over the last … Continue reading3 →

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    Sweden runs out of trash to feed its incinerators; imports 800,000 tons of garbage!

    Posted on October 31, 2012 by gavril

    When it comes to putting trash to peace in the best possible way, Sweden deserves a standing ovation. The Nordic country has recently stepped into the spotlight with its energy generation program that uses garbage! The program has in fact … Continue reading3 →

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    Ramon Knoester designs the Recycled Island from garbage

    Posted on April 5, 2011 by gavril

    Artificial man-made islands are a common site today, artificial islands made out of garbage aren’t! Designer and architect, Ramon Knoester hailing from Holland thought of a novel way to use trash with the help of a generous grant from the … Continue reading3 →

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    The Econology Life Recycle House recycles your garbage, powered by solar energy

    Posted on November 29, 2010 by gavril

    Well, if you aren’t too comfortable using the usual garbage recycling facilities, owing to the fact that they can get smelly and messy at times, here’s what designer Soyoung Park has to offer. Known as the Econology Life Recycle House, … Continue reading3 →

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    Garbage to gas, an alternative to diesel, garbage trucks in California

    Posted on June 10, 2010 by gavril

    Why use gasoline to power up a garbage truck, when the stuff it’s carrying can power it up too! And that’s exactly what these trucks use to power up in California, garbage. Around 500 of these trucks operated by Waste … Continue reading3 →

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    Elgin goes green with self compacting solar powered trash cans

    Posted on October 10, 2009 by mohsin

    The Centre of Elgin waste management service has now switched to a greener rather expensive garbage can. This $4000 can is a miniature trash compactor; the can uses solar power to automatically compact trash and even manages to send a … Continue reading3 →

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    Terraviva Domestic Composter turns kitchen waste to plant fodder

    Posted on March 4, 2009 by shilpa

    Here’s a great idea to not have a stinky kitchen garbage – if you are a vegetarian. Ravel Casela has discovered a way to recycle kitchen waste into fodder for the kitchen plants. What you do is, once you are … Continue reading3 →

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    Green Energy Machine squeezes energy out of garbage

    Posted on January 22, 2009 by deepa

    Instead of resorting to tap the nature for providing alternative energy, doesn’t it make sense to squeeze out energy from the trash that we generate? IST Energy’s Green Energy Machine (GEM) is just the right system to transform your building’s … Continue reading3 →

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    Sewage plant to be named after George W Bush

    Posted on July 10, 2008 by mohsin

    Everyone wants to remembered after they are long gone, be it as a wage memory or as a legend of their times. When it comes to being the President of the USA, it’s not that hard to be forgotten considering … Continue reading3 →

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    TGER – Turning trash into precious fuel

    Posted on June 21, 2008 by mohsin

    Trash, as it turns out, is an attractive feedstock. There are several commercial companies developing technologies that use wastes as fuel. The military currently burns its trash in incinerators, emitting icky emissions and eating up a lot of fuel, time, … Continue reading3 →

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