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The Legality of Toilet Planters: Answer Man Tackles the Question

July 25, 2011
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Now who could be opposed to reuse and recycling? Go green, woo hoo! Just don’t go green where you , uh, you know, go! Is it a tad enviro-ugly if [...]

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Redneck Reuse: Toilet Tank Planter

June 15, 2010
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Hooray for redneck reuse! Isn’t it grand to live in an age in which you can park broken toilet parts in your garden  and be viewed as eco-aware rather than [...]

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DIY Upside-Downy Tomato Planter

April 14, 2010
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You’ve seen it on TV and you want one, right? Here’s how I made a DIY tomato planter (aka “topsy turvy” planter) out of PET trash and recycled objects around [...]

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Wild Recycling: Flush Away Cancer

March 18, 2010
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I’m always on the lookout for new ideas on how to recycle old toilets (like this and this) and “Flush Away Cancer” demonstrates wild and wonderful out-of-the-bowl thinking on creative loo [...]

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Grandeur in the Ocean Garbage Patch

March 3, 2010

This new awareness advert from Rise Above Plastics combines the ick factor of the ocean garbage patch with the majesty of a giant whale with predictably repugnant results. (From their [...]

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Goon Idea for Canadian Toilet Reuse!

January 14, 2010

(Note: that’s not a typo!) A tweet this week from World Toilet Day (@worldtoiletday) sought some group-think ideas on toilet reuse. Not toilet-to-tap recycled water, but actual toilets! And yes, [...]

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Your Boughs are Green in Plastic Glow

December 9, 2009

Of all the trees most lovely is this whimsical 2008 installation at the Tanglin Mall in Singapore decorated with artfully-crafted recycled plastic bottles. (I much prefer seeing them on a Christmas tree [...]

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The New DIY: Dumps Inspire You

September 22, 2009

For this D.I.Y. project, don’t trek into Home Depot for your supplies, stay outside the store and look in their dumpster! (the “new” DIY = Dumps Inspire You!) Katie Jackson [...]

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Awesome Trash for the Wardrobe Stash

July 20, 2009

I’d like to see Jennifer Aniston and her “Smartwater” go green on the red carpet in this. That way, she could look trashy in a positive way (and smarter, too!) [...]

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The Arranged Marriage of Trash and Treasure

June 29, 2009

We were smitten when we posted Rod Pujante’s handcrafted blooms last year made from discarded water bottles and just KNEW that some discerning green-style setters would see the high-trashion potential. Frances [...]

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