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reuse

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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The Phattest Water Butt of All

July 21, 2010
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It should surprise no one (but delight everyone) that some clever person has produced a water butt in the shape of a butt. (Note for the non-Brits: Water Butt = [...]

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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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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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When a Plain-Jane Rain Barrel Simply Won’t Do

October 19, 2009

Saving water is stylish now! And a consequence of that is more high-design products with which to stylishly save water! While that DIY-hacked, second-hand barrel you dragged from the dump [...]

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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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Soak Up The View From This Fab Garden Bench

June 18, 2009

Some people can look at things cast off and thrown aside and imagine something new and wonderful. Katie’s artistic eye and creative vision gave new life to an old tub as [...]

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How about Sewranee Springs? Effluessence?

March 16, 2009

Yea, marketing! With a strategic sleight of hand, we can plaster a new name over something less pleasant and magically change everyones’ perceptions! Los Angeles is on to this trick, [...]

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Trendy Store, Trashy Decor

January 14, 2009

It’s one thing to claim “trash to treasure” but it’s another to greet your customers with it and hang it from your ceiling. And have all be in awe of [...]

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