Michael Simon

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  July 22, 2010

  Ten Recycled Shipping Container Buildings

  Big, strong and seemingly unbreakable — shipping containers are a great place to start for a new style of building!

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  July 21, 2010

  Beauty in a Land of Waste: Junk Portraits by Vik Muniz

  Whether it’s made out of chocolate or garbage, there’s more to Vik Muniz’s artwork than meets the eye…

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  July 12, 2010

  Ten Most Creative Uses for Old Vinyl Records

  A great way to resurrect the groovy charm of vinyl is to recycle it!

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  July 6, 2010

  India’s Slumdog Ragpickers

  Welcome to the garbage dumps of India, where recycling isn’t a sustainable choice, but a mortal imperative.

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  July 5, 2010

  Angels’ Wings Created from Recycled Gloves

  Paul Villinski creates angels’ wings from old gloves that he finds on the streets, with amazing results!

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  June 28, 2010

  Chernobyl’s Radioactive Scrapyard

  Lying less than 20 miles from the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, and filled with wrecks irradiated by the accident, this is one of the strangest junkyards in the world.

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  June 22, 2010

  Ten Motorcycles Made from Recycled Objects

  Motorbikes come in all shapes and sizes, but these 10 incredible green vehicles are made out of recycled parts! Time to hit the road!

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  June 21, 2010

  Recycled Animals Return to their Natural Habitat

  There’s something strange about some of the creatures in the London Wetland Centre — animal sculptures made from recycled parts!

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  June 19, 2010

  Designer Furniture Created from Abandoned Street Signs

  Boris Bally believes that there’s more to road signs than meets the eye – which is why he’s made a career out of remixing street furniture for the living room!

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  June 9, 2010

  Incredible Phone Book Carvings of Celebrity Faces

  Rather than just leaving phone books to rot in the gutter Alex Queral decided to recycle them — by turning them into works of art!