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Eco Factor: Art installation made from recycled plastic beer cups. Apart from entertaining the visitors, the SF Outside Lands Concert ended with thousands of plastic beer cups needing a place to be safely disposed of. Designers tried to give all...

Eco Factor: Lamp created from discarded drinking straws. We all love to spend our summers sipping chilled drinks and never actually bother about the hundreds of drinking straws we discard each season to keep ourselves cool. Designer Scott Jarvie...

Eco Factor: Recycled plastic bottles converted into light sculptures. Renowned designers Lisa Foo and Mah Su Sim collaborated in an effort to bring about a change in the habits of people by crafting fashionable light sculptures from discarded...

Eco Factor: Industry giants pledge to reduce the use of plastic bags in order to reduce toxic plastic waste. Plastic bags are jeopardizing both humans and wildlife in a big way. The one-time-use poly bags are discarded within 20 minutes of...

Eco Factor: Eco artist turns plastic trash into functional jewelry. What relevance do trashed plastic bottles and aluminum cans hold for normal party animals? I guess nothing, other than junk needing a place to be thrown or if someone cares a bit..

Eco Factor: Recycling plastic bottles to generate solar, wind, wave and hydroelectricity. If you summarize the problems the environment faces today, the end result would be two main issues – the increase in landfill waste, which mainly consists..

Eco Factor: Sustainable shelter made from recycled plastic bottles. Have you ever thought about what happens to the thousands of plastic water bottles that are used during a marathon event? They’re mostly trashed if green-minded artists like...

Eco Factor: Recycled greenhouse made from plastic waste. Scotland-based REAP, a local sustainable development charity, has designed a greenhouse that helps you grow organic veggies and fruits using trashed plastic bottles and other unwanted...

Eco Factor: Massive chandelier made from recycled plastic containers. Designing artwork from junked objects is nothing new for eco-minded artist Katherine Harvey, and she has thrilled one and all with the stunning pieces of art that promote...

Eco Factor: Jewelry items made from recycled plastic bottles. We’ve seen plastic bottles being converted to Christmas trees and lamps in the past, but Kumvana Gomani’s artwork is nothing short of stunning. The artist converts trashed soda and..