Ecofriend

Eco Factor: Research aims at technology that will produce hydrogen from solar power and produces water instead of carbon emissions. Materials science and engineering assistant professor Dane Morgan and Ph.D. student Edward (Ted) Holby are putting..

Eco Factor: Bacterium converts heavy metals in water into inert substances. According to the EPA there are more than 1000 sites around the United States that are contaminated with radioactive waste. While cleaning radioactive waste is challenging..

Eco Factor: Onion waste transformed into electricity, heat and cattle feed. Gills Onions, the nation’s largest processor of fresh onions, has built an anaerobic digester system at its Oxnard, California facility, which will help the company...

Eco Factor: Sophisticated tagging technology helps track waste. We often throw out whatever is unwanted, and forget all about it. Since all that trash does actually end up polluting the scarce natural resources, researchers are trying to figure...

Eco Factor: A stylish indoor composter that can process organic waste into compost. I don’t think there is any need to explain how a composter can help us keep our environment clean. Every day waste that we throw into the trash is not as...

Eco Factor: Greenhouse made out of recycled material. Fraser Koroluk, who owns a small lodge in Bella Coola, B.C, created this greenhouse from entirely recycled materials. The material includes windows from an old house, and the framing and...

The New South Wales Architectural Awards list for outstanding design, presented by the Australian Institute of Architects (New South Wales Chapter), was announced in Sydney on the 5th of August. Among the 42 chosen, 20 were awarded to adaptive reuse..

Sometimes I think we innovate just so that we can become lazier. That was actually the basis for the design of Jonathan Fenton’s “Biopod”. Research conducted via a wide range of interviews on how people deal with recycling in and around the...

Walking through this festival gives a feeling of wandering through the city aliens or may be a glow town located deep in abyss! Crafted out of sculptures made from odds and ends including plastic bags and bottles, computer fans, portable DVD players...

Bearing in mind that wood is timeless, you may want to opt for wooden furniture made out of recycled wood….that is wood waste and off-cuts. If you are concerned about the environment, you may not like ending up with pieces of furniture at home made...