Neatorama is proud to bring you a guest post from...  ...signed to get you to bring your bottles back for recycling . Why aren’t they more common? In 1971, ad...  ...quo;t they more common? In 1971, advocates for recycling had a big breakthrough in the state of Oregon. Th...  ...rns of the nickel&mda...

Let's look at some cities that take environmentali...  ...rst city in the United States to pass a mandatory recycling law, and the first to ban the use of plastic bags...  ...arbage pickup: They can bring in bags of trash or recycling , and exchange them for bus tickets, food, school...

Have you taken down your Christmas tree yet? Someday, it may come back to you in this form. French fashion designer Sophie Young developed Do You Green, a line of lingerie made from Christmas trees. Her company chemicall...

(Photo: Ervins Strauhmanis)What's keeping the juic...  ...l Reserve has made tremendous progress with their recycling program in recent years. In 2009 just 30 percent...

Whether you have too much furniture or constantly find great pieces at garage sales, it's easy to get a hold of furniture that is a little beat up or ugly but still has a lot of potential. That potential, of course, is w...

Malaysia's telegraph poles have been torn down in recent years, which provided WHBC Architects with a delightful option when their British clients requested their new Malaysian home be constructed with reclaimed wood. As...

If you ever owned a desk fan or box fan, then you know their motor will eventually die and while resourceful people might be able to fix them, most people find it's cheaper and easier to get a new fan than fixing the old...

You've likely already upgraded to a LCD or plasma TV and your monitor is probably the same, but did you ever consider what happened to your old TV or monitor? As it turns out, the cathode ray tubes (CRT) that made those...

Photo: Abe Noe-Hays/Rich Earth Institute You care about the environment, you say. You compost your organic wastes and recycle the rest. But what about your pee? Do you peecycle? No? What kind of a treehugger are y...

Bobby Petersen, Tom Gottelier and Edward Thomas designed the Pulp Paper Helmet. It's made of recycled newspapers. Their helmet is meant for short term use and will survive only 6 hours in the rain. But once it starts to...