World's Deepest Trash Can

Posted by Robert Birming in Video Clips on October 2, 2009 at 8:46 am

This trash can was created as an attempt to make it more fun for people to throw their waste. 72 kilos of garbage was put in the bin during one day. That is 41 kilos more than the closest standard trash bin.

Link [YouTube] – via Pusha

 
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Temple of Trash

Posted by Alex in Architecture, Arts & Crafts, Pictures, Travel & Places on September 14, 2009 at 3:16 am

In the Follydock IFCR festival in 2007, artists, designers, and architects came together in an abandoned part of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to design "follies" or strange and playful structures that defy traditional architectural wisdom (not to mention common sense).

This one above, the Temple of Trash, was made by the SALZIG Design Team. It’s composed of 100 tonnes of plastic bottles compressed into bales of garbage.

Link | More at Follydock’s website – via Recyclart and MAKE

 
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Amazing Shadow Art

Posted by Jill Harness in Arts & Crafts, Pictures on July 16, 2009 at 9:28 pm

Artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have taken piles of trash and turned them into interesting abstract artworks depicting people or animals. The piece above is called White Trash (With Gulls), it is comprised of six month’s worth of trash and two dead sea gulls. The image portrayed is a self portrait of the artists relaxing with a glass of wine.

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42 Tons of Trash Removed

Posted by Miss Cellania in Odd News on July 11, 2009 at 11:44 am

The home of John R. Mallgren of Mastic Beach, New York was condemned for unsafe conditions. Workers then removed 85,000 pounds of debris from the property, which required 10 garbage trucks! The city is sending the $8,742 bill to the owner of the property, John W. Mallgren, who is the occupant’s father. He had tried to clean up the property before, but was threatened by his son. Town Supervisor Mark Lesko said a pit bull was also seized, and was taken to a shelter.

The younger Mallgren is due in District Court in Islip on Aug. 13 for a charge of second-degree menacing for allegedly threatening his father with a hammer, records state. He is also due in District Court in Patchogue on Aug. 20 to respond to the code violations, court officials said.

The younger Mallgren apparently accumulated the junk during the years he lived in the home, Lesko said, and seems to believe the debris has commercial value.

The man is “a menace in the neighborhood,” who let the home deteriorate into something “like a scene out of a movie,” Lesko said.

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Fighting Litter ... One Kid at a Time

Posted by Queuebot in Everything Else on March 22, 2009 at 1:05 pm

Shopkeeper Yvonne Froud was fed up with all the trash strewn around her village in Gloucestershire, England, so she decided to do something about it. Whenever a kid buys treats from her shop, she writes the child’s name on the packaging …

Mrs Froud said if named wrappers were found on the streets, she had a chat to the “offender” who was temporarily banned from the shop or asked to pick up some litter as a consequence.

“On the whole the feedback has been good.”

The clean-up campaign began four weeks ago when the children were encouraged, with the incentive of an Easter egg, to pick up sweet and crisp packets.

Link – via arbroath

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Trash or Treasure: the Art of Tech Waste

Posted by Queuebot in Science & Tech on February 4, 2009 at 2:44 pm

You just love buying the latest technologies, right? Can’t stand to sit without the coolest and newest gadget. But wait … where did your old one go? There are graveyards for these kinds of things, believe it or not, and some are more impressive than you ever imagined.

The city of Guiyu is home to 5,500 businesses devoted to processing discarded electronics, known as e-waste. According to local websites, the region dismantles 1.5 million pounds of junked computers, cell phones and other devices a year.

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Fan Dress Uses Recycling For Couture

Posted by Jill Harness in Arts & Crafts, Fashion on January 16, 2009 at 7:11 pm

I love this cute fan dress. Best of all, the fans are actually made from folded up junk mail and then sewn onto canvas. I bet you never thought all that crap you throw in the trash every day could be made so pretty.

Link Via Craftzine

 
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Trash Art

Posted by Robert Birming in Arts & Crafts on October 3, 2007 at 1:28 pm

Tim Nobel and Sue Webster creates amazing shadow effects using piles of trash.

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