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Feb 23, 2012 04:35 AM ET // Erik Trinidad
American car manufacturers are undoubtedly going greener these days with the high costs of gasoline. However, in the Philippines, one company in Cebu is taking that green idea in another direction, with a concept car that addresses exterior manufacturing with locally-sourced recycled and natural ma...
Feb 6, 2012 05:31 PM ET // Alice Truong
You never think about air bags until they get deployed. But MariClaRo has changed that, repurposing the materials to create a stylish backpack. Each of the Canadian-made waterproof backpacks is a one-of-a-kind piece. MariClaRo says 99 percent of the materials are recycled from exploded airbags, wit...
Jan 30, 2012 06:09 PM ET // Alice Truong
When you're done drinking a soda, you toss the aluminum can into a recycling bin. When you're done with your shoes, what do you do what that? Swap-O-Matic to the rescue. The swapping vending machine will exchange your donated items for credits, which are used to receive other items it has collected...
Sep 27, 2012 07:32 PM ET // Alyssa Danigelis
A ski resort's plan to use sewage for snow production prompts gagging and protests.
Jul 16, 2012 02:40 PM ET // Christina Ortiz
This model village in Malaysia uses environmental sustainability to aide impoverished residents.
Jul 16, 2010 09:45 PM ET // Michael Reilly
A group of architects have a radical new idea for cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: turn it all into a giant island the size of Hawaii's Big Island.
Jan 6, 2011 10:39 PM ET // Christina Reed
Chlorine has a dark side, but giving it up is proving difficult.
Dec 27, 2010 10:11 AM ET // Alyssa Danigelis
Kiss plastic trash goodbye. British engineers have new tech to recycle it all.
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