Recycling - Articles

Space Garbage Collector

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 00:17:23 +0000

Around 100 million pieces of trash,
. . . cast off from satellites, and rockets,
. . . are circulating in space,
. . . causing hundreds of potentially dangerous collisions each year.

Now Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),
. . . blasted into orbit a space garbage collector,
. . . constructed with the help of a 106-year-old fishing net manufacturer,
. . . to help remedy the mess we humans have created.

12-12-2016 Source: Space Garbage Collector

Recycled Shipping Containers

Mon, 05 Dec 2016 19:10:04 +0000

Agricool,
. . . proposes urban agriculture done hydroponically,
. . . out of recycled shipping containers,
. . . to produce food that is:
. . . . . . Local,
. . . . . . Zero Transportation cost,
. . . . . . Zero pesticide,
. . . . . . Zero preservative,
. . . . . . Zero GMO,
. . . . . . Fresh taste,
. . . . . . Powered by renewable energy sources, and
. . . . . . Water usage will be reduced by 90%.

12-5-2016 Source: Recycled shipping containers Agricool

Follow The Money: Recycling Rockets

Tue, 31 May 2016 21:32:14 +0000

How much money do you save,
. . . when you can Recycle a Falcon 9 Rocket.

Today was the 4th successful powered mission landing for Falcon 9,
. . . 3rd barge landing, and
. . . 2nd following a geosynchronous transfer orbit mission.

5-31-2016 Source: Follow the Money: Recycling Rockets

Economic Viability is problematic

Home Aquaponics- Quick Animation

Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:16:42 +0000

Home Aquaponics- Quick Animation

Reusable Space Launch Components

Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:28:46 +0000

Blue Origin’s New Shepard space vehicle successfully flew to space,
. . . before executing a historic landing back at the launch site in West Texas.

11-25-2015 Source: Reusable space launch components

Ted Cradle To Cradle Design

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 01:45:19 +0000

Green-minded architect and designer William McDonough,
. . . asks what our buildings. and products would look like.
. . . if designers took into account "all children, all species, for all time."

9-01-2015 Source: TED Cradle to Cradle Design

Cheap, Tough, And Green

Mon, 11 May 2015 15:00:42 +0000

Ever heard the expression, “dirt cheap?”
. . . Of course you have, because dirt is cheap.
. . . It’s everywhere.
. . . No matter where you go, there it is.

As a building material, rammed earth is cheap, tough, and green.
. . . So why is not used more often in construction?

If you think nothing made of dirt can possibly be durable, consider this.
. . . Both the Great Wall of China, and
. . . the iconic Alhambra palace in Spain are made of rammed earth, and
. . . have been around for more than 1,000 years.

The first advantage of rammed earth is low cost.
. . . Dirt is available everywhere, and is usually inexpensive if not free.
. . . Since it is available locally,
. . . the cost of transporting building materials is eliminated.

Usually, only one trained worker is required.
. . . The majority of the form building,
. . . and mixing can be done by unskilled local workers.
Once again, that keeps costs low.
. . . The finished walls have a unique beauty of their own, and
. . . require no exterior or interior finishing.
05-11-2015 Source: Cheap, Tough, And Green

3D Printed Electric Car

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 01:30:51 +0000

The Strati, is the world's first 3D-printed car, a small 2-seater,
. . . unveiled to the world last month at the,
. . . International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago.

The Chevrolet Volt, has a range of 40 miles,
. . . but can achieve speeds to keep up with other vehicles on a high-speed freeway.
The Strati has 3 times the Volt's range,
. . . but can't go faster than 40 mph.
And, unlike the Volt, it still requires plenty of testing before it can hit the road.

But, 25,000 parts make up the average car,
. . . 64 parts make up the 3D-printed Strati.

10-19-2014 Source: 3D printed Electric car

Recycling Energy: "operating Reserves"

Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:03:27 +0000

Grid "Operating Reserves," are essentially plant capacity used,
. . . to accommodate short-term fluctuations.
It's about extra power generated, that's constantly wasted and seldom ever used.

Just because, sometimes, a bit of power is quickly needed to stabilize grid frequency;
. . . . . . this power is needed within a second.
. . . At other times, power is needed within a minute.

New batteries, appear to be cheaper,
. . . provide more grid stability than conventional plants,
. . . react within a fraction of a second, and
. . . doesn't waste energy.

The system is a real-world example of the kind of battery storage,
. . . described in a recent study for 100% renewable power.

09-19-2014 Source: "Operating Reserves"

Recycling: Pizza Box

Tue, 09 Sep 2014 08:20:12 +0000

The GreenBox was invented by William Walsh after he got the idea to,
. . . Re-Use the top of a pizza box as plates for his friends back in college.
Made of 100% recycled materials, that can be recycled again,
. . . as long as it remains unsoiled, by lining the box with a sheet of paper,
. . . to keep things from getting messy.

09-09-2014 Source: Recycling: Pizza Box

Symbiotic Relationship Of Fish & Plants

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:38:31 +0000

Aqualibrium:
The fish live in an enclosure in the bottom of the system,
. . . where they poop on a regular basis.
. . . A pump continuously carries that waste-laden water up into the top section,
. . . . . . where it serves as a fertilizer for the plants.
. . . The plants' growing medium mechanically filters particles out of the water,
. . . . . . while bacteria living in that medium help neutralize accumulated ammonia
. . . . . . and other fish-unfriendly nasties.
. . . As a result, when the water flows back down from the biofilter to the fish,
. . . . . . it's been cleaned up.

You just have to remember to feed the fish.

2013-10-28 Source: Aqualibrium Web-site

Vertical Gardens

Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:22:19 +0000

Vertical Gardens grow food anywhere

Keyhole Garden

Does Fema Know About This?

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:29:54 +0000

Fashioning one-person tents . . . out of Glad ForceFlex bags,
. . . distributing them to campers on condition they use the tents,
. . . as garbage receptacles at the end of the a Music festival,
. . . for all of their generated waste.

Source: TentBag

World's Largest Sculpture

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:18:25 +0000

410,000 Oil Barrels, will make up the Worlds Largest Sculpture.
. . . The 492-foot-tall,
. . . $340 million structure,
. . . taking over 30 months to build, and
. . . located 100 miles from Abu Dhabi

Source: 410,000 oil barrels Christo

$9 Dollar Cardboard Bicycle

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:15:14 +0000

"You can't build a bicycle out of cardboard," Engineers told him.
. . . But he did it anyway.

Source: liveleak greenprophet

100% Biodegradable Bottle As Benign As An Orang...

Sat, 12 May 2012 14:43:27 +0000

Two Israeli women founded TIPA – with 3 fresh designs, namely the: Tip, Tipack and Tipup.

In order for compostable plastics to biodegrade, it is crucial that
. . . they receive adequate amounts of oxygen.

Source: Tipa Article

Plastics To Oil.

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:22:27 +0000

Dancing smilie icon goes here_________.

"Only 7 percent of plastic waste in the United States is recycled each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
A startup company in Niagara Falls says it can increase that amount and reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil at the same time.

It all starts with a machine known as the Plastic-Eating Monster.
Thousands of pounds of shredded milk jugs, water bottles and grocery bags tumble into a large tank, where they're melted together and vaporized.
This waste comes from landfills and dumps from all over the United States.
John Bordynuik, who heads his namesake company, JBI Inc.has
invented a process that converts plastic into oil by rearranging its hydrocarbon chains.
According to tests by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, JBI's patented technology is efficient, with close to 90 percent of plastics coming out as fuel. Bordynuik says that makes the case for this kind of recycling to go mainstream.
Each barrel of oil costs about $10 to produce.
Because there's no lack of waste-plastic supply, and no lack of demand for oil, Maxted says the technology has the potential to transform both industries."

http://www.npr.org/2...che?ft=1&f=1025

Part of the "all of the above" strategy we keep hearing about? You bet!

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