Eco-friendly furniture is definitely a growth area, and something I’m sure we’ll be seeing much more of. These paper and wood stools have been made by layering wood veneers with alternating coloured papers. The resulting effect is a colourful cross-section in the stool’s wood.
If you use lots of tin cans or have lots of beer cans around, you know that the cans take up a lot of space when you’re recycling them. Well having a handy means that you can keep the kids occupied (it can be one of their fun chores), as well as keep the space...
The Panasonic RISAIKURA MS-N53 Indoor Composter is an expensive but fast indoor composter that will turn waste into high-grade compost in just hours. Otherwise known as the “recycler”, the platinum-palladium catalyst greatly increases the rate of breakdown of food matter.
Supertank Slimline rainwater tanks are a new concept was designed by 2 architects who wanted to create a highly functional water tank without sacrificing appearance or space. Each tank holds around 400 litres each! So they suit themselves perfectly to collecting rain water to be used for watering the garden, flushing the loo or washing...
The All-in-One Home Recycling Centre by Mode is a home recycling system that sorts and stores all of your recyclable rubbish. The recycling centre features a patent-pending compaction system that will crush cans without using electricity, but also stores and sorts plastic, metal, glass and paper.
Now I love popping bubble-wrap, but I must say that I question how recyclable it is. But it is really cheap and easy to get hold of, and bubble wrap perfectly protects the majority of items you post or pack. A group of designers, Wonjae Lee, Sunkyu Kim & Sangjun Hahn, have come up with...
If you want to recycle your bath water, you could invest in an expensive water recycling system for your home. Or you could just use this that will effortlessly help you to drain your bath into a water tank or water butt outside.
Petra Wadstrom is a Swedish inventor has developed a solar-powered water purifier that could provide billions of the world’s poorest people with access to clean and disease-free drinking water. The purifier treats 10 litres of water at once, all within a compact case. The cost of the unit is to be set at around just...
The Hughie Sink is a creative idea that makes it easier to reuse waste water in the kitchen. It’s essentially a large sink bowl that features a carrying handle and a sink hole. When you’ve finished using your water for washing the dishes or cleaning your vegetables, you wander outside with the bowl and empty...
The PedalPower+ is a solar charger eco gadget that will charge up your MP3, camera and phone devices in just a few hours. The PedalPower+ uses a dynamo to convert the rotational energy from cycling into energy usable to charge up your gadgets. The V2 and V3 PedalPower+ versions also feature a solar panel, allowing...
