Many of us at one point in time have started recycling everything we possibly could but then with time the motivation dies and most of just ends up in the trash. Well when I was younger I went to a trash facility and saw many workers sorting the plastics, glasses and metals that where on a conveyor belt but now it seems that they are starting to let the machines do all the work. If you check out the video above you will see a recycling factory that sorts through all the papers, plastics etc and send each of its own type to a separate area.

Usually when going by a dumpster and we hear a noise an animal or sometimes even a person comes out of the dumpster. Looking for something they lost or just maybe trying to be nosey many people have gone through dumpsters for one reason or another. Well apparently now businesses are doing so as well in order to save a very nice amount of cash.

Solar Energy is being used for everything these days and will continue to make it’s way through all the things that we use on a daily basis. Here is a very cool solar powered clock that was designed by Shuo Yang. Not only is this clock solar powered though, it is also made using recycled paper and you can actually see straight through the clock. The empty space in the middle lets you insert a picture behind it or you can just leave it empty making for a very unique and well designed clock. You can check out Shuo Yang’s blog for more information and pictures.

Plastic bottles are very convenient because you can take them anywhere and they are very durable but over 60 million plastic bottles are thrown away every day in the United States alone. Most are recyclable but the recycle rate is very low as is the decomposition rate of 700 years. Well a company called Brandimage took a step up to try to solve this waste by creating 100 percent recyclable paper bottles. Not only are these bottles food safe but you can also stack them and re-seal them.

Recently Mailman Steven Padgett was fined $3000 and ordered to do 500 hours of community service because he stopped delivering Junk mail to the houses on his route. He simple stopped delivering the junk mail because he said that it took too much time to deliver it all and he was losing his personal relationships with the people on his delivery route. He stopped delivering junk mail on his route for an amazing 7 years and stored some of junk mail in his garage and saved a lot of people the headache of annoying junk mail. He could not stop junk mail worldwide but you can help by simply visiting a website.

Currently the annual consumption of water bottles in the United States is over 30 billion and that is only counting the United States. So the guys over at End Bottled Water have a solution to help lower that number. This is a water bottle with a filter because they know that many people do not drink tap water simply because of health issues. So what you do is simply pour the water in close the top and drink while the filter located in the cap filters all the water that you are drinking.

Recycled goods can be used for many things. From anything to creating a sculpture to remaking the original product in which was recycled the list is endless. Here MANA has used recycled good to create some pretty amazing pieces of jewelry. She uses things such as mini-flasks, PET bottles, phone cards, toothpicks, hair clips, plastic netting, pearls and silver to create her designs. Who would have thought that recycled goods could make jewelry as nice or nicer then the modern jewelry we see now. You can take a look at some of her other designs below or check out her website which is linked above.

As time passes we see more and more countries, states, cities and people becoming more ECO friendly. Singapore currently has a landfill called the Semakau Landfill which is an island that is 8 kilometers south of Singapor and is used for ash disposal. Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) is currently in the process of studying the possibility of placing an ECO friendly park on this landfill. Singapores recycling rates have gone up to 54% from 40% which is where it was at 7 years ago. This may not seem much but it is a significant amount. There is currently no other information on this project but lets hope they find a way to go through with it.