Read: 7/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
An abandoned sound system left outside a club. A giant paper elephant 2m long and 1m high. A group of puppets, waiting to be liberated. Annual kerbside cleanup days are, for some, akin to Christmas – a holy time for up-cyclers and “waste warriors” to forage the streets for a speck of gold.
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Read: 4/11/2021 hackaday.com
Regular readers will likely remember the Inkplate, an open hardware electronic paper development board that combines an ESP32 with a recycled Kindle screen.
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Read: 27/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Discarded oyster shells from restaurants, usually destined for landfill, are being recycled to create shellfish reefs in Queensland's Moreton Bay. It is the biggest community-driven reef restoration in Australia.
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Read: 19/10/2021 hackaday.com
Disposable masks have been a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic, but for all the good they’ve done, their disposal represents a monumental ecological challenge that has largely been ignored in favor of more immediate concerns.
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Read: 20/7/2021 www.abc.net.au
Five years ago, as a 20-year-old carpenter, Boe Langford broke his back. His dream of road tripping through the outback in his troop carrier, motorbike in tow, hung in the balance.
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Read: 12/4/2021 www.theage.com.au
Pianos, sideboards and dining tables. Antiques. Washing machines. Hard rubbish season is upon us and, for the savvy bargain hunter, there are steals to be had. But there’s a risk that anything not reclaimed from the streets will be picked up by trucks and crushed on the spot for landfill.