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[Link] Australia’s hard rubbish heroes risk council fines to recycle and re-home their kerbside plunder
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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[Link] Inkplate Comes Full Circle, Becomes True Open Reader
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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[Link] The restoration project giving oyster shells a new life
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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[Link] Turning Old Masks Into 3D Printer Filament
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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[Link] Electronic Covid Test Tear Down Shows Frustrating Example Of 1-Time-Use Waste
Read: 17/10/2021 hackaday.com
The latest video from [TheSignalPath] is a result of his purchase of a home COVID-19 test. He found an electronic version that connects to your cell phone and displays the results on the phone.
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[Link] Brunswick’s Good Karma Network shuts amid claims of ‘toxic positivity’, racism
Read: 22/8/2021 www.theage.com.au
It began as a place online where you could share excess lemons with your neighbours, pass on clothes your kids had outgrown or lend someone a power tool: a utopian vision of an online community sharing gifts and advice.
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[Link] Good Luck Getting Rid of That Cuomosexual Shirt
Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com
Well, well, well. Here you are, a one-time fervent “Cuomosexual'' now stuck with a t-shirt loudly proclaiming yourself a person who identifies as being sexually aroused by disgraced New York governor Andrew Cuomo.
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[Link] RAMPS Rebuild Keeps Robox 3D Printer Out Of Junk Bin
Read: 8/8/2021 hackaday.com
A 3D printer is a wonderful invention, but it needs maintenance like every machine that runs for long hours. [Rob Ward] had a well-used Robox 3D printer that was in need of some repairs, but getting the necessary replacement parts shipped to Australia was cost-prohibitive.
[Link] Cord collectors and scavengers: inside the race to rescue hard rubbish
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.