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$9 Cardboard Bike from Israel Going to Market
Could it be a world-changer? A cheap solution to help African kids get to schools and clinics? Israel’s Izhar Gafni had an outlandish idea to create a durable cardboard bike from scratch with raw materials sum totalling about $9. Add in some labor costs and you can get a pretty cheap ride, one worth buying in a world where bike theft is rampant. News reports are circling around the world that Gafni’s cardboard bike (see photos here) is headed to market. No doubt … Teljes cikk »
Kategória: Hulladékfeldolgozás, Innováció, Zöld energia
Haifa Christmas Tree Made From Over 5,000 Recycled Plastic Bottles
The city of Haifa, in northern Israel, has Jewish, Christian, Baha’i and Muslim residents, and so many religious holidays are celebrated there. In honor of the upcoming Christmas holiday, the Haifa Municipality approached local artist Hadas Itzcovitch about creating a Christmas tree for the city. Unfortunately (and perhaps symbolically) the tree went up the day the catastrophic Carmel fires began in the region. And so as 5000 hectares of natural trees were burning in the area, … Teljes cikk »
Kategória: Hulladékfeldolgozás, Zöld építészet
50,000 Seat Amphitheater Planned for Hiria, Israel’s Trash Mountain
The greater Tel Aviv area has made it’s trash mountain, and now it has to be seated and entertained in it. A 50,000 seat amphitheater is currently being planned for Hiria – the former site of Israel’s largest garbage dump. We guess you could say that the park is being re-purposed or recycled into an amphitheater. The amphitheater will be built in the northern section of the park, and is being planned by German … Teljes cikk »
Kategória: Hulladékfeldolgozás, Környezet
Solid waste in Israel
Some 6 million tons of waste are generated in Israel each year, of which 4.2 million tons are produced in households and the rest in industry. Each person in Israel produces an average of 590 kilos of waste per year. Due to population growth (over 2% annually) and rising standards of living, municipal waste has been increasing in the order of 5% annually, although this rate of growth has been halved since 2000, and rates … Teljes cikk »
Kategória: Hulladékfeldolgozás, Környezet
Creative Recycling at Lotan
Wondering what this decorated wall has to do with recycling? Actually, it’s the epitome of Lotan’s attempts at reducing, reusing and rethinking. This project and others around the kibbutz deal with education, aesthetics, environmental protection, a sense of fulfillment, and community bonding. In short, it is an expression of our community’s adoption and implementation of the creative ecology concept in daily life. Beginning in the collective dining hall and spreading to individual neighborhoods, the kibbutz separates … Teljes cikk »
Kategória: Hulladékfeldolgozás, Környezet