The Vinyl Record Bowl is an inspired use of a long time discarded item. The bowl is formed out of a vinyl record, re-purposing it as a useful and decorative object in today’s society.

The Vinyl Record Bowl can be used for a multitude of purposes. The bowls were created by a designer who rescued old discarded records and decided to re-purpose them as functional art. Each bowl is created from a single vinyl record that is lovingly remoulded into the shape of a bowl. The bowl is then treated to seal it with a protective coating so it can be used safely as a fruit bowl, dry snack bowl, or just as a decorative bowl.

The Vinyl Record Bowl is available in two sizes – large or small. Each robust bowl still has its original label intact which helps to remind you that it has been formed from a discarded record. The bowl gives new life to a once much loved item, helping to turn it back from junk to a treasured possession. The Vinyl Record Bowl can be yours from just £12.95.

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This Green 16-Ounce Mug has been made from 100% recycled food grade plastic. The mug has been created for you to use when purchasing take-out hot or cold beverages. It has been designed to insulate you drink while helping to reduce the amount disposable cups that go to landfill each day.

This Green Recycled and Recyclable 16-Ounce Mug has been created by Aladdin to allow you to be able to purchase your beverages without the worry over the disposal of the paper or Styrofoam cups that are usually provided. The mug has been formed from what Aladdin call eCycle®, which is a 100% recycled plastic which is itself fully recyclable and has been FDA approved for use with food. It features a screw on lid which helps to keep the contents secure inside unlike some similar mug which use a pop off lid.

The mug uses a double wall construction which works to insulate it, allowing hot beverages to remain hot, and cold beverages to remain cold. The mug has a tumbler shape which allows it to fit into a standard car cup holder. The sides of the mug include a wavy line design which may add a little extra grip. The mug is both dishwasher and microwave safe, allowing you to clean it with ease and be able to heat up its contents should you wish to.

The Green Recycled and Recyclable 16-ounce Mug is a great way to avoid creating extra rubbish by avoiding the use of standard coffee house disposable cups. The advantage to the environment is in creased due to its construction from 100% recycled material and due to its ability to be recycled itself. The mug is a great way to enjoy your beverages without any guilt about the cup.

The green recycled mug is yours for just $8.99 and qualifies for free shipping when you spend over $25. The mug is ideal for any coffee fans who love the environment.

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This Frog Can Crusher helps you to be able to crush your cans in style. By crushing your cans you can help save space in any recycling bin, or make it easier to transport the cans to a recycling center.

The Frog Can Crusher allows you to quickly and easily crush your cans safely. The fun frog shaped crusher helps to make the process fun for all while safely containing the can and easily crushing it when pressed.The frog design helps to keep the can safely contained through crushing, its smooth rounded plastic head creating the perfect surface to push down on.Designed for standard 330ml aluminum drinks cans, Frog Can Crusher measures 19 cm x 12.5 cm x 8 cm when it is in its crushed state and 18.5 cm when extended to take a can.

With the amount of materials suitable for recycling ever increasing, recycle bins and containers become filled quickly, many struggling to fit in everything, either in their main bins or in recycling bins within their kitchens. By crushing your cans you can help to reduce the room the cans are taking helping to provide you with more room within your bins. Crushing the cans also helps to reduce the room taken by cans for those who need to take them to a recycling centre. The Frog Can Crusher helps to make the task of crushing cans a fun one, and allows young and old to crush their cans safely and easily.

This Frog Can Crusher is just £9.95 plus a small delivery fee. It’d make an ideal gift for any family with young children too!

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The Vac From The Sea is a concept by Electrolux to create vacuum cleaners from recycled plastic. Rather than using any old plastic they specifically wish to create vacuums from the plastic they will be gathering from the sea, either from floating plastic expanses or from shore lines.

With the Vac From The Sea concept, Electrolux hopes to highlight two major problems with plastic. Firstly the demand for plastic to recycle into more sustainable goods actually outstrips supply, meaning many who wish to create products from recycled plastic can struggle to do so. Secondly, and more importantly, there is a huge amount of plastic in the worlds waters. The oceans of this planet hold great amounts of plastic – there are vast floating island of plastic some, Electrolux informs us, are several times larger than the state of Texas. There is also a large quantity of plastic washed up on the worlds shorelines.

This plastic causes enormous problems for the environment, killing wildlife and destroying surrounding ecosystems. With only around 1% of plastic being recycled the amount of plastic going to waste is staggering. With Vac From The Sea this environmental horror can be turned into a new resource, helping to provide more recycled plastic that can be used to construct useful household items such as these vacuums. Electrolux plan to remove the plastic in different ways depending on the area they are working on, but methods will include diving for the plastic, scooping it from the waves, and clearing coastlines by hand. Hopefully the plastic reclaimed from the sea that is made into these products would never find its way back there. The dream would be that no other plastics find their way to our seas and that this clean up can highlight the action many need to take to recycle.

Source: Electrolux

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The Floppy Disk Planter is an effective way to make use of any unwanted floppy disks you have lying around. This home project gives full instructions on how to construct the planter, helping you to recycle these now obsolete items into something that is both useful and decorative.

The floppy disk was an item that was in high demand in the recent past. Many households have some of these filling up draws, in boxes, though mostly any data held on them is either no longer required or already backed up onto a CD/DVD. To help prevent so many ending up in landfill suggestions for how to re-purpose them have become popular, the idea of creating a planter appeals to us here at Envirogadget as a decorative way to get more plants into our homes.

To create your own Floppy Disk Planter you will need 6 floppy disks that are no longer required, an empty plastic bottle, a plant (preferably in its own plastic pot still) some glue, a pen, and a craft knife (or another implement that allows you to cut the bottle and a disk). This ‘Blue Peter’ style project is easy to follow and the resulting planter could be used for many other purposes, for example as a pen holder or utensils pot.

This home project allows you to make use of technology that is obsolete in today’s world, helping to prevent many of these disks going to landfill.

Source: CraziestGadgets

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The Circuit Board Business Card Holder by Revolve has been mostly constructed from a discarded printed circuit board. This card holder will appeal to those in the computing industry, those with a passion about computing and to those who support recycling.

The Circuit Board Business Card Holder helps to recycle printed circuit boards (PCBs) by using them to construct parts of the card holder. As mentioned with the Circuit Board Clock, many PCBs are found to be flawed or even outdated before they are ever put to use. Revolve takes these unused boards and gives them a purpose, in this case by using them as part of the construction of a business card holder.

The quantity of unused PCBs is staggering. In today’s technological world, nearly every electronic appliance requires at least one PCB, with the demand so high that factories produce many of them daily. This mass production leads to high numbers that have a minor flaw causing them to be unsuitable for use, or for them to become obsolete before even sold. These PCBs are usually sent in large numbers to landfill. The Circuit Board Business Card Holder makes use of this often discarded material to create a card holder that makes a great talking point whether about electronics or about the environment.

The Circuit Board Business Card Holder is available for £7.99 plus delivery.

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The CompoSphere is a composting tumbler system which can be rolled around to aerate the  composting materials within to help it to decompose quicker into compost. This ability to roll it around also means it can be easily moved to where it is needed for you to place cuttings and such like within it.

The CompoSphere takes a lot of the hard work out of home composting. Home Composting is a great way to cut the amount of rubbish being sent to landfill, while making a useful product to be used on your garden to help it flourish. This is great for those wanting to be a little more eco-friendly by growing their own fresh produce or for those who just enjoy gardening.

Waste items like grass cuttings, branch cuttings, peelings and other organic matter make great components for compost. As these things decompose the bacteria helping it to break down requires oxygen to work effectively. To help it work and so turn into usable compost quicker it is best to aerate the material, this can be hard work turning over a compost pile, or rotating a composting tub. The CompoSphere takes the hard work out of this as it is designed to be easily rolled around to aerate its contents. The sphere has a flat bottom to prevent it from rolling away accidentally and in this bottom there are drainage holes to allow any fluids produced while composting to flow out. Because of this it is a good idea to place something absorbent underneath the sphere to soak this up.

The CompoSphere is also useful due to its ability to be rolled as it can be easily moved to where it is required. Instead of collecting branches, leaves or grass cuttings into a wheelbarrow to take to the compost area, you can move it to them. This way you aerate the materials while simply using the item. The CompoSphere can hold 315lt of material, and has grips and tread to help it to be easily maneuvered around even when full. It measures 76 cm x 61 cm x 43 cm (29.9in x 24 in x 16.9 in). The CompoSphere is made out of recycled, UV protected plastic, which adds to its eco-friendly credentials.

The CompoSphere costs just £89.50 with free delivery.

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The projects include:

• Making batteries from everyday items
• Solar power generator
• Sneaky sources of wires
• Sneaky eco-wristband
• Food/Cereal box magazine and file holder
• Sneaky book safe
• Recycling multi-bin
• Sneaky solar-motor
• And lots more!

Sneaky Green Uses on Amazon.com for around $10.39 and Sneaky Green Uses on Amazon.co.uk for around £6.93. I’ve got Cy’s other books on Sneaky Uses, and they’re a great read. Certainly an entertaining way to spend a rainy weekend!

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It’s all well and good getting these fancy energy saving gadgets, but what do we do with all the old gadgets we’ve got? Recycling electronic devices is not that easy, so here are 10 eco-friendly ways to recycle your gadgets rather than send them to landfill.

1. Sell your stuff on eBay – ok, so that’s an old tip, but it’s worth getting some cash for your gadgets first of all. The best form of recycling is reuse.
2. Swap your old mobile phone for cash – there are a number of companies who will give you money in return for your old mobile phone. There are lots to choose from, so shop around to find the one that pays the best!
3. Give your gadgets away to friends and family – if you know someone who’d appreciate something you no longer need, just give it to them. It’ll probably make their day, and your unwanted electronics get another use.
4. Give away your gadgets on Freecycle – If you’ve never heard of Freecycle, it’s basically a local group where you offer bulky items you no longer want for free. It’s designed to give items a second home that you couldn’t otherwise sell. So if you have no friends or family, Freecycle is a great option!
5. Send your stuff back to the Manufacturer – Companies such as Dell and Apple now have their own recycling programmes, where they’ll recycle your old computer or ipod for free.
6. Use a professional recycling service – this kind of service will safely and appropriately dispose of your electrical waste. Increasingly, there are tighter regulations for safe waste disposal, potentially resulting in large fines if you don’t comply.
7. Give your old computer another purpose – If you have a old computer, you could use it as a home server, photo frame or something else. Just be wary, old computers are not always that energy efficient.
8. Find a local recycling center myGreenElectronics and earth911 both have zip-code searches so that you can find local recycling points near you. The search results will tell you the type of facility (such as a charity, business, or service) and exactly what you can recycle there.
9. Ask for ideas – if you have something very specific to recycle, but have no idea on how to recycle, then just ask some fellow eco-enthusiasts how do I recycle this? You’ll get plenty of useful ideas on just about everything you can think of, and not just gadgets!
10. Turn your gadgets into furniture – if you’re slightly bonkers artistic, you could turn your old computers into furniture. It might not be very comfortable, but at least it’s eco friendly!

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Finding eco toys for kids these days seems to be getting easier and easier. The Bottle Catamaran kit is basically a collection of bits that allows you to create a Catamaran using 500ml or 1 litre drinks bottles for buoyancy. So essentially you’re encouraging kids to recycle drinks bottles and turn it into a toy.

The Bottle Cataraman is powered by 2xAAA batteries, which drives a a propeller. The catamaran can then skim across water really easily. I would have liked to have seen a solar panel included with this kit, as it’s a shame that it’s using batteries. However, for just $14.80, it will keep the kids amused for a little while!

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