NEWS – If you’re a fan of creative repurposing, take a look at the Bucket Head vacuum. This nifty device transforms an ordinary empty 5-gallon bucket into a wet/dry shop vac, adding yet another use to the versatile world of bucket repurposing. How It Works The Bucket Head is a vacuum powerhead that fits snugly […]
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NEWS — Do you have a few empty 5-gallon buckets stacked up in your garage or shed? Don’t let them gather dust! With a little creativity and some clever accessories from Amazon, you can turn those buckets into incredibly useful tools for your home, garage, or outdoor adventures. Let’s explore some fun ways to breathe new
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NEWS – Best Buy stores in the U.S. will accept electronic items for recycling including phones, monitors, computers, tablets, wall chargers, cords, cables and many more items. I’ve used them for recycling for years. They are the easiest to use e-recycling option available in my large mid-Atlantic metro area. Best Buy has a recycling FAQ
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ARTICLE – Green energy is all the rage today. Solar and wind farms dot the landscape with the promise of producing electricity without emissions and reducing the use of fossil fuels. Both come with their own sets of challenges, from manufacturing to recyclability to simple land utilization. There is another type of green energy production
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CROWDFUNDING REVIEW – How many paper towels do you throw away in a day, week, month, year? I know we use a combination of paper towels that come on a roll and paper napkins at my house. Convenient? Yes. Wasteful? Definitely. Is there a better alternative to paper towels? That’s where the Yowel comes in.
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NEWS – The Zero Waste Candles from Shanti Creations are candles that are handmade in Queens, NY, and feature Mason jars that hold candles made with coconut wax and essential oils. After the candles burn from 60 to 80 hours, you don’t have to throw the jars in the trash. You can repurpose them with
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NEWS – Summer is almost here, time to head out to the beach or your favorite picnic spot. This year instead of grabbing for that old styrofoam cooler, load your fave beverages into the world’s first 100% Recyclable and Biodegradable cooler. The Ohana Cooler is made from 100% post-consumer paper waste. It’s environmentally-friendly and eliminates
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NEWS – The POPSICASE makes taking selfies with your iPhone just a little easier because the case features an aluminum handle that slides out from the back of the case. But that’s not the only thing that is cool about the POPSICASE. It’s also made from 100% recycled fishing nets and scrap aluminum. Why fishing
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Some inconsiderate gum-chewers spit out their chewed gum on sidewalks or floors or stick it on furniture, where it always ends up on somebody’s shoe or on their clothing. It reportedly costs UK city councils £150 million pounds a year to remove chewing gum litter from their streets. I don’t know if there’s a gum removal
Save the Earth – recycle your chewing gum! Read More
Keurig single-serving coffee machines are very popular. It’s convenient to load a coffee pod into the machine and have a fresh cup of coffee within a few seconds. You never have to worry about drinking a cup that’s been reheating in the pot made hours ago, and you’ll never get stuck making a fresh pot
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I’ve seen hundreds of ukuleles made of all sorts of exotic woods and even carbon fiber, but these one of a kind musical instruments from Tyde Music use reclaimed materials from piers, boat houses, old barns, and more.
Tyde Music builds ukuleles from recycled Lake Tahoe boat docks Read More
Do you know the three R’s of recycling? Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Do you do all of them? We recycle as much as possible at my house, which is why my garage always looks like a scene from the show Hoarders with all the cardboard boxes stacked up. We’re also trying to reduce the amount
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With the average smartphone lifespan of two years, there’s a good possibility you have an old iPhone or two shoved in a drawer or a box in the closet. Consider pulling them out and recycling them into a very snazzy retro-style clock. Cdock will turn your iPhone 4 or 4S into a sleek tabletop clock
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April 22nd has been designated as Earth Day. But taking care of our Earth doesn’t have to happen on only one specific date in a year. This is our planet and Earth Day should be every day! We must care for mother nature so that our future generations can grow and expand to a galaxy
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The Re-Case is made of 100% recycled trash. The actual material is called POLLIBER and is a combination of reprocessed rice husks, a by product of rice farming and post-consumer thermo-plastics. Wow, that’s a mouthful! In addition to your phone, this case can also hold 1 credit card stored under the phone. The Re-Case is
iPhone 4/4S Case Made Entirely of… Trash Read More
We’ve featured Geekware before on The Gadgeteer because I love the fact that Nicole Harper makes all her geek inspired gifts from recycled electronic waste. Nicole’s latest offerings are fun and quirky clocks made from items such as old Atari, Commodore and other game cartridges. They are fun gift ideas for your favorite geeks and
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Don’t freak out, we’re not going to start reviewing earrings on The Gadgeteer. 😉 These earrings from CD Jewelry Art.Com are just so unique that I had to share them with all our girly geek readers. They are made from re-purposed / recycled audio CDs. More than 9 billion CDs are produced annually and the
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Do you feel guilty when you put old electronic devices and AC adapters in the trash can? You won’t need to feel guilty any longer if you let iGo Recycles help you recycle them. The website lists local depots where customers can go to recycle electronic devices. It also features a search feature for customers
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m really big into recycling. I hate throwing things away and will try to repurpose or give items to someone else before I send them to the landfill. That’s why I was happy to learn that Better Energy Systems Ltd. (the same company that brings us
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I don’t know about all of you, but I’m big into recycling these days. I break down all the cardboard boxes that show up at my house. I save newspapers, magazines, mail and other paper. I even collect bottles, cans and plastic containers. Every so often, I drop off this stuff at the local recycle
Don’t throw away your old stuff, swap it! Read More