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Recycling
Space Garbage Collector
Around 100 million pieces of trash, . . . cast off from satellites, and rockets, . . . are circulating in space, . . . causing hundreds of potentially dangerous collisions each year. Now Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), . . . blasted into or...
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Recycled Shipping Containers
Agricool, . . . proposes urban agriculture done hydroponically, . . . out of recycled shipping containers, . . . to produce food that is: . . . . . . Local, . . . . . . Zero Transportation cost, . . . . . . Zero pesticide, . . . . . . Zero preservative...
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Follow The Money: Recycling Rockets
How much money do you save, . . . when you can Recycle a Falcon 9 Rocket. Today was the 4th successful powered mission landing for Falcon 9, . . . 3rd barge landing, and . . . 2nd following a geosynchronous transfer orbit mission. 5-31-2016 Source:...
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Reusable Space Launch Components
Blue Origin’s New Shepard space vehicle successfully flew to space, . . . before executing a historic landing back at the launch site in West Texas. 11-25-2015 Source: Reusable space launch components
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Ted Cradle To Cradle Design
Green-minded architect and designer William McDonough, . . . asks what our buildings. and products would look like. . . . if designers took into account "all children, all species, for all time." 9-01-2015 Source: TED Cradle to Cradle Design
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Cheap, Tough, And Green
Ever heard the expression, “dirt cheap?” . . . Of course you have, because dirt is cheap. . . . It’s everywhere. . . . No matter where you go, there it is. As a building material, rammed earth is cheap, tough, and green. . . . So why is not used more...
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3D Printed Electric Car
The Strati, is the world's first 3D-printed car, a small 2-seater, . . . unveiled to the world last month at the, . . . International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago. The Chevrolet Volt, has a range of 40 miles, . . . but can achieve spee...
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Recycling Energy: "operating Reserves"
Grid "Operating Reserves," are essentially plant capacity used, . . . to accommodate short-term fluctuations. It's about extra power generated, that's constantly wasted and seldom ever used. Just because, sometimes, a bit of power is q...
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Recycling: Pizza Box
The GreenBox was invented by William Walsh after he got the idea to, . . . Re-Use the top of a pizza box as plates for his friends back in college. Made of 100% recycled materials, that can be recycled again, . . . as long as it remains unsoiled, by li...
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