To Martins offer an inspiring piece that should entice people to put old appliances and stuff back to good use. Taking old parts from a washing machine, Martins was able to come up with lush lighting solutions that should show people what creative and recycling stuff can render.

The result from his efforts was this REWASH lamp, something that came aided with a tripod. The eco-inspired lamps should be great for use in any home or office, fabricated accordingly and depending on what a person would want or discarded materials which are available for their reusing.

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The REWASH Lamp

If you don’t feel like going through the motions of creating one, you can get one from Uncommon Goods for $200.

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Recycled Skateboard Stools

We are big fans of innovative products that seem to transcend all design boundaries. The Stove is an interesting take on thermal heating as it is a carpet/rug that features heating capabilities. The carpet is equipped with a rechargeable photovoltaic battery and features a three layered design. The first layer protects from the cold, the second features carbon hot wire and the third includes cells to diffuse heat to the surface.

Stove Carpet With Heating Capabilities

An artist from Estonia has come up with another ideal time-telling piece for the home with the Vinyl Numbers Clock. This is another recycling masterpiece, taking old vinyl records and turning them into a work of art for showing the time.

Pavel Sidorenko took his artistic talent and professionally cut old vinyl records to produce this Vinyl Number Clock which is really something cool to have for any part of the home. Ideal for living rooms or the bedroom, the Vinyl Numbers Clock is available over at Firebox.com for around $57.

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Vinyl Numbers Clock

They are eco-friendly and functional to have in your home. This refers to the Danny Giles 800g Library, where potential users can metaphorically assess the depth of its ecological footprint. They are made entirely of recycled cardboard scraps and was created with simple methods of construction.

The stackable shelf is something anyone can truly make do well within their home. It is eco-friendly and serves as an inspirational idea for people to get into recycling and turn them into something useful and neat for their home or even their office.

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The Danny Giles 800g Library

A dishwasher is normally something that is tied up with energy hogging issues that make a home uncool. But with some tweaks and the actual need for gadgets that can make life easier for the working class, apparently one small device that can be placed on the kitchen counter wouldn’t hurt. Besides, it runs on steam from recycled water that can clean those dishes while you relax and get your much needed rest.

All you need to do after that is perform a hearty rinse and you’re good to go. Water used in the steam and rinsing processes will be collected in the recycling bay, where it will use “Membrane Technology” to separate food particles and grime from the water, letting you use it for the next wash.

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Eco-Friendly Steam Dishwasher

Recycling is an art and for people who have a talent for it, you may be surprised at what they can produce. Just take the case of Mexican-Brazilian artist Carolina Fountoura with this recycled lighting fixtures made of old bicycle chains. The result is a lavish looking chandelier that one would never even notice.

Recycled out of bicycle chains, the lamps and chandeliers by Carolina are on display at her first solo show, Connect. These are definitely creations that should be something to watch out for, particularly for people who are looking for something unique and modern to place in their homes as far as lighting ensembles are concerned.

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Carolina Fontoura Recycled Lighting Fixtures

Cardboard has taken its use to another level. By expanding the vivid imagination towards how these corrugated cartons can be conceptualized into attractive home furniture solutions, Diseno Cartonero has created functional and elegant pieces of furniture from cast-off cardboards often collected by garbage collectors.

Besides being nice to look at, Morahan’s pieces exemplify a certain humanitarian spirit through his own version of fair trade. The artist collects his recycled cardboard materials by purchasing it from garbage collectors (or cartoneros) at a higher price than they would receive at a recycling facility. Morahan then makes all his pieces by hand, so that each becomes a unique creative expression.

(Source) Inhabitat

Recycled Eco-Cardboard Furniture from Diseno Cartonero

Owe it to the creative minds of specialists like Nathan Christopher who seems to be putting his degree in natural resource management to good news. By transforming discarded wood and turning them into furniture that anyone would certainly be interested in, it is a form of business recycling from trashed wood which many home owners would want to check out.

According to Christopher, most wood from old buildings is either thrown away or burned, even though much of it is hard-to-find, old-growth wood up to 200 years old. He scours eastern Washington, Oregon and Idaho for old buildings that contain Douglas fir, maple, and other hardwoods and then brings them to his Seattle or rural Oregon studio to begin their transformation into his rustic-modern pieces.

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Old Wood Molded into New Furnishings

CoCaLo uses environmentally friendly fiber-reactive dyes, which contain no heavy metals or known toxic substances. The process used at the print facility is in accordance with environmental standards for water purification and recycling.

Give your toddlers a safer environment apart from the health-constrained world we live in. Keep them healthy with a cozy and worry-free sleeping environment.

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CoCalo Unveils Eco-friendly Nursery Bedding

We here at Bedzine, pride ourselves on being purveyors of eco-friendly products. Hence we love the recycling storage solution by Samuel Wilkinson which has been made from powder coated aluminum. Each bin has a green colored handle tab to indicate where paper, glass, metal and plastic objects should go.

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Recycling Bin by Samuel Wilkinson

The ‘334’ Bench may not be for sale however it does make an extremely important point by emphasizing on recycling.  A part of the “X days project”, the bench has been designed by Oscar Lhermitte. The designer has used three parallel bars of metal, over which are stacked 334 old newspapers and at any given time the bench can sit up to 5 people.

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The ‘334’ Bench

Alternative materials used in furniture can really come up with crazy yet alluring designs such as these Konawicz chairs. They are made from fiberglass but are likewise biodegradable, making them a great fit towards people who look for eco-friendly furniture to place in their homes.

Add to that the modern designs that they come in surely entice people to want them for their own. Coming in various vivid colors, don’t be surprised if you end up wanting one as well.

“A lot of chairs I’ve seen have been made out of PVC, and they’ve said it can be made from recycled PVC itself or it can be recycled, but really recycling is a whole other process that is not earth friendly. You have to go through a lot of energy to get it recycled,” Konawicz explained. “With this process… when you’re done with the chair, it biodegrates into the earth. So there’s no waste and it doesn’t harm the earth at all, and I thought that was impressive.”

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Trendy and Eco-friendly Konawicz Chairs

Raw materials in making furniture do not need to come from current or new resources. We see old homes that are normally torn down in lieu of a new one and the scraps or the old wood that normally comes down with it are surely to be of use if you think about it.

Call it a matter of recycling and putting ingenuity into place, old home materials can be used to make new furniture. In fact, if you think about it, newly made woodworks such as tables or chairs may eventually look like they have been around for some years now. All it takes is to put them together and create a finished product out of recycled wood.

Fogg says that 15 percent to 20 percent of the wood he uses is recycled from old homes and barns.

Out of this fir, yellow pine and other enduring wood, he makes something new, but always with an eye on the simple elegance of the American past.

“The idea,” he said, pointing to his newly finished table, “is to make furniture that looks like it’s been around for 200 years.”

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Making New Furniture out of Old Homes or Barns

The area of recycling certain things has obviously been something that has been a problem for most and for eMattress, undergoing such a concern above all is perhaps the best approach to help the consumers today. It is easy to buy a new bed, but how to dispose of old and worn-out mattresses is another.

Read more here: Mattress Recycling Program Instituted by eMattress

eMattress initiates Mattress Recycling

Indeed not many people would go through to all the trouble of trying to refurbish their old furniture. There are still remaining sentimental values in them and if only people would give it a thought, nothing beats the design and complement of old furniture in homes today.

“Iam a big believer of recycling, workin the concept of going back to the basics, of preserving nature’s legacy,” says 28-year-old interior designer, Wilhelmina Garcia. Such ardor for everything recycled and “nature-based” produced the refreshing unit design which won the grand prize in the 2007 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE) National Competition for Interior Design.

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Recycled Furniture To Preserve Legacies

Anyone can easily place them in the nearest garbage dumps but simply placing them will not be the solution of proper disposal. There are other areas to consider such as recycling them or checking out some shelters that may need or use them.

Read more: Thinking of sending a mattress to a landfill? Sleep on it

Properly Disposing That Old Mattress

“When it came to furniture, I kept it simple — a queen-sized bed flanked with two bedside tables and mirrors, two chairs filled with soy-based foam and a few ottomans. The older pieces were taken out of the bedroom and used elsewhere.

After putting in the final accents (including beeswax candles and a vintage anatomy poster), all chosen to be both pleasing to the eye and the environment, Earl’s eco-chic bedroom was now complete.

By using earth-friendly and fabulous fabrics, furniture and finishes, I gave science teacher Earl a bedroom that has a big visual impact and a low environmental impact. It is now easy on the eyes and the earth. Now that’s divine!”

Source: DIVINE DESIGN: Bedroom gets an ‘eco-chic’ update

Eco-Chic Bedroom Designs

Extendable bed frame for more space. The material in this product MAY BE recyclable. Please check the recycling rules in your community and if recycling facilities exist in your area. Slatted bed base: Solid wood – not from intact natural forests so no worries. Renewable material (wood) making it very environmentally friendly.

Ikea Bed

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