REIMAGINED RESOURCES

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Rotterdam designer Reinier de Jong has designed this low table with a surface made up of reclaimed strips of acrylic.

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Leeds Metropolitan University graduate Charlotte Wilson was awarded Best in Show at London graduate show Free Range this year for her proposal to convert a bunker into a museum.

PAST IMPERFECT: A New Kind of Antique

ABOUT PAST IMPERFECT: Antiques with inventive repairs (also known as "make-do" repairs) are unique examples of necessity and thrift, made during a time before Krazy Glue was invented. Unlike today where we discard anything chipped or cracked, broken household items were repaired at home or taken to a metalsmith to be brought back to life, often with whimsical results. Once regarded merely as damaged goods by antiques dealers and collectors alike, antiques with inventive repairs are justly receiving the respect they deserve ... click here to go to the website

droog design: cutting edge design & recycling

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The Zero Waste Idea

Zero Waste is a philosophy that encourages the redesign of resource life cycles so that all products are reused. Any trash sent to landfills is minimal. The process recommended is one similar to the way that resources are reused in natures.In industry this process involves creating commodities out of traditional waste products, essentially making old outputs new inputs for similar or different industrial sector ... to read more click here

Zero Waste Australia Incorporated: ZWA Inc. is a not-for-profit, non-government organisation, formed to support all tiers of industry in achieving environmentally and economically efficient and sustainable systems in all spheres of their activity. See ZWA Aims, Objectives and Core Values

Membership: ZWA Inc. provides the opportunity for industry to access new economic benefits. ZWA Inc will endorse the use of a Zero Waste project logo for any industry project or organisation which pursues or attempts to pursue any one or more of the Zero Waste Australia Core Values ... click here to read more

WATCH THIS SPACE

Watch this space for links to positive stories about resource recovery.

• South Hobart's Resource Tip Shop has become something of an institution in Hobart over the last decade. Situated in the foothills of Tasmania’s dramatic Mount Wellington (or Kunanyi), it is also in close proximity to two more Hobart icons - the Cascade Brewery and, one of the State’s most poignant reminders of Australia’s convict history, the Female Factory .... click here to read more

• The South Hobart Tip Shop: my favourite store - every day Hobartians bring their unwanted but still useful garbage to the tip shop ... click here for a photo

• Tassie Tip Shops: Collector or seller - don't miss out on visiting Tasmania's Recycling Centres on your next holiday south ... where the best collectables can be found .... click here
• Resource Wins Two Major Awards for Deconstruction Project ... click here
• Art from trash ... click here

• Tip Shop is tops: BRISBANE ... I’ve written before about the phenomenal amount of waste that goes to our city’s transfer stations. Now it looks as if much less of the good quality ‘rubbish’ is not going to go to waste thanks to Brisbane’s newest shopping spot... click here
• What a DROOG designer did with waste paper ... click here
• Recycled Art – Call for Artist ... click here