We’re running out of places to ditch our old garbage. Recycling bins are out of the question because, as we all know, all trash whether it be recyclable or otherwise all goes to the same place: New Jersey.

California College of Arts student Nick Demarco has created a vinyl chair out of plastic bottles and other miscellaneous garbage he found lying around. It is said to be surprisingly more comfortable than your average office chair. The planned production models are said to be made of a recycled plastic mesh, and fully customizable depending on what junk you throw in it. He sure loves his Vitamin Water. (more…)

Most people have some sort of junk drawer in their home where they throw all sorts of random shit that has no home anywhere else. Rummaging through a junk drawer is typically a damn good time to kill an hour or so, especially when it’s someone else’s. After all, you never know what the hell you’re going to find (and possibly horde for yourself.)

The Fractal Furniture is a cubed multi-drawer contraption which allows you to separate your crap into 23 individual nooks rather than one massive stock pile. Perhaps you could divvy up your junk drawer by category; one drawer for spare change, one for stationary, etc., so on and so forth. At least you can add some sort of organization to the mayhem. (more…)

And to think that humans have only been in space for half a century. The European Space Agency has released images showing all of the junk we have orbiting the planet. Space litter, if you will.

Circulating the globe right now is about 6,000 satellites, only of which 800 are still operational, not to mention tons of other crap left from previous launches, and probably a bag of doritos or two. According to the ESA, all of the space crap floating around is not a good thing as space clutter could put spacecraft at risk, and something should be done. Which reminds me, if you find my wallet up there, just mail it over. — Andrew Dobrow

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