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Everyday, thousands of street lights are orphaned, sent to the junk yard to rot, with no one to maintain their slowly rusting bodies, their LED and solar brethren slowly taking their place. Please, help save these helpless street lights and adopt one for your own personal use.

These Street Light Floor Lamps use re-appropriated street lights to create a unique lamp for your home while saving the life of a helpless public servant. Every time you ignore a street light a kitty dies.

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Like a lot of geeks out there I have a constant stream of crap being shipped to me from various internet companies. But I’m getting sick of just chucking all of the cardboard away. There has to be something productive we can create using all of our excess boxes.

And then I came across this and I had a “Eureka!” moment. Duh. Why not create a piece of furniture? And a geeky piece of furniture at that! I might just have to make a PS3 version. Maybe one day I’ll make a Wii cardboard toilet. We already shit on the Wii plenty anyway.

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Have a few dead computer mouses laying around? They’re probably sitting in the same spot you keep the skeletons in your closet. You might be having some trouble parting with them. And that’s fine, totally normal. People become attached to inanimate objects all the time.

So, if you want to actually do something USEFUL with those dead mice, you might as well sit down at your work bench for a few minutes, wipe down the foot of dust on its surface from its lack of use, and strip down the mouse so you can use it as a nifty toothbrush / razor holder. Why the hell not, right?

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There have been countless methods of recycling your old, abandoned, bong water-stained vinyl, but none that have integrated the actual casing and cover art as well. If you have such epic records as Led Zeppelin’s IV, there is no reason NOT to show them off some how.

BUGHOUSE designed this unique record table, which would fit spectacularly into your den of devil worship. It’s much more thoughtful than simply throwing them in the trash bin, surely.

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Drink a shitload of bottled water or soda? Great. Stop throwing those empty bottles into the trash and put them to better use. Using Richard Bennett’s instructions, you’ll be able to build a greenhouse with those empty bottles and a few things from The Home Depot. Hey, if you can think of another way to use empty soda bottles, I’m all ears.

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I can’t help that I’m a better person than you. It’s just how it is. I use a reusable fabric bag, rather than one of those ghastly paper or plastic bags. It’s the never ending battle of good versus evil and I’m on the “good” side of the spectrum. I recycle everything I possibly can.

I hop in my Hummer, cigar and aerosol air freshener in hand and I head over to the grocery store, ready to prove to the world just how much I care about the Earth’s well being. Want to world to know how much better you are than them? $7.99 is the price of eternal salvation.

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If I recall correctly, the 1990s paved the way for seat belt fashions. I remember having a belt I purchased at Pacific Sunwear that was made up of an old GM seat belt. That’s sort of the same mindset designer Paolo Ferrari has in mind with his new line of handbags that are made from old car seat belts. His company, 959, is big on using recycled materials to create new looks with the bags being made up of 97% recycled stuff and 3% new fabric.

What do you think, ladies? Tres chic or just plain ugly?

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Ladies! Do you love to munch rug? Find pleasure in shoving a cucumber in your vagina or anus? Excellent. Pay attention.

After awhile, you’ll most likely have built up an impressive collection of sex toys that rivals that of Star Jones’. Do yourself, your husband and the environment a favor and dispose of these toys properly. Instead of throwing it out and leaving it for Ted the Garbageman to find, use this official Sex Toy Recycling Program. Send ‘em a box of dildos and you’ll get a $10 credit towards a new one from their online store. Not a bad deal, right? This company will even clean and dismantle your vibrators and dildos to ensure they’re disposed of properly.

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Across the pond, PS Lab designed this light sculpture for DOS Architects. It uses recycled car headlights and regular incandescent bulbs. I bet it looks great when the sun goes down, giving the room a glow that’s reminiscent of Bioshock. Know what I mean?

Regardless, it’s a nice use of old headlights. Maybe a night light made from an old headlight would work out nicely?

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There are many kinds of recycling. Some have purpose, others do not. Designer A. J. Bocchino recycled old issues of the New York Times and used headlines from 1990 to 2005 in order to make this colorful wallpaper shown above. He even arranged headlines chronologically, grouping subjects by color coded themes.

The actions of George Bush, Michael Bloomberg, the United Nations, Israel, Palestine, and North Korea, among others, all serve as raw material and influence the structure of my work.

Don’t forget about the editors working for the New York Times. Please Mr. Bocchino, give credit where credit is due. Interested in using a wall in your home as a reminder of all the terrible stuff that’s going on around the world? That’ll cost you $1000 bucks, bub.

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