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Indonesian homemakers turn trash into fashion frills
Interesting way to do a business... " Used detergent labels and toothpaste tubes from Indonesia are going from landfills to fashion frills on bags and wallets sold in Singapore, Australia and the United States. The...
It's a Bird...no it's a Plane...no it's a Giant Cigarette!
Keep Britain Tidy has dumped an enormous 30ft high giant cigarette on Trafalgar Square in London today. This is part of their major anti-litter campaign targeting the people who drop their butts on the... Stem Cells Created Without Embryos
If this is true, we're talking a major, major leap forward in how we can start treating diseases and, well, tons of stuff. Also neatly sidesteps the whole 'moral issue' that stem cells seem to have."Scientists have... Clean Hydrogen From Eggshells
A breakthrough discovery by engineers at Ohio State University which may offer a viable clean alternative to using electrolysis, a process dependent on electricity and thus green house gas generation, for the... Chewing gum that doesn't stick invented by British university
"Easy-to-remove chewing gum is to become a reality, thanks to a breakthrough by chemists that could save Britain the £150 million spent every year on removing discarded gum. The British start-up company that announces the non-stick, degradeable gum today hopes to take a bite...Powered by Garbage
There's one renewable resource that's flown below the radar for quite some time: garbage."Although solar and wind energy are the best-known renewable energies, generating power from biomass is getting a closer look, as societies try to diversify their fuel... Engagement rings are men's property: Australian court
An Australian woman who threw away a $15 000 engagement ring has been ordered to compensate her ex-fiance for the lost ring. At one point, she tried to give the ring back but was then told is was hers to keep by her... All the President's Press by Frank Rich
"SOMEHOW it’s hard to imagine David Halberstam yukking it up with Alberto Gonzales, Paul Wolfowitz and two discarded “American Idol” contestants at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Before there was a Woodward and Bernstein, there was...Bangkok forced to reopen discarded international airport
Connie Levett Herald Correspondent in BangkokFebruary 7, 2007"THAILAND has announced it will reopen Bangkok's 93-year-old airport Don Muang Airport for international as well as domestic flights to ease pressure on...Artist turns Mount Everest's trash into treasures
"Artist turns Mount Everest's trash into treasures The Associated Press Published: January 14, 2007 BRUNSWICK, Maine: Thousands of adventurers have been drawn to Mount Everest by the challenge of climbing to the top of the world. Jeff Clapp was drawn by the trash they leave...5 years later, WTC mail keeps coming
"It's the kind of holiday mail that might have been tossed aside, discarded like any other piece of junk mail: a special offer for a facial at a local spa. Only the address on the letter no longer exists. And the woman the letter is addressed to died more than five years ago...Straw says he would like veils to be discarded - Times Online
" By Devika Bhat and Philip Webster and Russell Jenkins of The Times Jack Straw said he would rather veils were discarded altogether (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty) Jack Straw has admitted he would prefer Muslimwomen not to wear veils at all, a day after disclosing that he asks women...
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