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Taiwan tests recycling's limits with bus stops out of bottles

2013-03-01T10:03:00-05:00

"We want to take recycling to the next level," says Mr Huang. "Not only will this factory do the usual e-waste recycling, extracting gold and copper from your discarded computers and smartphones, but it will be built completely out of recycled materials.

Katia Moskvitch visited Taiwan to examine how a zero landfill policy, adopted in 2010 has created new opportunities for entrepreneurs. While there she talked with Arthur Huang (an architect, urban designer), Managing Director of MINIWIZ, a company focused on using post-consumer waste-streams to make new buildings and products. They are currently working on a new e-waste recycling facility and have also "built hundreds of bus stops in the south of Taiwan - from recycled plastic bottles".

Raumlabor’s ‘Big Crunch’ is an Incredible Building Made from Discarded Materials

2011-06-29T14:29:51-04:00

Raumlabor just completed construction on "The Big Crunch" - a recycled building made from a heap of discarded objects. The mound of materials is condensed in a theater plaza from all over the area, seemingly to move like a small wave cresting on the Georg-Büchner-Platz grounds in Darmstadt, Germany.

747 Recycled Airplane Wing House Completed in Malibu

2011-06-16T14:15:20-04:00

Built from a decommissioned Boeing 747, the home features a floating roof made out of the plane's wings that results in a curvilinear home with large floor-to-ceiling windows to take in the sights of the Malibu mountains and Pacific Ocean below.

Inhabitat has just received the first photos of David Hertz Architects' completed 747 wing house in Malibu.