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Use It Up, Wear It Out -- Consumers Hold On to... →
From Matt Richtel, in yesterday’s New York Times: Throw away the cellphone after two years? Not so fast. Ditch the flat-panel TV for an even thinner model? Maybe next year. Replace the blouse with the hole? Darn it! Consumer spending has picked up, but for some Americans the recession has left something behind: a greater interest in making stuff last. For a number of products — cars,...
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Old Shipping Containers Are New Housing Trend -... →
This TIME Magazine piece provides a good overview of many benefits — environmental, economic, and more — of repurposing used shipping containers. [Hat tip to friend Jim Mitchem with Boxman Studios, @BoxmanStudios.] Related: Partial list of earlier Unconsumption posts that feature shipping containers converted into residences, restaurants, and other building types. 
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Inventor Makes Fuel from Plastic Bags →
Clean Technica reports: What most of us see as the ubiquitous blight of modern convenience consumerism, i.e., littered plastic shopping bags, Japanese inventor Akinori Ito sees as the “fuel of the future”. …. His invention is actually a non-polluting, fully contained process that heats up the plastic, traps the vapors and channels them through an intricate system of pipes and water...
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Recyclable or Not?: Rethink Challenge: Can you... →
recyclableornot is having a contest/challenge to come up with ideas for a “green business card.” More: \ I need some sort of business card for networking. I really want to make an impact statement with the card; make it something that embodies the values of Recyclable or Not. So I tried researching “green” cards. There have been some great ideas in this article I found. My...
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