Ecoscraps

Salvaging thousands of used disposable chopsticks from the Koriyama’s city hall cafeteria over two years, Shuhei Ogawara has built a 4-meter (13-ft) long canoe.  It took three months for Ogawara to glue 7,382 chopsticks together to form the canoe shell.

Via:  Pink Tentacle

Want to smell like a greasy fast food hamburger?  You’re in luck!  Burger King is offering for a limited time Flame, “the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat”.  This is the perfect gift for the vegan on your Christmas list!

Via: The Guardian

According to the the UN, the newest threat to the global environment is pollution affecting our food supply.   Atmospheric brown clouds caused by pollution contribute to glacial melting and reduce sunlight that negatively impacts agricultural production.  Extreme weather caused by global warming is also of concern for farmers. From Beijing to Cairo, dark clouds have darkened 13 cities from the Persian Gulf to Asia decreasing the amount of sunlight by as much as 25 percent.

Via: Truthout

Image:  charlotte.marillet on Flickr under a Creative Commons License

In the sixties, Heineken created the beer bottle that could be used as a building brick. With similar inspiration, Buddhist monks have created the Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple in the Sisaket province of Thailand from one million recycled beer bottles:  Heineken bottles and Chang Beer bottles.  Read the rest of this entry »

VerTerra has made doing the disposable dishes a flip of the wrist — and not into the trash can bound for the landfill. We Heart World has given the VerTerra compostable dishware the thumbs-up approval. We Heart World says:

With Verterra dinnerware, you can:

• Microwave them
• Use them in the oven
• Re-Use them (even though they are billed as a single-use product)
• Use them when guests are over for dinner (they are stylish and help boost your “eco-cred”)
• Help your garden

VerTerra says its product is “100% renewable and compostable plant matter and water.”

Image: VerTerra