http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:37:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/the-ebay-box-simple-green-shipping.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:04:10 +0000 The winning idea from the company's yearly Innovation Expo was a simple but effective product.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/using-bacteria-and-human-waste-to-heat-homes-in-the-uk.html Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:23:35 +0000 A pilot program will be rolled out in the UK this summer, using human waste to supply a limited number of homes with natural gas.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/dutch-designers-create-interlocking-lego-fashion.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:27:00 +0000 Refinity dresses consist of interlocking parts which can be added or taken away from a garment, allowing users to alter it's design on demand.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/advertising-transformed-into-bags-target-combines-upcycling-art.html Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:32:12 +0000 Target, will be transforming vinyl from their Times Square billboard into 1,600 limited edition bags designed by Anna Sui.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/american-apparel-to-sell-bag-o-scraps.html Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:27:56 +0000 You’ve got to hand it to American Apparel- they’re always finding new ways to make tired cotton and spandex duds into something exciting and marketable. In perhaps it’s more extreme permutation, American Apparel will now be bypassing design and production altogether and opting to sell the Bag-O-Scraps, which the AA website describes as : “collected cuttings from some of your favorite fun fabrics from around the American Apparel factory to make one-of-a-kind bags of scrap fabrics. Use them for all sorts of arts and crafts. Make clever jewelry, accessories, a card for your grandma or a colorful hanging sculpture forRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/backpack-recycling-klattermusen-goes-cradle-to-cradle.html Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:31:08 +0000 Swedish outdoor clothing and equipment company Klättermusen is embarking on a new eco-initiative for 2009 and beyond called rECOver that will keep their old products useful into the future. New Klättermusen products will have a small deposit labels (like a returnable soda can) in denominations of 1, 5, 10 or 20 euros. Customers who return their used gear will get a refund depending on the condition. Old bags and clothing will either be repaired and donated to charity, or broken down and recycled into new products. The company has also won awards for their 100% recycled nylon pack, and donateRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/an-11000-mile-journey-on-a-boat-made-of-recycled-plastic-bottles.html Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:48:31 +0000 David de Rothschild of Adventure Ecology is undertaking an 11,000 mile journey from California to Australia on a boat almost entirely made out of recycled plastic. His goal is to illustrate the possibilities of material recycling, and cradle to cradle design. CNN reports: De Rothschild hopes his one-of-a-kind vessel, now being built on a San Francisco pier, will boost recycling of plastic bottles, which he says are a symbol of global waste. Except for the masts, which are metal, everything on the 60-foot catamaran is made from recycled plastic. “It’s all sail power,” he said. “The idea is to putRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/uk-grocery-store-turning-waste-food-into-electricity.html Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:46:10 +0000 Sainsbury’s, a UK based chain of grocery stores is beginning a new program that will transform wasted food into electricity. 42 tons of waste food from 28 Sainsbury’s locations in Scotland will be delivered weekly to a biomass power plant for processing. This food waste is expected to generate enough electricity to power about 500 homes. This summer, the waste to electricity program will be expanded throughout the UK, as part of Sainsbury’s plan to no longer send any waste whatsoever to landfills. [via Treehugger]]]>