Kathleen Chamberlin recycles lids into fun necklaces (ignore the expiration dates) On Rainbow Lane in Scholls, past farms and brown fields, horses and alpacas, stands a half-hidden, hobbit-sized log ...

On Rainbow Lane in rural Washington County, past farms and brown fields, horses and alpacas, stands a half-hidden, hobbit-sized log building. Inside, recycled windows overlooking the Tualatin River ...

Some concept designs are worth a look because they solve a problem at both a practical and and intellectual level. And some are ridiculously frustrating, simple, gorgeous product ideas which we would ...

New Designers 09: Northumbria University graduate Jack Bresnahan exhibited a series of biodegradable, plastic lids for turning used tin cans into household containers at graduate show New Designers in ...

Dear Johnnie: We have been serious recyclers for many years in another community. We were allowed to include tin-can lids, which I always placed inside the empty can for recycling. What is different ...

Pernickity binmen refused to take ring pulls left in a recycling basket because they were not attached to the cans. They also left bean tin lids because they were not clean enough, and crushed beer ...