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Fascinated by the discarding and recycling of consumer and industry goods, Belgian photographer Paul Bulteel visited more than 50 recycling facilities in Europe. 'What happens when our discarded paper, metal, glass, plastic, appliances, clothing and countless other industrial byproducts and leftovers are broken down and transformed into new materials. Visually fascinating and well documented, these images give us food for thought.' (hate cantz) more images www.hatjecantz.de/p

'Original Unverpackt', a ‘precycling’ initiative, founded by Sara Wolf and Miena Glimbovski. We are becoming increasingly aware of how much we waste and there is a rising demand for sustainable alternatives to the way we consume products and services....read article on huffingtonpost related articles nytimes huffingtonpost the guardian relatedLAla Recycling LAla Lifestyleblog LAla Lifestyle Lala Food LAla Sandbox #lifestyle #food #culture #recycling

"After I moved to Bern, Switzerland, from Jaibling, Germany, some time ago, I was very careful to adapt to Swiss ways, whenever I could make them out. I paid particular attention to the garbage....read article on nytimes related LAla Recycling LAla Lifestyleblog LAla Lifestyle LAla Food LAla Culture #lifestyle #recycling #culture

The most advanced recycling operations in the world divert 75 percent or more of community waste away from landfills. In their efforts to achieve 100 percent recycling, or so-called Zero Waste, three products have proved particularly stubborn....read article on nytimes related LAla Recycling LAla Culture #lifestyle #recycling #culture

Artist Tahir Carl Karmali pays hommage to Kenyas ‘jua kali’ (Swahili for ‘fierce sun). The Swahili term was originally allocated to the city's travelling pedlars and artisans. Today the name refers to the workers in Kenya’s informal economy. "From fixing cars to cobbling together anything from electrical goods to clothing using discarded items, the ‘jua kali’ are talented repairmen, junkyard inventors and DIY entrepreneurs (each of Karmali's images picture real ‘jua kali’s to

"Born in Larache, Morocco, in 1961, Hassan Hajjaj left Morocco for London at an early age. Heavily influence by the club, hip-hop, and reggae scenes of London as well as by his North African heritage, Hajjaj is a self-taught and thoroughly versatile artist whose work includes portraiture, installation, performance, fashion, and interior design, including furniture made from recycled utilitarian objects from North Africa, such as upturned Coca-Cola crates as stools and aluminu