Tag: recycled materials

Cow dung for biomaterials

Cow dung could be used to create a next generation sustainable material, according to a new report.

Colonel microbrewery built with recycled materials opens in Lebanon

While many Muslims don't drink alcohol, the people of Batroun, Lebanon love their beer. At least according to Jamil al-Haddad, the visionary...

Plastic for kibble – vending machines for stray animals in Istanbul

There are roughly 150,000 stray cats and dogs in Istanbul alone, and with so many other problems to deal with, city...

Turkey’s Designnobis turns plastic bottles into solar-powered lanterns

If you live in the Middle East, surely you are accustomed to seeing plastic bottles lining city streets and even...

A shipping container village to rescue “shooting” city

As part of an effort to rescue certain Israeli cities from urban decay, the Ayalim Association has built a series of 'student villages'...

Tires upcycled as Arabian stools

Rubber tires are pure nastiness, especially when they're no longer useful for cars. They languish in landfills, provide habitat for...

HA Schult arrives in Israel with an army of 500 ‘Trash People’

German artist HA Schult has spent the last 18 years traveling around the world with his own army of...

World’s largest trash mural makes life in Syria a little less awful

Anyone who hasn't been to Syria in the last few years can't possibly grasp the full extent of the...

Powerful scrap sculptures depict life in Beirut’s Shatila refugee camp

The nearly 10,000 Palestinian refugees packed into southern Beirut's Shatila camp live in makeshift homes of corrugated tin, and...

The new road to Dubai will be recycled and green

The current road linking Abu Dhabi and Dubai, E111 is said to be one of the most dangerous, which...

Hundreds of Xerox Paper Strips Make Extraordinary Recycled Curtains

Israelis are well known for being industrious - especially when it comes to turning innocuous every day materials such...

Tripoli’s Doshma Creative Hub Has a Recycled Shipping Container Core

So many countries in the Middle East and North Africa rely way too much on concrete for their building...