Blog Entries tagged 'recycling' http://sharkgeist.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:33:21 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://sharkgeist.com/blog/is-recycling-good-design-.html <p><img src="http://sharkgeist.com/images/blog//recycle_bin_200px.jpg" alt="40% of all trash ends up in a landfill" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right" />I saw an&nbsp;episode of &quot;Penn &amp; Tellers BULLSHIT&quot; last night. The show was about the truths and myths of recycling. Is recycling a benefit to the environment and does it save natural resources?</p><p>Which ever view you take, one interesting fact popped up: 40% of all of the recycled trash ends up in a landfill site anyways.It tu [...] john@l2design.com Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 +0100 recycling environment ecology design http://sharkgeist.com/blog/1-billion-camera-telephones.html <p><img src="http://sharkgeist.com/images/blog//the_right_fit_telephone.jpg" alt="Yes that's right, 500 million camera phones sold in 2006 " hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right" />By the end of 2007 there will be 1 billion camera phones&nbsp;in existance. The sale of mobile phones with a camera have skyrocketed from 3 million in 2001 to 500 million sold in 2006. In 2006 there were sold 1 billion mobile telephones worldwide, half of which were camera phones. </p> <p>Lets take a moment to grasp thi [...] john@l2design.com Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:00:00 +0100 recycling environment design