Sit on Yuyu Ushida's sofa made of 8000 recycled chopsticks, an hour later you'll want to sit on it again

As seen on Inhabitat and probably a million other places. Designer Yuyu Ushida wanted to highlight the ecological impact of disposable wooden chopsticks, so dude made this elaborate piece. Wouldn’t it have been simpler just to write a Facebook post about it? Yeah, but then I guess he wouldn’t have gotten any furniture out of the deal. ‘Cause this baby isn’t just ONE piece of furniture—oh, no. It squooshes in laterally to the width of a chair. No word on whether it’s available with StainMaster or not. 

I’m thinking not. 

 

Where to recycle your electronics NOW, as opposed to waiting until someone acts on my sustainability registry idea

Want to get rid of all those old toxin-laden gadgets you’ve been stockpiling to keep them out of the landfill? Check out this list on LifeHacker. The details about the fees one is sometimes charged to get responsibly dispose of electronic recyclables points up the value of an information network to assist do-gooders like and recycling businesses more efficiently sort and concentrate value-bearing disposable goods.