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#90. Dumpsters Construct Playground

It is difficult to build a park in Seville, but relatively easy to get a permit to install a dumpster in a public space.

Playing

Guerrilla

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#68. Trash Dump Revives Borough

ReBuilders Source warehouse and store, South Bronx, 2008 Photo : Gia Freilla

A worker-owned cooperative that sorts and repairs scrap dumped in the South Bronx from construction and demolition sites all over New York City.

Recycling

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#69. Recycled Materials Cultivate Slum

Installed elements in Colombo, Minimum Cost Housing Group of McGill University, 2005 Photo: K.A. Jayaratne

A participatory project to preserve and upgrade a five-hundred-family shantytown on the edge of Columbo while improving residents’ access to water and integrating agricultural spaces for the produc

Gardening

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#45. Debris Pile Prevents Inhabitation

A street-cleaning project involving the construction of rubble piles in an underpass connecting Paulo VI Avenue to Doctor Arnaldo Avenue in São Paulo, preventing homeless people from sleeping there

Walking

Friction

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#21. Mailing List Reroutes Material Flows

Freecycle.org is a free email subscription service that lets members offer items free to others on their city’s list: the location, quantity, and condition of goods they would otherwise throw out a

Recycling

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#12. Executive Dines in Dumpster

Food-safety rules do not allow groceries to sell, or in some cases even give away, products that are past their expiry date; additionally, many fruits and vegetables are thrown out for cosmetic rea

Gardening

Excess

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#13. Sticker Rescues Food

Courtesy Adam Bobbette

Food is be sold and eaten under rigid legal and customary rules: expiry dates and cosmetic imperfections result in the disposal of many still-edible foods.

Gardening

Excess

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#15. Cellphone Photos Save Trash

Screen capture of garbagescout.com, James Nachlin, 2008

A Google Maps “mashup” or add-on program, garbagescout.com lets New Yorkers upload photos of objects on the street, and identify them with descriptive keywords.

Recycling

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#16. Timing for the Next Trash Dash

Most cities have scheduled days each month when oversized garbage, like furniture, is picked up in each neighbourhood.

Recycling

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#4. Reclaim Vacant Lot with What City’s Got

A proposal made to the city of Seville for legislation to assist in the temporary transformation of public and private solares – vacant lots walled off for security – into public spaces for at leas

Recycling

Excess

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#5. It Can Only Be Made From Trash

A book, website (superuse.org), and the Recyclicity foundation were created to familiarize and connect designers with material detritus from construction rubble and garbage waste to revitalize aban

Recycling

Excess

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