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Re-Bubble Concept Puts Your Old Soaps in Public Restrooms

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Images via Yanko Design

"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without" -- This is an old saying that is great for living sustainably, and designs that help us live this mantra usually catch our eye. Such is the case with Re-Bubble by designers WooJae Lee, MinSu Kim & WoongKi Kim.

Pissing Match: Wired On The Battle Over Waterless Urinals

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Falcon Water-Free Urinal

In February we wrote What is the Cause of "Stinky Situation" With Waterless Urinals?, covering the fight between the plumbers' unions and the manufacturers of waterless urinals.

Kimberly-Clark Disposable Hand Towels for the Home Belie Sustainability Promise

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Image: Kleenex Hand Towels

"Kimberly-Clark has long recognized the importance of corporate responsibility and integrated the concept of sustainability in our business practices," the FAQ on Kleenex Hand Towels reassuringly announces.

Popup Pissoir Solves Wee Problem

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Urilift

What is the perfect thing if you are sitting at your pop-up table and having a beer or three? A pop-up urinal! In a lot of older cities, there is a shortage of toilets and a surplus of beer. The result often is public peeing.

Why Do Showers Point Down Instead of Up?

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Yet another lovely design from Anrina Komarova and Yanko, just like every other rain shower in every jazzy bathroom, never responding to the question that anyone who ever read Alexander Kira's bathroom book would ask, which is "why do showers point down?"

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