by efeinblatt | Jun 29, 2011 | argentina, cooperatives
During the past month, Nueva Mente cooperative members ventured out of Morón and took their wares to two fairs or ferias: the Feria Puro Diseño and the Feria del Cooperativismo. This was a first attempt at selling the products (mostly wallets) they had manufactured...
by efeinblatt | Mar 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
The redesigned American Society of Mechanical Engineers website launched with an article about ‘engineering a better world’ that features Waste for Life, and the author does a fine job pulling together many of the ideas that drive WFL’s practices....
by efeinblatt | Mar 16, 2011 | argentina, cartoneros, cooperatives
So with the ordering of Hotpress #5 here in Buenos Aires and the departure of two-thirds of the core team of Waste for Life, a natural ending and celebration point has been reached. We are thrilled with the progress we have made so far. But we don’t have long to...
by efeinblatt | Feb 18, 2011 | cartoneros, cooperatives, featured
Radio Netherlands Worldwide Earth Beat devoted this week’s broadcast to plastic. Plastic fantastic features interviews with WFL and Cooperativa Nueva Mente about our collaboration. You can listen to the entire broadcast from the Radio Netherlands site here:...
by efeinblatt | Dec 5, 2010 | argentina, cartoneros, cooperatives, technology
Three and one-half years after setting this process in motion, documents are signed to release funds to build the first production hotpress in Buenos Aires. The Cooperativa de Trabajo 19 de deciembre will build the press and deliver it to the Cooperativa Neuva Mente...
by efeinblatt | Nov 21, 2010 | argentina, cooperatives
Today is our second ‘day off’ and a welcome relief from the grueling 14-hour days we’ve maintained since arriving in BsAs three weeks ago. Like our previous trips in 2007 and 2008 we spend a lot of time on trains and buses, and a typical day begins early with one of...
by efeinblatt | Nov 12, 2010 | argentina, cooperatives, technology
It’s been almost exactly three years since we visited the recovered metallurgic factory, Cooperativa de Trabajo ’19 de diciembre’, and spoke with Enrique Iriarte about a possible niche side business: manufacturing hotpresses for the recycling...
by efeinblatt | Aug 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Carlos and his CEP group are getting a lot of airtime recently. The extract below is from a TVPublicaArgentina program entitled Recurso Natural.
by efeinblatt | Jul 5, 2010 | argentina, cartoneros, design, engineering, partners
The online magazine, eGFI, a publication of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), has just published a story about our collaboration with RISD. Take a look. http://students.egfi-k12.org/waste-for-life-making-trash-useful/
