Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don't settle for tossing out or donating old stuff that isn't useful anymore. It's way more fun to give it a new life as something ...

Hammer it onto docks as boat bumpers. Weave it together for jungle gyms. Stretch it into horse fences. Cut it into pieces to sharpen straight razors. Welcome to repurposing – finding new uses for ...

When Charlie Martin is not working 12-hour shifts as a UMD police officer, he’s running All Out Junk Removal. And his mission there is to repurpose what he collects to donate to people who can use it.

Dear Heloise: I save unclogged spray nozzles to replace the ones that are clogged. Not all spray cans use the same nozzle, so you have to be careful to match them. Be very careful that the nozzle is ...

The RePurpose Center’s Sunny Rae Hanna waved her hand over a cluster of tiny bicycles sitting in a small warehouse and smiled. The bicycles will soon head to their new home: Lifeline Connections, ...

Best Buy, Microsoft, and Junk Kouture have announced a partnership to promote responsible recycling of e-waste in celebration of Earth Month in April. For the entire month, customers are encouraged to ...

When your car reaches the end of its roadworthy days, it might seem like nothing more than a hunk of metal taking up space. However, that old vehicle can still be a source of income. Junk cars have ...

Shelley Kincaid has fashioned a career out of other people's castoffs. She looks at a rack of garage-sale clothes and sees yards of usable fabric. She envisions a nonworking lamp as a French altar ...