In a world of staggering economic inequality, the phrase "one man's trash is another man's treasure" has never rung more true. With a bit of forward planning and the right materials, all sorts of objects that appear to have reached the end of their useful life and are headed for the landfill can be re-purposed and transformed into something else. That's exactly what a new Israeli startup company called NUFiltration is doing. With a bit of entrepreneurial spirit and some water filtration know-how, NUFiltration is upcycling medical waste that was previously regarded not only as worthless but ...

Have you ever wondered just how much water goes into the food stuffs we eat everyday? In addition to the water you consume directly from drinking it throughout the day, all of the food you eat contains a considerable amount of water. Not only that, the process of growing your food -- no matter what it is -- takes massive amounts of water. This is something we explored here at Hydration Anywhere before in our in-depth feature Where Does All The Water Go? Analyzing World Water Usage For Clever Ways To Save. In that article, we talked about how reducing food waste is one of the major ways an...