You may believe that recycling is a modern quirk invented by leftist ecologists, but there is mounting evidence to suggest our prehistoric ancestors learned to recycle the objects they used in their daily lives.

Applied CleanTech has developed a sewage mining system that picks out and recycles useful fibers from raw urban and industrial wastewater, increasing the efficiency of treatment plants and reducing the amount of unwanted sludge.

For 60 years, the aerosol can has stayed pretty much the same. Despite advances being made in lowering the pollution created by the spray itself, the cans haven't changed much. Now, Israeli company GreenSpense has an innovative solution that will make a green impact.

Recycling may be trendy, but let's admit it, recycled objects often don't look as good as ones made from scratch. However, Israeli Studio Sfog is showing that you can use recycled materials to create cool designer furniture.

Taking apart delicate computer parts is a necessary task that has not been automated. A new recycling plant gives people from the special needs population in Israel a job in taking these components apart – helping both them and the environment.

Maintaining your tires in good shape is paramount to car safety. But as it turns out, old tires can also contribute to safety, when mixed with asphalt and used to pave roads. A new compound, called RuBind, is already being used to pave tricky roads in Israel.

Israel's formerly largest landfill, "Hiriya," has been converted into a mound of rich greenery. Now, Israeli architecture firm Yoav Messer might add something new to the scenery: a bridge made entirely from recycled shipping containers.

Scientists from the Israel Institute of Technology and Ben-Gurion University show that greywater is in fact safe for household use. The Israeli researchers say that this water should be used for gardening.

In a new innovative process, Israeli engineers have come up with a way to reduce harmful substances found in factories' waste, and yet keep it at a low cost.

The city Kefar Saba in Israel is initiating a project to recycle used billboards. Every year, thousands of plastic billboard are being hung across the city. In the framework of the project, the city will collect the used billboards and deliver them to a factory that employs people with special needs to recycle them.