<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6315e8c4-d706-4992-8573-94e1f8f6e4a9/736BAAB1-758F-4F03-AF0E-5FBB480EADF8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/" href="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/" style="font-size: 11px;">dornob.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/"><DIV class="postTitle">Dumpster Diving & Other Creative Urban Upcycling Ideas</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dornob.com/img/D9D4A18F-F8B7-48F2-A8D7-0616806397B5" alt="recycled dumpster swimming pool" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/"><P>This spectacular urban art project sits at the intersection of guerrilla installation art, recycling, upcycling and freeganism, from interactively mapping empty dumpster locations and full dumpster contents to providing tools for converting materials within them and the skips themselves into new objects and useful spaces.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dornob.com/img/E564FAA0-5294-44D2-B03A-F5D5667EAFFB" alt="recycled urban swimming pool" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2235197&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/"><P>One of the easiest and yet most impressive of these so-called <A href="http://www.oliverbishopyoung.co.uk/conversions.html">skip conversions</A> is quite simple yet equally compelling: a swimming pool created simply by lining the interior of a dumpster, adding a latter and filling the result with water.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dornob.com/img/DECA3BDD-967A-4D3C-BCE5-15A0A60D5EB9" alt="recycled urban skate park" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/"><P>A few pieces of bent plywood and some tape and one of these dumpsters can also be turned into a miniature skate ramp complete with curved slopes and side rails.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dornob.com/img/119EA4F0-D26D-4EAC-9C91-FA8336B0CE3D" alt="recycled dumpster living room" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/"><P>A somewhat more cozy conversion, there is plenty of space for some simple wallpaper, a rug, some seating and even a television set within a single dumpster with walls on all sides.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dornob.com/dumpster-diving-other-creative-urban-upcycling-ideas/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dornob.com/img/4E34D49F-4FDF-4E05-B70F-1D8696AFE155" alt="recycled public dumpster toilet" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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