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100% Recyclable Plastic is made from Old Tires

Monday, May 13, 2013
Photo credit: Some rights reserved by ken seghers

Used tires, despite being quite notorious as a waste material, are actually not that hard to collect and recycle. You can for example, simply reuse it as raw…

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DIY Stuff-It-In-A-Jar Christmas Gift Ideas

Saturday, December 22, 2012
Candlemaking in Jars. Photo Credit: Some rights reserved by  cuttlefish on Flickr.

There are  household items that are still useful in some ways but can’t exactly be donated. Sadly after their original purpose has been served, they end up as…

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Bioplastics: The Next Biofuel?

Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Photo Credit: Some rights reserved by Lauren Manning via Flickr.

Are plant-based bioplastics the answer to plastic pollution? Or will it be the next center of controversy very much like those surrounding biofuels? Most people are familiar with…

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Processing BioSolids into Fertilizers

Friday, December 7, 2012
rural landscape

Part of becoming a sustainable society requires that we humans inventory the waste products that we produce in order to come up with a plan to reduce our…

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Mexico City’s Barter Market Trades Fresh Food for Recyclables

Thursday, November 29, 2012
Photo Credit: Some rights reserved by gmtbillings on Flickr.

It would be great to have Ueki, the anime hero who turns trash into cool weapon-like trees, work on the steady stream of garbage that flows from cities and…

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Diesel from Plastic Waste Will Fuel Plane Flight

Thursday, October 25, 2012

The New York Times reports of a planned plane flight of a single-engine Cessna halfway around the world from Sydney to London. That may not seem much of…

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$9 Bicycle Made of Cardboard and Recycled Materials

Wednesday, October 24, 2012
cardboard-bike

  Cardboard bicycles may no longer be an April Fool’s joke anymore (like this one), because Izhar Gafni has successfully built a fully functional bicycle made of cardboard….

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Survey Shows Pet Owners are More Eco-Friendly

Tuesday, August 28, 2012
dog in a green park

Are you more green because of your pet? Are you an environmentally friendly pet owner? If so, maybe it’s because of the litter you see around your neighborhood…

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Help More than the Environment by Recycling your Furniture

Friday, August 24, 2012
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Did you know that nearly 4 million sofas are dumped into US landfills every year? This is a huge waste of materials, and really bad for the environment….

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Massachusetts Town Strives to Ban Plastic Water Bottles

Thursday, May 24, 2012
plastic bottles

It all started when 82-year old Concord, Massachusetts resident Jean Hill used photos of the Pacific Gyre to help fellow residents and local/state law makers realize how dangerous…

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