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Home Depot Improvement
Home Depot will collect CFLs for recycling |
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24 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:10 AM on 24 Jun 2008 Home Depot announced Tuesday that it will collect compact fluorescent light bulbs and send them off to be recycled. The home-improvement behemoth hopes the new program will keep the bulbs, which contain a small amount of mercury, out of household trash and recycling bins. IKEA also collects CFLs for recycling but doesn't have the market saturation of Home Depot; more than three-quarters of U.S. ho ... |
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| Topics: business, energy efficiency, green living, greening biz operations, greenish companies, mercury, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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Winning: The Poo
Recycling sewer water into drinking water growing more popular |
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15 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:39 AM on 15 May 2008 Cities and counties across the United States have increasingly been turning to recycled sewer water as one way to meet growing drinking-water demand. Recycling sewer water, or turning toilet water into drinking water via purification, has often repulsed opponents due to the high costs of treatment and the drinking-former-toilet-water gag factor. However, despite sometimes vocal oppo ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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BCause I Told You So
Eco-parents unimpressed by 'green' Barbie accessories |
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12 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:09 PM on 12 May 2008 Barbie BCause, toymaker Mattel's attempt to appeal to the green-minded tyke, has turned out to be not so popular with green-minded parents. The line of patchwork-y Barbie accessories made from cast-off fabric has inspired a blogging backlash. "The eco-conscious young girls I know of steer clear of Barbie," wrote Jennifer Lance on blog Eco Child's Play. "Truly green families ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, green products, greenwashing, news, parenting, recycling, shopping (all these topics) |
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Discarded Ken Not Included
New Mattel line lets you wear Barbie's discards |
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02 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:34 PM on 02 Apr 2008 We are not making this up: Mattel is planning a new line of accessories made from "excess fabric and trimmings from other Barbie doll fashions and products which would otherwise be discarded." The "playful and on-trend" Barbie BCause collection -- including handbags, hats, pillows, and diaries "each featuring its own unique variations and kitschy patchwork details ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, green products, insanity, news, parenting, recycling, shopping (all these topics) |
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To Have and to Put on Hold
EPA launches cell-phone recycling campaign |
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08 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:40 PM on 08 Jan 2008 As many as 150 million cell phones are taken out of service in the U.S. each year, and some 80 percent end up in the landfill, where they leach toxins into the air and water. In an attempt to address the problem, the U.S. EPA today launched a campaign to boost cell-phone reuse and recycling. Eleven companies -- AT&T, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office Depot, Samsung, Sony Er ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, recycling, tech, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Pop Top
Coca-Cola announces big recycling initiatives |
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06 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:36 PM on 06 Sep 2007 Speaking around gulps of carbonated, corn-syrupy beverage, Coca-Cola executives announced two environmental initiatives this week. By next year, the company plans to redesign its 20-ounce bottle to use 5 percent less plastic, and will open a gigantic recycling plant in South Carolina. Coca-Cola currently recycles or reuses about 10 percent of its U.S.-sold plastic bottles; the company hopes to raise that numb ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, greening biz operations, greenish companies, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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Evian Is Just Evil Misspelled
Hatin' on plastic water bottles is all the rage |
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15 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Evian Is Just Evil Misspelled Hatin' on plastic water bottles is all the rage Forget SUVs and Styrofoam: hip-to-the-times green folk are directing their ire at plastic water bottles. In the last few months, the energy-intensiveness of bottled water -- 1.5 million barrels of oil go into making the bottles for the U.S. market each year, and oodles more to transporting the H2O -- has seeped into ... |
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| Topics: food, green living, health, news, recycling, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Bangers and Gnash
Brits raise a fuss over less-frequent rubbish collection |
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17 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Bangers and Gnash Brits raise a fuss over less-frequent rubbish collection Baffled Brits are raising a stink over a policy that's become popular with local councils in their country: collecting trash every two weeks instead of weekly. Enacted by about 40 percent of councils, the practice -- which alternates the pick-up of trash and recyclables -- aims to encourage recycling and meet an E.U. goa ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, England, green living, news, recycling, waste (all these topics) |
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Dude, You're Gettin' a Conscience
PC honcho Michael Dell announces new green initiatives |
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10 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Dude, You're Gettin' a Conscience PC honcho Michael Dell announces new green initiatives Amidst the energy-sucking glitz of Las Vegas, PC magnate Michael Dell announced that his eponymous company is greening up, and encouraged others to follow suit. Dell addressed two green-itiatives at an International Consumer Electronics Show speech yesterday. The first, a new partnership with carbon-offset provider Ca ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, green living, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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License Plates Never Looked So Good
Inmates exposed to toxins in e-waste recycling program, says report |
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23 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| License Plates Never Looked So Good Inmates exposed to toxins in e-waste recycling program, says report A federal recycling program that uses cheap prison labor to recycle computers and other electronics exposes inmates to unsafe conditions, says a report released by activist and environmental groups last week. Prisoners paid from 23 cents to $1.15 an hour by government-owned Federal Prison Industries, Inc., also kno ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, recycling, toxics (all these topics) |
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A Random Act of Mindfulness
Random House to bump up use of recycled paper |
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18 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Random Act of Mindfulness Random House to bump up use of recycled paper For you fogies who still read books made of ... what do they call it? ... "paper," here's some good news: Leading U.S. publishing company Random House announced this week that it plans to increase the recycled-paper content of its books to 30 percent by 2010. It's an ambitious goal, as only about 3 percent of paper currently used in ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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I'm the Train Wreck They Call the City of New Orleans
New Orleans debris heads to the landfill, isn't reused or recycled |
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14 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| I'm the Train Wreck They Call the City of New Orleans New Orleans debris heads to the landfill, isn't reused or recycled New Orleans is taking great pains to recycle the waste left by Hurricane Katrina. Wait, you believed that? We're totally lying. Debris from the pummeled city is being dumped in the landfill by the truckload, including heaps of potentially reusable building materials such as ... |
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| Topics: green living, Louisiana, news, pollution and waste, recycling (all these topics) |
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E-Waste Not, E-Want Not
Washington Gov. Gregoire signs far-reaching e-recycling law |
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27 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| E-Waste Not, E-Want Not Washington Gov. Gregoire signs far-reaching e-recycling law On Friday, Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) signed into law the toughest electronic-waste recycling measure in the U.S. -- good news for a state brimming with Microsoft techies who upgrade their systems once a quarter. The bill will require TV and computer makers to collect, transport, and dispose of the e-devices at their o ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, recycling, Washington (all these topics) |
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remunerate
Eco-entrepreneurs pay people to recycle |
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21 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remunerate Eco-entrepreneurs pay people to recycle What's the best way to get people to recycle? Same way you get them to do anything: pay them for it. Patrick FitzGerald and Ron Gonen founded RecycleBank in 2004 on the notion that economic incentives would motivate recycling more effectively than green principles. Their system rewards households with up to $400 a year in credits to national ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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What About Those Cahs in the Yahd?
Pioneering e-waste recycling law takes effect in Maine |
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20 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| What About Those Cahs in the Yahd? Pioneering e-waste recycling law takes effect in Maine Maine: It's not just lobstah anymore. This week, the Pine Tree State became the first in the nation to require manufacturers to cover the cost of recycling televisions and computer monitors. Similar to e-waste laws already in force in Japan and some European countries, Maine's new rule allows municipalities to bill the expenses o ... |
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| Topics: green living, Maine, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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PET Cemetery
New recycling plant may help Mexico cope with litter and landfills |
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19 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| PET Cemetery New recycling plant may help Mexico cope with litter and landfills Mexicans lead the globe in gulping sugary drinks, but recycle only a thin sliver of the 9 billion PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles they use every year. Hoping to jump-start a national culture of recycling, Environment Minister Jose Luis Luege attended last week's opening of a new recycling plant near the city of Toluca, which will ... |
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| Topics: green living, Mexico, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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Slitherin' Scholastic
Greens urge boycott of Harry Potter's U.S. publisher |
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15 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Slitherin' Scholastic Greens urge boycott of Harry Potter's U.S. publisher J. K. Rowling and a coalition of eco-Muggles are giving props to Canadian publisher Raincoast Books for printing Rowling's hotly anticipated sixth novel -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, being released tonight -- entirely on recycled paper. Canadian conservation group Markets Initiative estimates that Raincoast's good gre ... |
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| Topics: Canada, green living, news, recycling, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Ferry Godfather
Architect shows that reusing discarded materials can be chic |
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03 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Ferry Godfather Architect shows that reusing discarded materials can be chic Greens have been going on for years about the need to reuse society's refuse. Now, a high-end modernist San Francisco architect named Olle Lundberg is showing that scavenging is not just for the poor and idealistic. The rich can play too! For instance, Lundberg lives on a decommissioned Icelandic auto ferry, retrofitted with materials di ... |
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| Topics: California, green living, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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An Offer: They Can't Dump E-Refuse
NYC considers tough e-waste bill |
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26 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| An Offer: They Can't Dump E-Refuse NYC considers tough e-waste bill One of the toughest electronic-waste bills in the U.S. was introduced in the New York City Council yesterday. It would require producers of electronic equipment like computers and televisions to collect and recycle those devices -- that is, if they want to maintain selling rights within the city. City officials like council me ... |
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| Topics: green living, New York, news, pollution and waste, recycling (all these topics) |
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A Sorted Affair
Japanese municipalities take recycling to a whole new level |
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13 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Sorted Affair Japanese municipalities take recycling to a whole new level Yokohama, Japan, a city of 3.5 million, recently sent its citizens a 27-page instruction book on how to sort trash for recycling into 10 different categories, detailing how to dispose of more than 500 separate items, from used lipstick tubes to old socks. The city aims to slash the amount of waste being sent to incinerators by 30 percent by 20 ... |
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| Topics: green living, Japan, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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Message in a Bottle Bill
U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise |
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02 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Message in a Bottle Bill U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise Plastic bottle recycling rates in the U.S. have plunged, at least in part because of the boom in sales of bottled water -- from some 3.3 billion bottles in 1997 to 15 billion in 2002. So, what to do? Some environmental activists argue that one of the most effective tools for pushing up recycling rates is a ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, recycling, United States, water pollution (all these topics) |
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