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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Trash Talk In Garbage Land, Elizabeth Royte talks dirty	Jim Motavalli	28 Jul 2005	Arts and Minds
Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash by Elizabeth Royte, Little Brown and Co., 320 pgs., 2005. Our soda man delivers. He comes bounding up the steps, easily cradling an ancient-looking wooden crate under one arm. The contents are 24 seven-ounce bottles of cola and birch beer, for which we hand him $7, and last month's crate. The thick, wavy glass bottles bear an old-fashioned logo that reads, "Castle ...
Topics: green living, recycling, solid waste treatment and disposal, United States (all these topics)

Message in a Bottle Bill U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise		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 ...
Topics: green living, news, recycling, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Re-Bay eBay joins tech companies to launch electronics recycling program		07 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Re-Bay eBay joins tech companies to launch electronics recycling program Wondering what to do with that old Commodore 64 or Macintosh II gathering dust in your basement? According to an eBay survey, you're not alone -- some 50 percent of American households have unwanted PCs in storage. That's why the online auction giant has launched an electronics recycling program they call Rethink. In a par ...
Topics: business, green living, recycling, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Postmodern Deconstructionism Building recycling on the rise		02 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Postmodern Deconstructionism Building recycling on the rise The demolition of buildings in the U.S. produces about 124 million tons of debris a year, most of which is carted off to landfills. But that is starting to change: Instead of indiscriminately bashing buildings with wrecking balls, companies are taking a more deliberate approach, dismantling structures and recycling the materials. For instance, PNC Financi ...
Topics: green living, recycling, United States (all these topics)

They've Been Working on the Railroad Recycled plastic railroad ties making inroads		19 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
They've Been Working on the Railroad Recycled plastic railroad ties making inroads There are nearly a billion wooden railroad ties holding together the railroads and subways of the U.S. That's a lot of wood, and thus a lot of trees. It's also a lot of creosote, a preservative chemical used on wood and deemed by the U.S. EPA "probably a human carcinogen." The cost of wood coupled ...
Topics: business, green living, placemaking, recycling, United States (all these topics)

Control-Alt-Recycle Tips on greener computing	Pam Lundquist, P.W. McRandle, for the Green Guide	06 Apr 2004	Earthly Possessions
By Pam Lundquist and P.W. McRandle, for the Green Guide 06 Apr 2004 OK computer. U.S. consumers are being cheated out of the chance to buy the greenest possible computers, according to the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and other environmental groups that have joined forces on the Computer TakeBack Campaign. The campaign's latest report card examined 28 computer manufacturers' practices regarding hazardous materials, worker health and safety, and ...
Topics: green living, recycling, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Self-Destructive Behavior		23 May 2003	Daily Grist
Self-Destructive Behavior It sounds like a bad movie. Wait, it IS a bad movie. A bad DVD, to be precise -- at least from an environmental standpoint. A division of Walt Disney this August will begin selling DVDs that self-destruct after 48 hours, dubbed EZ-Ds. After an EZ-D's plastic packaging is opened and it's exposed to oxygen, the disk plays perfectly for 48 hours; then a chemical ...
Topics: business, green living, pollution and waste, recycling, United States (all these topics)

Can You Recycle Me Now?		12 May 2003	Daily Grist
Can You Recycle Me Now? Cell phone users now have a way to recycle their old phones and support the Sierra Club in the process. About a million mobile phones are tossed out each week in the U.S. as consumers upgrade or switch to different phone service providers, and those old phones leak a bunch of toxic substances, including mercury, lead, and arsenic, into the environment. CollectiveGood, a recycling ...
Topics: green living, recycling, Sierra Club, United States (all these topics)

Europe Paean		21 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Europe Paean Major American corporations may be getting off easy on environmental regulations in the U.S. these days, but they're being forced to toe the line in Europe. Rules adopted this year will require all electronics manufacturers doing business in European Union countries to eliminate use of lead, mercury, and other heavy metals from their products, ...
Topics: European Union, globalization, green living, politics, recycling, toxics, United States, waste (all these topics)

Give a Hoot		17 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Give a Hoot Pollution in North America decreased by 5 percent between 1995 and 2000, according to a report released today by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, established under the North American Free Trade Agreement. In 2000, the U.S., Canada, and Mexico released 3.6 million tons of pollution. Of that, 1.5 million ...
Topics: business, Canada, globalization, green living, health, Mexico, North America, pollution and waste, recycling, United States (all these topics)

Re-tired		17 Jul 2002	Daily Grist
Re-tired In other news about trash, the U.S. is making significant strides in the reuse and recycling of rubber tires. Last year, Americans got rid of about 281 million tires -- some 5.7 million tons worth. In 1990, just one out of every 10 discarded tires was reused; now, that number has risen to nearly eight in 10. Some are burned to generate electricity; some are mixed with asphalt to pave roads; some are made int ...
Topics: green living, recycling, United States (all these topics)

EV-ing Can't Wait		12 Jul 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: green living, placemaking, recycling, United States (all these topics)

99 Bottles of Beer in a Dumpster		11 Jul 2002	Daily Grist
99 Bottles of Beer in a Dumpster For the first time in at least a decade, Congress is considering a national bottle bill, thanks to the efforts of Sen. James Jeffords (I-Vt.), head of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Jeffords, who has battled for such a bottle bill for nearly 30 years, introduced a measure today that would shift the burden of recycling from states, cities, and consumer ...
Topics: business, green living, recycling, United States (all these topics)

Paper Tiger		10 May 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: environmental non-government organizations, green living, recycling, United States (all these topics)

Bad Company		10 Sep 2001	Daily Grist
Bad Company Commercial recycling is hit or miss in the U.S. -- in some cases, for example, companies assume that recycling is occurring, but their cleaning companies are actually mixing recycling with garbage and throwing everything out as trash. From 35 to 45 percent of waste produced in the U.S. in 1999 was commercial, according to the U.S. EPA. Unlike in Europe, however, t ...
Topics: business, green living, pollution and waste, recycling, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Data Dump		23 Jul 2001	Daily Grist
Data Dump State officials in the Pacific Northwest are searching for ways to reduce the amount of high-tech waste ending up in landfills. The waste in Oregon has more than doubled since 1998, and it can be nasty stuff -- computer monitors and televisions contain four to eight pounds of lead each. The officials are considering a "bottle bill&q ...
Topics: business, green living, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, pollution and waste, recycling, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Burning Rubber	Todd Hettenbach	13 Oct 2000	Counter Culture
6.5 million -- number of tires recalled this year by Bridgestone/Firestone 270 million -- number of scrap tires generated in the U.S. in 1998 500 million -- number of scrap tires currently in U.S. stockpiles 35 -- number of U.S. states that ban whole tires from landfills 59 -- number of tire fires in the U.S. between 1996 and 1998 14 million -- number of tires consumed in a 1990 tire fire in Hagersville, Ontario, the largest tire fire in history, whi ...
Topics: energy, green living, placemaking, recycling, United States (all these topics)

Paper Chase	Josh Sevin	02 Feb 2000	Counter Culture
a 50 percent increase in worldwide paper consumption is expected by 2010 115 billion sheets of paper are used annually for personal computers 700 pounds of paper are consumed by the average American each year 10,000 trees are cut down annually in China to make holiday cards 3 cubic yards of landfill space can be saved by one ton of recycled paper 77 percent of paper is recycled in the Netherlands 67 percent of paper is recycled in Germany 52 percent of paper ...
Topics: China, Germany, green living, Japan, Netherlands, recycling, United States (all these topics)

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