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Say cheeeeez
Kodak, Wal-Mart partner on photo kiosk recycling |
Katharine Wroth |
29 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Wal-Mart continues on the 'Seriously? They're still doing good stuff?' path with a new partnership with Kodak that will bring recycling to those handy in-store photo kiosks. The printer ribbon, spools, and cartridges recycled annually by the program will weigh about as much as six commercial planes. Which is, even by Wal-Mart standards, big. |
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| Topics: business, green living, recycling, shopping, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Denim do-goodery
Recycle your jeans at Aéropostale |
Sarah van Schagen |
11 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| While hiding from Seattle's rainy grayness yesterday, I happened upon an interesting window display at teeny-bop-shop Aéropostale. In bright green letters, the sign urged passersby to recycle their denim as part of the store's Teens for Jeans campaign. The project aims to give gently used jeans to homeless teens across the country -- and Aéropostale customers who donate a pair get 20 percent off a new pair in return. Unfortunately, yesterday was the last day of the ... |
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| Topics: fashion, green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Take the challenge
Slim down with the 'Waste Diet' |
Kristina & Jason Makansi |
05 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| There are people who talk about reducing, reusing, and recycling -- and then there's Maren Engelmohr. Engelmohr, a St. Louis architect with an impressive set of green credentials, her husband, and her two children are embarking on a year-long 'waste diet,' and are challenging you (and me) to do the same:The Waste Diet is a campaign to encourage people to reduce their Household landfill waste. Our household is committing ourselves to not sending any wa ... |
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| Topics: green living, recycling, waste (all these topics) |
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Quick and Dirty
On paper plates |
Umbra Fisk |
28 Jan 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Maybe you can help settle this dispute between my husband and me. He likes to use paper plates for quick/short meals like toast in the morning, cheese and crackers in the evening, etc. He claims that he's saving energy by not having to wash a dish. (We have a new energy-efficient dishwasher and an on-demand hot water heater.) I say he's wasting paper unnecessarily, and besides, I hate seeing paper plates all over the place. Wh ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, ecological footprint, energy at home, green living, recycling (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 |
News |
| 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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Brush With Destiny
On paint disposal |
Umbra Fisk |
17 Dec 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, A friend of mine is a painter. He is concerned about the environment and has been trying to find out how to dispose of his paint buckets, extra paint, and other supplies in a way that is eco-friendly, but he's come up with nothing. We live in Chicago, and you would think that a huge city like this would have places to dispose of these kinds of things ... any advice? Erin Chicago, Ill. Dearest Erin, Uh, this question is r ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, recycling, toxics (all these topics) |
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'The Story of Stuff'
Another reason to procrastinate about my Christmas shopping |
Katy Balatero |
11 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| From the producers of 'The Meatrix' and 'Grocery Store Wars' comes 'The Story of Stuff,' a short video about production and consumption, just in time for the holiday shopping binge. Click here for the full movie (sample clip embedded below). |
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| Topics: business, consumerism, green living, recycling, shopping, waste (all these topics) |
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Buzz Kill
On Jell-O shots |
Umbra Fisk |
05 Dec 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Greetings, A very important discussion among my colleagues this week: is it better to purchase reusable, petroleum-based products (plastic) or to use paper disposables? Specifically, we're talking about Jell-O shot cups. A recent (and brilliant) invention is this little plastic shot cup with a twistable ring inside. Ostensibly, a flick of the wrist will free even the most stubborn Jell-O shot and allow hours of fun. Some of my friends have argu ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food, funnies, green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Smolder and Wiser
On fireplace ashes |
Umbra Fisk |
12 Nov 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, What should we do with ashes from the fireplace? I've heard that they're great for the garden and I've heard that they may not be so good for the garden. Are they a good replacement for salt on slippery sidewalks? Janet Allen Syracuse, N.Y. Dearest Janet, Why not make some soap? Here come the holidays, after all. All you'd have to do is run water over the ashes to make potash, boil the potash down into lye, render your o ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, recycling, waste (all these topics) |
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Jeepers, Creepers, How'd Ya Get Rid of Those Sneakers?
How to recycle athletic shoes, iPods, mattresses, and other oddities |
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06 Nov 2007 |
Grist Feature |
| Grist's Katharine Wroth and Chip Giller appeared on NBC's Today show on Tuesday, Nov. 6, telling Meredith Vieira how to recycle some of the odd and awkward items that you can't put out in your curbside bin. Athletic Shoes Got a pair (or a pile) of old sneakers that are too gross and grotty to give to charity? Nike will recycle any brand of athletic shoe through ... |
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| Topics: advice, green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Franti Up
Reggae artist Michael Franti lets loose on inspiring social change |
Sarah van Schagen |
12 Oct 2007 |
Grist Feature |
| Michael Franti. Photo: anti.com/Megan Gentile "Everyone deserves music, sweet music," Michael Franti sings in the title track from a 2003 album. The man behind Michael Franti & Spearhead -- a band that blends hip-hop with jazz, folk, and funk music -- also believes that everyone deserves health care, social justice, and a sustainable planet. And he makes sure you know it -- ... |
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| Topics: green living, music, recycling (all these topics) |
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There's the Tub
On reusing bath water |
Umbra Fisk |
10 Sep 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Hi Umbra, My new (to me) house has a somewhat larger than standard bathtub with jets. I rarely have time for a bath, but last night took the opportunity to indulge. I had a nice soak, in water heated by solar energy, but then I had a tubful -- perhaps 50 gallons? -- of relatively clean water that I would like to use on my currently thirsty trees, the only way I can justify an occasional indulgent soak. How can I get the water from m ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Pop Top
Coca-Cola announces big recycling initiatives |
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06 Sep 2007 |
News |
| 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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Frock hunter
Steve Irwin's daughter launches Bindi Wear eco-clothing line |
Sarah van Schagen |
05 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Bindi Irwin, the 9-year-old daughter of the late Croc Hunter (R.I.P., mate), has launched her own children's clothing line:The T-shirts, jumpers, swimwear, sleepwear, hats, bags and shoes carry environmental messages. The tags are made from recycled cardboard, the soles on the shoes are made with recycled rubber and 100 per cent of the profits she earns from the clothes will be used to fund Australia Zoo's conservation programs.The clothes are expected in Aussie ... |
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| Topics: Australia, consumerism, fashion, green living, recycling, shopping (all these topics) |
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Bumblingshoot
Trash bins overflow with plastic bottles at the 'green' Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival |
JMG |
04 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| They won't hear the message over the sound of your actions. |
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| Topics: consumerism, green living, music, recycling (all these topics) |
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Ask a Brokeass: Won't you be my neighbor?
More high-tech solutions for low-tech ideas |
Kate Sheppard |
16 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I first mentioned 'neighborrow' a few weeks ago, in a column on the virtues of sharing. This week, we've got an interview with neighborrow founder Adam Berk, who gives us some background on how and why he started the site in his New York apartment building. The basic premise of neighborrow is that it makes no sense to buy stuff when you can get it from your neighbors for free. The site allows you to pool resources with the people who live near you. Everyone can lis ... |
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| Topics: green living, placemaking, recycling, websites (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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I'd tap that
Water, that is |
Sarah van Schagen |
03 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Take a few minutes to drink up this NYT editorial on the virtues of tap water. It's one of the most emailed stories on the NYT site, so maybe you've already seen it. This bit is particularly relevant ... Water bottles, like other containers, are made from natural gas and petroleum. The Earth Policy Institute in Washington has estimated that it takes about 1.5 million barrels of oil to make the water bottles Americans use each year. That could fuel 100,000 ... |
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| Topics: food, green living, recycling, waste (all these topics) |
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Desert Flowers
Legendary Burning Man festival gets an eco-conscience |
Judith Lewis |
03 Aug 2007 |
Main Dish |
| Armen Zeitounian leads the way up the staircase of the house he's living in, a two-story colonial nestled in the smoggy hills north of Los Angeles, complete with a view and a pool and a black Ford Explorer in the driveway. In a room on the top floor, a two-by-six-inch plank, painted white, protrudes about five feet through a hole halfway up the wall; in the next room, the other half of the plank emer ... |
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| Topics: art, carbon offsets, climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, green living, Nevada, recycling (all these topics) |
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Ask a Brokeass: Trade wins
At last, a use for that old Milli Vanilli CD |
Kate Sheppard |
03 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Long ago, I promised an interview component to Ask a Brokeass. I've talked to some badass brokeasses since then, but I haven't gotten around to transcribing all of those interviews. The intern needs an intern. Then last week I received an email from Mark Hexamer, co-founder of the innovative new media trading site Swaptree.com, who saw my posts on the greening of Harry Potter and the virtues of sharing and wanted to talk up his project. What's greener than an eco- ... |
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| Topics: green living, placemaking, recycling, waste, websites (all these topics) |
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X Games skating toward a smaller footprint
And sporting even more green efforts than last year |
Sarah van Schagen |
02 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Hold on to your long boards, ladies and gentlemen, the Summer X Games is now underway in sunny Los Angeles, Calif. And while I can't say I personally would compete in a sport where one must hurl oneself through the air and then land oneself atop a foot-long piece of wood on wheels, I do applaud the Games' efforts to leave as little a footprint as possible. But these guys aren't just jumping on the green-event bandwagon; they've actually been at this greening thi ... |
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| Topics: green living, recycling, sports, waste (all these topics) |
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Cutting a Rug
Robert Peoples, carpet recycler, answers readers' questions |
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27 Jul 2007 |
InterActivist |
| What comes from a carpet when it is broken down for recycling? What is done with the recycled materials? Are there waste products left over? If there are, what is done with them? -- Carla Yamauchi, Tucson, Ariz. Robert Peoples, executive director of the Carpet America Recovery Effort Carpet is a highly engineered and complex product. It is built to last, and that is what makes it so challenging to recycle. Toda ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, InterActivist, interview, recycling (all these topics) |
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Yes, Virgin, there is a green festival
Virgin Festival 'near-zero waste' for first time |
Sarah van Schagen |
25 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The two-day Virgin music festival next weekend at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore will feature performances by The Police, The Smashing Pumpkins, and the Beastie Boys, as well as some bettin' on the ponies (!) -- but organizers are also gambling on concert-goers to "green it like they mean it" as they plan for a "near-zero waste" event.Certainly, the festival is not treading in virgin territory -- the green music thing has been done. And perhap ... |
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| Topics: carbon offsets, climate, green living, music, recycling (all these topics) |
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Wanna Shag?
Robert Peoples, carpet recycler, answers Grist's questions |
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23 Jul 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Robert Peoples. What work do you do? I run a nonprofit called the Carpet America Recovery Effort, or CARE. I serve as the executive director. I am also the director of sustainability for the Carpet and Rug Institute. Finally, I manage an environmental engineering and consulting company in Florida. I am a Ph.D. chemist by training. The reason I share this is to establish the idea that I try to deal in facts and inf ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, InterActivist, interview, recycling (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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