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 Stories About: green living AND recycling
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A New Resource for Tire Recyclers?
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Suzy Becker |
27 Aug 2001 |
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| Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Getting the Munchies
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31 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Getting the Munchies Over the next few months, a Mobile Muncher bus will visit every large town in Spain to help the country reach its goal of recycling 100 tons of mobile phones within a year. The country developed the Mobile Muncher mascot as a way to increase public support for the campaign and inform people of the danger of throwing out their old phones; ... |
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| Topics: green living, pollution and waste, recycling, solid waste treatment and disposal, Spain, toxics (all these topics) |
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Data Dump
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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 ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, pollution and waste, recycling, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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A Snowblower's Chance in Hell
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Suzy Becker |
05 Feb 2001 |
Ha. |
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| Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Burning Rubber
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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 ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, placemaking, recycling, United States (all these topics) |
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And You Thought Condoms Were Useful
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Suzy Becker |
04 Aug 2000 |
Ha. |
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| Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Wednesdays with Morrie
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Suzy Becker |
17 Mar 2000 |
Ha. |
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| Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Paper Chase
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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 ... |
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| Topics: China, Germany, green living, Japan, Netherlands, recycling, United States (all these topics) |
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Hello, Enviro Kitty
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Suzy Becker |
13 Dec 1999 |
Ha. |
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| Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Ten Hail Marys and an Old Coke Can
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Suzy Becker |
07 Sep 1999 |
Ha. |
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| Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Kitty Litter
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Suzy Becker |
21 Apr 1999 |
Ha. |
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| Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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