Archive for January, 2009
Friday Link Round-Up: 01/30/09
No commentsCould Connecticut become a totally “green state”? [Westport Minuteman]
Customers celebrate Dehli’s bag ban decision, but shop owners are wary. [IBN Live]
Florida retirement homes love the ease of curbside recycling! [Villages Daily Sun]
Texas towns are loving it just as much! [Victoria Advocate]
Ever wonder how best to reuse leftover pet food bags? [Examiner]
The 2009 Academy Awards are [...]
Tags: Academy Awards, Connecticut, e-waste, Florida, Ohio, pet food, recycling, reusable bags, Superbowl, Texas
How to Remember Your Reusable Bags VIDEO
No commentsAre you still forgetting to bring your reusable bags to the grocery shop? It’s okay, you can admit it — it happens to everyone! Sometimes you just need to develop a solid routine to help you remember. Over at the eco-blog site My Zero Waste, Mrs. Green has put up a video showcasing how she [...]
Green School Contest Promises Hybrid Bus For Winners
No commentsSchool buses: they’re cleaner and greener than you’d think. Every packed school bus means up to thirty-six less cars on the road taking children to and from school, saving millions of gallons of gas in the process. Now, bus manufacturer IC Bus Corp is looking for the greenest school in America for a prize that [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 01/23/09
No commentsYou think a 5-cent tax is punishment? In Dehli, bag bans mean business. [Fairhome]
Paper or plastic? The false dichotomy debunked again by Binary Man. [Washington Post]
Is Mountain View, CA, adopting a fee for plastic bags? [KLIV]
Will Virginia lawmakers just ban plastic bags outright? [Smartbrief]
Letters to the Editor: Morgan Hill residents aren’t keen on bag taxes. [...]
Recycling Slump is Worldwide
No commentsYesterday I reported on a BBC article about the recycling industry in the UK and the financial nosedive that it has taken as of late. Unfortunately, in today’s global economy, if an industry is suffering somewhere in the world then it’s probably not doing so well elsewhere either. This is true for recycling as well [...]
Paper Isn’t the Answer
1 comment so farWith all of the anger built up around disposable plastic bags and the hype built up to get them off the market, it isn’t hard to make a leap to the assumption that paper bags are the eco-savvy answer. Not so fast — the production process of paper is, in truth, just as costly and [...]
E-Cycling Gets Free and Easier in Washington
No commentsWhenever I hear “E-Cycling,” I think of some amazing new technology that allows you to shoot your old trash and junk over to the recycling plant by means of e-mail. Of course, it isn’t — “E-Cycling” is simply the term used for recycling and managing potentially hazardous electronic waste, and, thanks to a new state [...]
The Importance of Being Educated on Recycling
No commentsRecycling is vital to preserving our environment — but that fact alone is nothing without the education and understanding needed to put the concept into action. This is true everywhere, but according to Johannesburg’s Institute of Waste Management, nowhere is such education more desperately needed than in South Africa. With over a thousand landfill sites [...]
Arizona House Bill Demands Plastic Bag Recycling
No commentsThe environment is taking a front seat in recent days with state representatives in Arizona: there is a new bill on the table, and it has its sights set on plastic bags. The bill, sponsored by AZ State Rep. Nancy Young Wright, asks national retailers and “big-box stores” to employ recycling programs for their plastic [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 01/16/09
No commentsGoing green everywhere PLUS the kitchen sink! [CBS Early Show]
University of Central Florida gives recyclables new life. [Central Florida Future]
How did you do with waste during the holidays? [Campeltown Courier]
China’s recycling gets professional. [M Live]
Introducing: The Seven R’s of Sustainable Packaging. [Sustainable is Good]
Ten ways to cut down on plastic! [Stamford Advocate]
Texas drafts a bill [...]
