Friday Link Round-Up: 10/10/08

What a slow news week it has been! Let’s see if we can wrassle us up some fun links.

A chair made of plastic bags? Looks uncomfortable. I’ll take the chicken. [TechLime]
Turning shirts into bags in Chattanooga! [Chattanooga Times Free Press]
Salvation Army finds success in plastic bag collecting. [Pioneer Local]
Everything is political, even tote bags. [Sydney […]

Friday Link Round-Up: 10/03/08

A popular topic this morning: how do you remember your reusable bags? [The Green Routine]
Are the Barbados ready to go green? [The Nation Newspaper]
The Cayman Islands definitely are! [Cayman Net News]
Eight ways to Go Green at the office. [Live Science]
Go Green with your wardrobe while you’re at it! [RedOrbit]
A friendly reminder: reusable bags only work […]

Big Trouble with Little Garbage Disposals?

Getting Down With Conservation in Ithaca

With a lack of any major news (which we have to admit is better than bad news), it seems like articles relating to recycling and conservation right now are getting more and more regionally specific. Last week we visited Olympia, WA, and Janesville, WI. Today, we continue on our Eastbound journey and end up in […]

Friday Link Round-Up: 09/26/08

Wal-Mart: not as keen on waste as you might have believed. [Reuters Business and Finance]
A young man tries to find the words to describe his inner struggle with eco-consciousness. [The Lariat Online]
And then, along came the snarky rebuttal! [Mission Laughter]
The plastics industry continues to cry foul. [The Nor’wester]
Composting: the D’Artagnan to the “Three Rs” Musketeers? […]

Everything You Wanted To Know About Where To Take Your Recycling (And Weren’t Afraid to Ask)

More about recycling? It seems to be the Topic of the Week in the news right now, and that’s always encouraging so let’s roll with it. Up in Washington it seems that quite a few people have questions about where to take their own more dubious recyclables, and The Olympian is up to the task […]

Recycling Served Five Ways

We’re all about reduction and re-usage over here, but let’s face it — with all the product already floating around out there in the world, recycling is not just encouraged, but vital and crucial and necessary. Most people know to separate out their aluminum foil and plastic bottles from the rest of their trash, but […]

Sometimes Seattle Gets Stalled… Again

Alas, Seattle! They just want to get some anti-pollution initiatives passed, but it seems like new obstacles keep cropping up at every turn. Today’s particular obstacle is a big one, too: enough signatures have been collected to bring an injunction against the plastic bag tariff that was supposed to begin in January.
More than enough […]

Fun With Upcycling!

As much as we love our bags over here, they aren’t the only things in the world that need reusing — not by a long shot. Sustainablog knows that dozens of unsuspecting items are just begging for a little bit of love and assisted reincarnation, and yesterday they graciously collected and handed down a few […]

Friday Link Round-Up: 08/29/08

It still isn’t over yet in Seattle. (Seattle Times)
On the other hand, a bag tax beckons in San Francisco. (ABC7 SF)
Packing reusable bags is strenuous? Also: BAG RAAAAAAGE!!! (The Standard)
Hawaii’s big island is ready to follow Maui into bag restrictions. (Pacific Business News)
Meanwhile, Honolulu is dragging its feet. (Honolulu Star Bulletin)
More recycling-friendly back-to-school ideas. (The […]