Could Houston Increase Recycling Through Single Stream Technology?
No commentsCan Houston really increase its recycling rate by 200% within the next year? It’s possible, according to local blog Turning Houston Green. Especially if Greenstar Recycling has anything to do with it. The single stream recycling plant played a big part in the recent tree-planting effort — a part of the Keep Houston Beautiful campaign [...]
E-Waste Recycling on the Road to Getting Easier
No commentsIt hasn’t been an easy process in the past for Utah residents trying to properly dispose of e-waste. E-recycling charges are often included in the price of electronics, but then citizens are often charged again when they try to drop unwanted appliances off — a bothersome (and pricey) burden that leaves people giving up on [...]
Fashion Manufacturing Goes Green
No commentsReusable bags are quickly taking their place in the world of high fashion; in turn, the fashion world is attempting to meet them halfway with a shifting trend toward eco-friendly fabrics and a general greenification of the manufacturing process. Natural and organic fabrics have already made their way into the mainstream, but this week Treehugger [...]
New Japanese Robot Takes Recycling to the Next Level
No commentsWho doesn’t love robots? Whirring around and making our lives more comfortable, they are easily the most anticipated feature of the future. But robots who recycle? That’s just icing on the cake that students at Osaka University, in conjunction with Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Co, are ready to deliver: Osaka University and Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Co. [...]
Weekly Link Round-Up: 11/13/09
No commentsRetailers across the United States continue the campaign to reward reusable bag-toting shoppers. [Journal & Courier Online] British health food chain Holland & Barrett bans plastic grocery bags from its stores. [Daily Mail] Seagull-proof garbage bags continue to undergo testing in Great Britain. [Your Thanet News] One green mama blogger puts forth a reusable bag [...]
Weekly Link Round-Up: 10/30/09
No commentsOntario’s Metro supermarket chain opts to introduce reusable produce bags. [Toronto Star] EcoUnit partners with Nor-Cal and Oregon supermarkets to introduce green incentives. [TriplePundit] Ithaca High School students go green with reconstructed Halloween costumes. [The Ithacan Online] Trash volume plummets and recycling soars thanks to new policies in Concord, New Hampshire. [Concord Monitor] Los Angeles [...]
Weekly Link Round-Up 09/11/09
No commentsWondering what the breakdown was for Seattle’s infamous bag vote? Wonder no more, the Seattle Times has you covered. [Seattle Times] The Isle of Man prepares for festivities of “No Plastic Bags Day” tomorrow. [Manx Radio] How is North Carolina’s bag ban running? So far, so good! [Daily Advance] In Westchester, NY, September 12th is [...]
Weekly Link Round-Up: 08/21/09
No commentsFree movie screening in Fort St. John, Canada, aims to bring awareness to the plastic bag problem. [Energetic City] The Seattle bag tax proposition is shot down in the vote, prompting Portland to rally in an attempt to avoid the same results. [Oregon Live] Seattle voices sound off on the bag tax failure. [Seattle Times] [...]
Tags: back-to-school, bag tax, Canada, Oregon, plastic bags, plastics, recycling, reusable bags, Seattle
Friday Link Round-Up: 05/22/09
No commentsPlastics industry attempts to scare off consumers with killer microbes — that said, don’t forget to wash your bags! [Globe and Mail] Los Altos, California, makes a move to ban single-use grocery bags. [Los Altos Town Crier] A columnist sees the light at the end of the reusable bag. [My San Antonio] Grocers around Seattle [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 05/15/09
No commentsNews Item: women seldom make passes at men who use disposable plastic bags. [Outer Banks Sentinel] Washington DC is thinking about enacting the 5-cent bag tariff for the sake of the rivers. [Washington Post] Marks and Spencer cut plastic bags by 80% thanks to trendy reusables! [Environmental Leader] A green mama makes a vow to [...]
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