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Posts Tagged ‘Recycling’
Recycling, Videos & Documentaries, Aug 26th, 2011,
Around the world, ambitious artists are creating sculptures out of disused materials. In Denizli Provence, Turkey, University students from 12 countries are constructing a sculpture of the ancient city of Hierapolis and the Pamukkale travertine (the natural carbonate terraces the city sits atop) out of 40,000 recycled plastic bottles. The students have so far collected 30,000 plastic bottles for the sculpture project, with the hope of raising awareness about the environment and recycling in Turkey. As part of the project “From Waste to Art” developed by the European Youth Association and supported by the Denizli Municipality and Denizli Municipal…
Tags: art, Iran, recycled, Recycling, sculpture, turkey
Politics, Recycling, May 5th, 2011,
There used to be jokes about going “condom fishing” in dirty city canals, but now an ambitious EU plan aims to encourage professional fishermen to haul recyclable plastics from Europe’s suffering seas as part of their catch. This could mean a significant shift in the normally environmentally harmful behavior of commercial fishing. EU fisheries chief Maria Damanki unveiled bold plans to eliminate the practice of fishing boats throwing back unprofitable, yet edible, catch. Smaller, younger fish or less valuable species are routinely thrown back in the ocean, usually dead. In some areas 2/3 of the catch is simply tossed overboard….
Tags: Damanki, EU, Europe, fishermen, fishing, plastic, Recycling
Politics, Recycling, Feb 8th, 2011,
Minerals used in electronic devices such as mobile phones and laptops are becoming increasingly scarce. Despite this, large quantities are thrown into landfills when such high-tech products are considered obsolete, something that unfortunately occurs with increasing frequency (see Moore’s Law). The European Parliament is proposing stricter standards for the recycling of e-waste. From a Deutsche Welle report: The Parliament wants member countries to be collecting at least 85 percent of electronic waste by 2016. Depending on the type of device, it wants a reuse quota of 55 to 75 percent. It also wants to introduce stricter export regulations to hinder…
Tags: conflict, e-waste, electronic waste, european parliament, minerals, Recycling
Green living, Health, Politics, Nov 4th, 2010,
I’ve wanted to campaign for this for a long time. Restaurant or kids’ meal toys have always bugged me. For, as good as the marketing idea behind them might be, it only makes their existence and popularity all the more absurd. Toys in kids’ meals are a selling trick, and simply nothing more. Restaurant toys are not REAL toys. They are Asian manufactured gadgets of average to low quality, often unfit for toddlers, but equally unfit for any other child, as they are unable to entertain children longer than it takes them to stuff a burger and some fries down…
Tags: carbon footprint, happy meal, happy meal toys, kids' meal toys, mcdonalds, Pollution, Recycling, toys, waste
Green living, Recycling, Oct 25th, 2010,
I don’t know about you, but I like eBay. Like most I suppose, I’m not so fond of all the tiny hidden costs for every tiny little feature the site offers, but then again every business needs to be sustainable. Apart from that, I love the recycling philosophy that lies at the base of this business concept. And now, with the Green Instant Sale launched last week, eBay just became even more eco-friendly (so I’ll forget about the tiny hidden costs just for now). Imagine you have a more or less recent gadget you want to get rid of but…
Tags: eBay, gadgets, green instant sale, Recycling
Climate Change, Politics, Pollution, Videos & Documentaries, Oct 12th, 2010,
“The Choice Between Poverty and Poison” Parts of China are awash in electronic waste, or “e-waste”; a rising tide of circuit boards, glass monitors and other bits and bobs of computers that we don’t want anymore due to their having become passé and no longer suited to our hyper-modern, technology and consumer-driven lifestyles. Chinese towns, such as the now infamous Guiyu in the south of the country, are dedicated e-waste recycling centers, dominated, darkened and scarred by the toxic trash industry. In very poor and basic conditions, metals such as lead, copper and gold are extracted from recycled e-waste via…
Tags: China, computer recycling, computer waste, e-waste, electronic waste, Recycling
Green living, Recycling, Oct 4th, 2010,
In a quaint return to yester-year, 60 towns in France have replaced some of their recycling and rubbish collection trucks with horse-drawn carts. The ambient sound of clip-clopping hooves was surely part of the reason for this change, but the horses are more mobile in some narrow streets than the noisy and cumbersome trucks. Plus, they eat grass instead of fossil fuels and produce fertilizer for any gardener not to proud to scoop some off the street. Though there have been failures and drawbacks to these schemes, but some have been successful. A similar idea with donkeys in Italy, has…
Tags: cart, collection, France, horse-drawn, Recycling, rubbish
Green living, Recycling, Uncategorized, Sep 15th, 2010,
The City of Cleveland is spending $2.5M to equip recycling bins with microchips in an attempt to become more green. The municipality is going to give each household two different garbage cans: one for rubbish, one for recyclables. Each will have a micro-chip inside. This is all part of a new automated trash collection system. Micro-chips will be placed in both your recycling bin and your waste bin. Each chip generates a report that tells the city how efficient their waste collection services are. But it will also tell them if you’re using your recycling bin. Click here to read more about…
Tags: bins, Cleveland, environment, Green, Recycling
Green living, Aug 25th, 2010,
I’d choose paper bags for my groceries, but since plastic bags are offered for free in shops and said to be not that bad for the environment, it’s hard to resist them. What is more eco-friendly: plastic or paper shopping bags? A: Neither. We have been conditioned to believe that paper bags are eco-friendly. Paper is made from trees, which are logged by clear-cutting methods. When the collected trees are dry, they are cooked into a pulp for many hours in a chemical mixture. The pulp is then washed and bleached; both stages require thousands of gallons of clean water….
Tags: biodegradable, bioplastics, chemicals, clear-cutting, eco-friendly, fertilizers, fossil fuel, GMO, paper bags, pesticides, petroleum, plastic bags, Pollution, re-usable, Recycling, shopping bags, TOXIC, transport
Recycling, Videos & Documentaries, Jul 29th, 2010,
When I lived in the US we separated our newspapers, cans and some plastic bottles and put them into a container to be collected by a truck once a week. In Sweden we divided glass (both dark and light), metal, plastic, paper, batteries and light bulbs in a special structure in front of my apartment building. In Ireland we just chucked everything into a big tip to be sorted through at a processing plant and then sold to the UK, which also has its own methods of recycling. Below are two separate video reports by Al Jazeera English on two…
Tags: Cairo, China, Egypt, garbage, plastic, Recycling, waste
Conservation, Green living, Recycling, Weird Stuff, Jul 18th, 2010,
Last week, I gave you a list of green home improvements you can do around your home for free. Many news articles will lead you to believe that you need to spend thousands of dollars on renewable energy devices, renovations, and new appliances that you may not really need (or can afford). So, I gave you a list of things you can do in the bathroom, kitchen, or while doing cleaning and laundry that wouldn’t cost a single penny and over time can do just as much good as an upgrade that may cost several thousand dollars (or more). As…
Tags: appliances, climates, computers, cooling, efficiency, electronics, energy use, general home improvements, Go Green, green home improvements you can do for free, heating, home improvements, home office, hose, lawn and garden, lights, natural energy, paper, printers, Recycling, tips, watering
Green living, Science & Technology, Weird Stuff, Jun 20th, 2010,
Sometimes people create amazing things from recyclable materials. These creations can range from artwork to the latest green gadget. This week, I am going to tell you about 3 awesome things made from recycled products. Australia’s Printer Cartridge Bike Path The problem with regular paved roads is they always seem to need maintenance. Every time you turn around, they’re doing work on the same stretch of road all over again. The same old methods don’t seem to be cutting it like they used to but finding something new that works can take a lot of time. Well, someone has come…
Tags: awesome, designs, Egg Carton Lamp, Green, Legos Printer, Printer Cartridge Bike Path, recycle, recycled, Recycling, reuse, three
Green living, Politics, Jun 7th, 2010,
Around the world, there are many people who follow (and perhaps sometimes even yell) the anti-plastic bag mantra: Ban the plastic bag! Well, it would seem that mantra is becoming a reality in California. Recently, the state Assembly voted 41 to 27 to pass a bill that will ban single-use plastic grocery bags, making it the first of its kind in the US. The ban was also endorsed by the California Grocers Association and Governor Schwarzenegger also plans to sign the bill if it passes the Senate as expected. You can check out information on the new bill here (search…
Tags: AB 1998, ban, bill, California, government, Green, plastic, plastic bag, Politics, prohibited, Recycling, reusable bags
Green living, Recycling, Weird Stuff, Jun 5th, 2010,
Do you love to live green? Do you have anger issues? Do you have pent up frustrations that you need to unleash on someone or something? If you’ve answered yes to all these questions, then check this out. Macro-Sea has come up with an awesome new concept, dubbed Glassphemy! It’s a “visceral and psychological recycling center”. I’m sure that doesn’t make sense, so I’ll explain, or rather, I’ll let them explain: “We have built a 20-foot high, 30-foot long steel tower specifically designed to allow you to hurl glass bottles at your friends, enemies, and loved ones while they are…
Tags: bottles, emotional, environmental fill, glass, Glassphemy, Green, lights, Macro-Sea, psychological, recycle, Recycling, topsoil, visceral
Green living, Weird Stuff, May 18th, 2010,
How do disillusioned, arty Manhattanites recycle without getting bored out of their ultra-hip, urban skulls? They smash it up. New York artist David Belt has created a project called ‘Glassphemy!’ where patrons can at once recycle and purge their violent impulses by spectacularly smashing glass bottles into a massive Plexiglas structure. The bottle throwers are lifted on a platform above the 30-foot (6 meter) clear rectangle, where they can aim and fire at people standing on the other side of the bulletproof glass. The impact of the bottles triggers flashing lights, adding to the spectacle. It reminds me a bit…
Tags: aggression, art, Belt, bottles, David, dumpster, glass, Glassphemy, installation, New York, pool, Recycling, smash
Green living, Recycling, Weird Stuff, May 15th, 2010,
Recycling has become a fairly common daily routine and social practice. You’ll see recycling bins at airports, amusement parks, shopping centers, and tourist destinations. You may have a recycling station at your place of work, or there might be one at your kids’ school. You do it, your neighbors do it, even celebrities and government officials do it. We may do it for the planet or the greater, greener good; or we may do it simply because it’s legally required in our town, state or country. However, there are still those who don’t do it—or perhaps they do, but they…
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Climate Change, Green living, Pollution, Recycling, Science & Technology, Apr 27th, 2010,
Over the years, we’ve heard horror stories of people finding medical syringes washed up on beaches, in the ocean, and other unusual places. They’ve posed a threat to the environment and general safety for quite some time. Luckily, one company has come up with a way to recycle syringes and put them to good use. Sharps Compliance has created PELLA-DRX—a type of building material made from recycled syringes and other medical waste. Now, don’t be alarmed, the Texas-based company assures that the product is safe to use. Here’s a snippet from their website to explain what, exactly, PELLA-DRX is made…
Tags: cement, medical, Pella-DRX, Recycling, Sharps Compliance, syringes, waste
Green living, Science & Technology, Apr 19th, 2010,
Last week, IBM announced a new requirement for all of its suppliers: they must install management systems that will track and report environmental data. The new requirement includes 28,000 suppliers throughout more than 90 countries. It also includes the suppliers’ subcontractors—if the subcontractors’ products or services end up as a significant part of IBM’s supply chain. Environmental data that will need to be reported includes: energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, waste and recycling. IBM is also requiring their suppliers to set environmental goals and publicize their progress in reaching them. IBM’s vice president for global supply and chief procurement officer,…
Tags: energy, environmental data, goals, greenhouse gas emissions, IBM, Recycling, reports, requirements, subcontractors, suppliers, sustainability, waste
Green living, Recycling, ,
Recycling is a great thing to do. It’s also a very simple thing to do. Most people will separate their glass, plastic, paper, aluminum, and other materials accordingly and simply be done with it. Others will take those recyclable items and create works of art, products or even buildings out of them. While recycling is great for the environment, some still need an incentive to do it at all. What if you could recycle and earn money at the same time? Believe it or not it can be done and TerraCycle is the place to go to for it. TerraCycle…
Tags: brigades, charity, collect, earn money, products, recycle, Recycling, TerraCycle, wrappers
Green living, Recycling, Weird Stuff, Apr 17th, 2010,
When it comes to plastic, many people are divided on the issue. Some absolutely refuse to buy or use any plastic products. Others have no problem with plastic, as long as it’s disposed of properly (reused or recycled). Given issues such as the Pacific Garbage Patch and the more recent Atlantic Garbage Patch, I don’t blame people for being upset about plastics. However, whether people approve of plastic or not, it’s still a major part of our lives. It can be found in toys, storage containers, luggage, medical equipment, construction supplies, vehicle parts, furniture, and even clothing. There have been…
Tags: art, design, garbage, innovative, plastics, products, projects, recycle, Recycling
