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Recycling bins with microchips
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...
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Go Green: Volunteer for Clean Up The World Weekend! (Sept. 17-19)
In case you haven’t heard yet, this weekend is Clean Up The World Weekend! What is Clean Up The World Weekend? Simply put, it’s a weekend set aside for people to help clean up our world. More...
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Bottle deposit schemes: A ‘no-brainer’
image credit: London Permaculture (Flickr CC) A headline in the Telegraph states ‘new research found that returning used drinks containers to the shop could save money, reduce litter and boost...
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Go Green: Shift Your Habit!
Image Source: Stock.Xchng. By: Truebadour.Did you know that by making simple changes to a greener lifestyle, you could save hundreds—or even thousands—of dollars per year? From holiday gift wrapping to...
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French towns use horse-drawn recycling collection
photo by Axel Bruns (Snurb on Flickr CC) 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...
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eBay’s Green Instant Sale: recycling just got easier!
Image source: green.ebay.com 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...
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Italy to clean up Naples or EU to sanction
Last Saturday, the European Commission threatened Italy with fines and sanctions if the 2,400 tons of garbage that has been left on the streets of Naples after the last garbage war does not get cleaned...
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European e-waste must be recycled
photo by (Flickr CC) 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...
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EU: Fishermen to catch plastic bottles
photo by Edinburgh Greens (EdinburghGreens on Flickr CC) There used to be jokes about going “condom fishing” in dirty city canals, but now an ambitious EU plan aims to encourage professional fishermen...
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Eco pros and cons: California journalist tests eco-living at home
photo by Mark Cato (hoi polloi on Flickr CC) Los Angeles Times columnist Susan Carpenter spent two years trying out several sustainable lifestyle practices in her California home – from compost toilets...
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Datacenters: the central heating systems of the future?
Image by bugeaters (source: Flickr) Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Virginia are developing the idea to use cloud computing data servers as central heating units in private homes. In...
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Sculptors make art from junk
recycling sculpture in Australia; photo by Tama Leaver (Flickr CC) Around the world, ambitious artists are creating sculptures out of disused materials. In Denizli Provence, Turkey, University students...
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Would you drink recycled water?
photo by Dino Abatzidis (atomicshark on Flickr CC) Asking someone whether he or she would mind drinking a glass of water that has already passed through a human body might be a misleading question. Of...
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Top 7 tips to green your coffee habit
Image by ackinderma (source: stock.xchng) Yes I admit I’m an avid coffee drinker. I love the taste and the smell of fresh coffee, especially in the morning. If you’re like me, this top 7 list of great...
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We’re always on the lookout for cool recycling uses of everyday objects. In my quest for recycling magic I came across this video of a guy using a plastic bottle as a trumpet. The music might not be...
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Sunday videos: Sustainable waste in Vietnam; rare tiger cubs in China
photo by Flip Nomad (Flickr CC) We’ve got two bits of eco-news from Asia this weekend. First we’re off to Vietnam to see how megacity Hanoi is coping with a growing waste problem with the help from...
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The architects of waste
photo by Luther Blissett (Karen Eliot on Flickr CC) A Dutch architectural firm is creating buildings from locally recycled material, significantly reducing the greenhouse gas emissions normally...
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Affordable fixes for a green home
photo by ulybug Creating your sustainable home has a benefit not only to the environment and your personal health, but also helps by reducing utility expense over the long term for home owners. If you...
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Green Thinking, and How it Really Begins With American Business
credit: Mykl Roventine The global marketplace utilizes so much energy it’s almost unimaginable. Many of the resources we use to carry out business operations are finite, and there’s no way to argue it...
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Teaching Energy Conservation in School
Image via Flickr by The Alec One of the reasons the world at large is so interested in becoming greener and more eco-friendly is to preserve the Earth for the children. As resources dwindle,...
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