Tag: Waste - Page 6
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More reasons to revile Ramen: It's burning kids
Disposables are oh so convenient, but they are not only wasteful, they can be seriously hazardous.
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50-Acre Pile of 250,000 Tires Could Lead to Prison Time
The man responsible for a 50-acre pile of 250,000 tires in rural South Carolina could spend a year in prison.
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Hilton Donates Used Furnishings For Charity, Joins Fortune 100 Companies As a Good360 Partner
Hilton will donate used items to Good360, which in turn will match those goods with organizations that need them.
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Frances Moore Lappé on Escaping Thought Traps and Creating Democracy for a Small Planet (Podcast)
The author of Diet for a Small Planet discusses democracy, psychology, Occupy Wall Street, and her new book, EcoMind.
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DOC2DOCK Less Hospital Waste = More Lives Saved (Video)
U.S. hospitals waste thousands of tons of medical supplies every day. DOC2DOCK collects and redistributes these supplies to match the specific needs of hospitals in the developing world.
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12-Year-Old Boys Shower the Longest, Says British Survey on Shower Habits
Doesn't everyone know that showers waste water? Shower habit study says they're getting longer.
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US Marines Developing Energy Efficient Micro Waste Gasification System
100 pounds of waste can be reduced to five pounds of ash in two hours and uses some of the waste gas to fuel the process.
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Happy Zero Waste Day, The Event Formerly Known as America Recycles Day
Nestlé Water, Anheuser Busch, Alcoa and Pepsi want to thank you for doing their dirty work. it's time to stop it.
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Grand Canyon Abandons Bottled Water Ban, After Meetings With Coca-Cola
The Grand Canyon was on track to ban bottled water sales in the park until Coca Cola registered its 'concerns' about the ban.
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Hilton Invests $1.3 Million in Global Soap Project, Redirecting Hotel Waste for Social Good
Hilton gives a boost to organization that salvages discarded hotel soaps and ships them around the world.
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Upcycled Rubber Design Products; A Flip Flop Story (Photos)
Studio Schneemann, together with the Kenyan initiative Uniqueco, collect and turn wasted flip flops from the beach into colourful and squichy furniture and lighting.
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21st Century Gargoyles Are Drawn on Found Paper and Decorated with Recycled Trash
These frightening gargoyle charcoal drawings are made on found paper and wood, and colored with repurposed garbage.
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Reusa, Reduce, Recicla: YoReciclo Brings Recycling to Mexico
At first, YoReciclo collected just two materials for recycling, and managed about 10 tons a month. Now, the Mexico-based company is up to 25 materials, including types of plastic not recyclable in most of the U.S., and
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Bill That Prevents EPA From Coal Ash Oversight, Allows Arsenic in Drinking Water Goes to Vote Today (UPDATED: Bill Passes)
Earthjustice calls the bill: "a misguided attempt to neuter the Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to set the first ever federal regulations on coal ash. Despite evidence
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New Gum Is Degradable and Easily Removed From Desks and Sidewalks
Throwing out gum isn't much better for the environment than swallowing it is for your stomach. That's because conventional gum doesn't biodegrade. At all. And Americans chew around 100 million pounds of the stuff every year.
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Regulating Coal Ash Could Create 28,000 Jobs
The EPA has been considering stricter regulations of coal ash, the toxic solid waste from coal power plants that the public was largely unaware of before the 2008 TVA spill in Kingston, Tennessee. One of the EPA's proposals
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Ask Pablo: Paper or Plastic? Spending Cash vs Credit Cards
The correlation between consumerism and environmental impact goes without saying but aside from the
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The Valencians Have A Problem: The Falles, Culture vs. Environment
During the Valencia Design Week, the organisers of the FEED, the international bloggers meeting, took us to la Ciudad Fallera, the 'City of Falles'. This is an industrial area where they build the Falles all
