Tag: Zero Waste - Page 9
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What Ya Gonna Gimme For It? New Survey Shows Mobile Phone Recycling Centers Around Rewards
It takes getting something in return - and more than the warm fuzzy feeling you're saving the planet - to get people to recycle mobile phones. A new study by ABI Research shows some really sad statistics, including that
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Fungi Could be the Death of Styrofoam Cups
For years now, coming into contact with polystyrene, or as it´s better know, Styrofoam, has been nearly unavoidable, despite the well-documented hazardous effects it has on the environment--namely, that it can´t easily be
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Meditation: Heart Healthier Than Organic O's?
Here's my kind of sans-sweat, sustainable exercise: my body, seated comfortably on a cushion or folded up blanket. There's no one to compete against, no cheesy loud music or energy-sucking stair masters, treadmills, or
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Eating Roadkill: Vegan, Veganish, or Just Plain Gross?
OK, I'll admit it. I am a thoroughly confused TreeHugger. On the one hand, I recognize that sustainability needs to appeal to the masses if we have any hope of cutting carbon emissions at the rate
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Can Green Funerals Be Fun?
It's funny how uptight people can get about death. Yet it's one of the very few things, along with birth, taxes, breathing etc, that we all have in common. For the green minded, there are plenty of more sustainable end of
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SF Green Festival 09 - Reclaimed and Eco-Art Speaks to Minimizing Waste
Attendees at the San Francisco Green Festival weren't lacking for beautiful things to look at. This display used found materials including flowers and edibles. It is beautiful, and colorful, but right next to it was another
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SF Green Festival 09 - Silo Ink Reduces Printer Waste, Saves 80% on Ink Expenses
For most people, empty ink cartridges unfortunately head to the trash bin, or if we're lucky, to the reclcying bin or back to the store for recycling. But few people refill cartridges, which is one of the most efficient, green
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SF Green Festival 09 - Handbags From Newspapers and Candy Wrappers Get More Stylish
The idea of making handbags out of upcycled trash like plastic bags or wrappers is nothing new, but what is new is how stylish they're becoming. Several makers of these upcycled bags were at San Francisco's Green Festival and
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Better Ways to Celebrate America Recycles Day: Practicing the 7 Rs (Slideshow)
Yesterday was America Recycles Day, which isn't a bad thing as an idea -- certainly, more recycling is better than less -- but do we really need a day for it?
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SF Green Festival 09 - A Tale of Two Lunch Boxes
Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch Bringing your lunch with you is greener than buying lunch while out, in no small part because you're skipping wasteful packaging. But packed lunches, can still have wasteful packaging if you're wrapping your sandwich up in
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Recycling is Bullsh*t Redux: Let's Declare Nov. 15 Buy Nothing Disposable Day.
We said it last year: Lets call recycling what it is- a fraud, a sham, a scam perpetrated by big business on the citizens and municipalities of America. A method of getting citizens to pick up corporate waste and for our towns and cities to get stuck
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Sneakers for Geeks and Hackers Are Made form Recycled Computer Chips
Are these the dream sneaks for green geeks? Maybe. They're at the very least a cool creation by Gabriel Dishaw, junk-metal artist extraordinaire, who fashioned these shoes out of pieces of computers and typewriters, with only
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Massive On-Site Composting: The Eden Project Raises the Bar
The UK's Eden Project has long had our attention as a Treehugger's wonderland. From the 124 acre biome conservatories, to the rock concerts from Moby, Brian Wilson and PJ Harvey, to the recycled glass flutes they sell,
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TED TALK: A Non-Reusable Syringe Could Save 1.3 Million Lives
Around the globe, the reuse of dirty syringes kills 1.3 million people - more than malaria. Lack of time, money, access to new syringes, and simple ignorance are all issues behind reusing syringes in medical situations in places such as
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Give Your Stuff Away Day: A Celebration of Generosity
No sooner had I published my post on Tuesday about rethinking our relationship with stuff, that I get a press release for Give Your Stuff Away Day. Billed as a fun, community event, the idea is to create a
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Venom Introduces First Carbon Neutral Alkaline Batteries...But Can Disposable Be Green?
Oh noes. Another case of greener but not green. Venom introduces batteries that are carbon neutral...but they're still disposable alkaline batteries. So, do we pick apart just how "carbon neutral" disposable batteries can possibly
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Disappearing Plastic Bags - New Plastic Magazine Mailer Dissolves in Hot Water
While I don't really understand why magazines are often packaged in plastic in the first place, Creative Review magazine is trialing a plastic bag that isn't so frustrating. In fact, it sounds downright awesome. It is made
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Recycling Bin Concept Makes Stuff Out of Your Paper Waste
This idea transforms the recycling bin into a reuse bin. The idea is you fill the bin with paper, and it spits out a reusable product made from the paper, like a waste basket or stool. There's just one problem......It probably
