iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app

Entries by Susan Buchanan from 10/2011

Thrift Shops Keep Clothes In Circulation And Out of Municipal Waste

| Posted 10.04.2011 | Green
Read More: Recycling, U.S. Dept of Commerce, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, United Textile Inc., Africa, Central America, Junior League of New Orleans, Spring Cleaning, The Salvation Army, Bridge House Corp., Asia, Landfill, Hollywood, Mardi Gras, Green News

In a rush to get organized, you may have tossed some old clothes in the garbage, only for them to end up in landfill. Had those threads been given to a thrift shop or charity, someone else might be wearing them now, or they could have been turned into other, useful products.

Read Whole Story

Louisiana's Listeria Scares Have Centered Mostly On Meat Products

| Posted 10.10.2011 | Green
Read More: Dairy Products, U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture, Health, Sausages, Colorado, Food Safety, Pork, Louisiana Dept. Of Health and Hospitals, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Louisiana State University, Jensen Farms, Louisiana Dept. Of Agriculture and Forestry, Seafood, California, Marlerclark, Green News

Wary shoppers are checking fruit and vegetable stickers after Jensen Farms cantaloupes in Colorado and romaine lettuce from a California grower were linked to listeria last month.

Read Whole Story

Louisiana's Oyster and Shrimp Supplies Will Remain Tight

| Posted 10.19.2011 | Green
Read More: Seafood Testing, Red Tide, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Oysters, Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Green News

Lately, Louisiana residents have worried that their lunchtime oyster and shrimp poboys are torpedoing the weekly budget. After a series of calamities in recent years, Louisiana shellfish is expensive and won't become cheaper anytime soon.

Read Whole Story