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Restaurant Composts Food Waste (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Landfills, Recycle, Restaurant, commercial_composting, Composting, City Conservation, Portland Oregon, Food Waste, San Francisco, Food, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

I started composting at home almost 2 years ago. My plan was to build a few vegetable garden beds, start growing some of my own food, and go from th...

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Coal Plants Creating Landfills In Order To Clean The Air

AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Landfills, Coal, Tva, Tennessee, Green News

KINGSTON, Tenn. — Smokestack scrubbers will eliminate most of the sulfur emissions from the coal-fired Kingston Fossil Plant, but they will also...

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Amazing Dissolving Plastic Packaging

Creative Review | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Trash, Landfills, Creative Review Magazine, Green Living, Green-Packaging, Green Products, Reducing Waste, Magazines, Green News

Newsstand copies of the November issue of CR come in a revolutionary new bag that simply dissolves in hot water. No waste. No landfill....

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Trash Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Freegan, Recycling, Energy, Dumpster Diving, Landfills, Waste, Composting, Trash, Do It Yourself, Pollution, Lower Your Impact, Garbage, Recycled Paper, Green News
Bill Chameides

Looking to lower your impact on the planet? Look no further than your trash bin. We Americans produce a lot of trash -- by some estimates about 250 million tons of the stuff per year.

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Eco Etiquette: Is Recycling Bad For The Environment?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Methane Emissions, Landfills, Carbon Emissions, Green Advice, Recycling Myths, Composting, Greenhouse Gases, Green Living, Global Warming, Landfill Space, Environment, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

I have been hearing reports that recycling is bad. That the costs of shipping, mostly the carbon emissions from them, counteract any benefit from recy...

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Save Cash by Going Green: 4 Tips

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Motoring, Fuel, Energy, Gas Prices, Gas, Driving, Landfills, Charity, Carbon Emissions, Economy, Green, Conservation, Green Living, Saving Money, Coal, Methane, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Oil Prices, Environment, Earth Hour, Food, Sierra Club, Cash, Going Green and Saving Money, Green Tips, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Going green doesn't just save the outside world. It also can preserve the hard-earned money in your bank account.

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Recycling Pays in NYC

Wendy Gordon | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Cost Competitive, Trash, Landfills, CO2 Emission Reduction, Global Warming, Waste Prevention, Green News
Wendy Gordon

The existing recycling program in NYC reduced the city's global warming emissions by 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide; the equivalent of taking 338,000 cars off the road each year.

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The Garbage Nightmare

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Landfills, Waste, Methane, Greenhouse Gases, Waste Management, Green News
Bernie Bulkin

We have to minimize, recycle, reuse and think of waste as food. We have to stop thinking about cradle to grave and start thinking about cradle to cradle.

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Water, Water Everywhere

Michael DeJong | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Footprint, Epa, Efficient Sewage Systems, Natural Spring Water, www.stopnestlewaters.org, Potable Tap Water, 100% Recyclable, Recycled Plastic Bottles, Michael Braungart, Environmental Impact, Nestlé Waters, La Vie, Landfills, US Environmental Protection Agency, H2o, 2008 Corporate Citizenship Report, William McDonough, Nestlé Purelife, Perrier, Carbon Footprint, Speaking Truth to Power, At-Home Water Filtering, Water, Cradle-to-Cradle, Every Brand Has a Story to Tell, Green-Washing, Poland Springs, Good Food-Good Life, San Pellegrino, Bottled Water, Vittel, Panna, Contrex, Green Living, Aquarel, Green News
Michael DeJong

When a company like Nestlé pipes-up about its unfounded environmental credentials with an attempt to address ecological concerns and to self-promote as a green steward, it's "super-greenwashing."

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Chicago Has Seven Years Worth Of Landfill Space Available

Associated Press | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Epa, Chicago Garbage, Landfills, Chicago Landfill Space, Waste Disposal, Chicago Landfills, Illinois Landfills, Waste, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Garbage, Chicago News

State environmental officials say overall disposal capacity in Illinois is sufficient for the next 18 years. That's despite a 3.5 decline in space. ...

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America Recycles Day

Michael DeJong | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Fabri, Scrap Metal, Liberty Bell, Up-Cyclying, Landfills, Environment, Aluminum, Plastic Bags, Biodegradable, Environmental Protection Agency, Paper, Glass, Green News
Michael DeJong

If you read anything in print you should know that the act of recycling paper decreases the demand for virgin pulp thereby reducing the devastation of forests.

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It's "Newspaper Week"

Michael DeJong | Posted 11.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Broadsheets, Newspapers, Landfills, Hillary, Palin, Cheney, Environment, Mccain, Recycling Newspapers, Tabloid, Bush, Green News
Michael DeJong

No matter how you receive your daily dose of everyday information, intelligent or dubious, if it's in print form, it's your responsibility to make certain it doesn't wind up in a landfill.

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Benefits of Landfill Gas Power For UPS Illustrated By Business Students

Greenbiz | Greenbiz Staff | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Landfills, Business School Students, Renewable Energy, Gasification, Electricity, Garbage Fuel, Green News, Methane Capturing, Ups, Energy, Trash Power, Alternative Energy, Green News

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- UPS could save more than $7 million by harnessing landfill gas for energy, according to a team of students from the University of ...

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Life Cycle: Life After Desk

Simran Sethi | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Chairs, Landfills, Volatile Organic Compounds, Desk, Reduce, Glues, Environmental, Office Furniture, Green Office, Recycle, Wooden, Varnishes, Environment, Waste, Reuse, Sarah Smarsh, Deforestation, Simran Sethi, Vocs, Green News
Simran Sethi

Often, the greenest consumer route is not buying new products made with Earth-friendly methods but rather scoring used products made with traditional, possibly heinous methods. Reduce, reuse, then recycle.

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