Recycling

Five Items You Should Always Recycle

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Rechargeable Batteries, iPod Recycling, Recycling Tips, Recycling Electronics, E-Waste, Home Office, Radioshack, Green Home Office, Landfill, Call2recycle, MP3 Players, Recyclebank, Kroger, Recycling, Reusable Bags, Laptops, Recycling Computers, Safeway, Home Office Supplies, Recycling Batteries, Electronics Recycling, Home Depot, Recycle, Laptop Recycling, Recycling Cell Phones, Recycling mp3 Players, Plastic Bags, Best Buy, Electronic Waste, Natural Home, Natural Home Magazine, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Recycling is one of the easiest steps you can take toward living green--but some recycling matters more than others.

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Recycling and Reusable Grocery Bags Won't Solve the Climate Crisis: We Must Do More

Ed Haemmerle | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Green, Alternative Energy Sources, Green Initiatives, Recyclable Grocery Bag, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News
Ed Haemmerle

Recycling and reusable grocery bags should be a part of everyones routine. However, if you pride yourself in thinking you have made a difference I must sadly report that you have not.

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Laundry Room Libraries

The New York Times | SUSAN DOMINUS | Posted 12.01.2009 | Books

Read More: Recycling, Recycling Books, Laundry, Libraries, Books, Apartments, Book Clubs, Green Living, Reading, New York City, Books News

My old neighbors in Washington Heights were marvels of resourcefulness, natural born recyclers inspired by thrift, as opposed to love of the environme...

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Climate Change: Too Much At Stake

Jim Selman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Desertification, Copenhagen 2009, Carbon Dioxide, An Inconvenient Truth, Recycling, Clearcutting, Climate Treaty, Acid Rain, Famine, Extinction, Kyoto Protocol, Sustainable Future, Environment, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Al Gore, David Suzuki, Global Warming, Living News
Jim Selman

To the extent that we speak from our hearts about the world we want to create, we will attract energy, resources and support--and inspire others to act.

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California Recycling Centers Close, Eliminating 'Green' Jobs

latimes.com | Shane Goldmacher and Reporting From Sacramento | Posted 11.30.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Recycling, Green Living, Recycling Centers, Green Jobs, Los Angeles News

Recycling centers across California are closing, and scores of troubled youths are being tossed from "green" jobs onto unemployment rolls in the wake ...

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California Recycling Program Is On The Rocks

Sacramento Bee | Jim Sanders | Posted 11.22.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Recycling, California, Budget Crisis, California Budget Crisis, Los Angeles News

For years California has courted a reputation as an eco-friendly, green-minded leader, but the state now finds its most basic program of recycling bev...

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Regifting: Green Giving This Holiday Season

thedailygreen.com | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Presents, Recycling, Holidays, Regifting, Green Living, Recycle...Regift, Recycleregift, Holiday, Holiday News, Green News

Before you flash the plastic, consider shopping at home for the holidays this year. Shop your closets, cabinets and plastic storage bins. Browse your ...

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Latest Space Shuttle's Mission: Trash the Urine Recycler

Alex Pasternack | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

Read More: Recycling, Poop, Water, Shit, Space Shuttle, Space, Toilets, Technology News
Alex Pasternack

When the space shuttle launched on Monday, it wasn't carrying a new satellite or even burrito ingredients. It was packed with a bunch of spare parts f...

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Double Duty: Tips for Lowering Impact in the Kitchen

Kay Goldstein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, No Impact Week, Saving Water and Fuel, No Impact Man, Recycling Water, Roasting Vegetables, Smoking Vegetables, Cheese, Mindful Cooking, Green News
Kay Goldstein

What is intriguing about Double Duty for me is how to use the method to inspire some yummy innovations in food like caramelizing a butternut squash or smoking a pepper.

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Billy Boyd, Aspen Resident, Finally Finds Cell Phone After Epic Search

AP | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Ring, Rescue, Cell Phone, Dump, Recycling, Billy Boyd, Aspen, Denver News

ASPEN, Colo. — A determined Colorado man found his missing cell phone at a trash dump after dialing the number and listening for the ring. Bill...

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Inspirational Stories From No Impact Week: The DC Green Muslims, Volunteering In Costa Rica And Confronting "Poverty Consciousness"

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevksy | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, No Impact Week, No Impact Man, Volunteering, Dc Green Muslims, Costa Rica, Environment, Carbon Footprint, Green News

Starting Sunday October 18, HuffPost hosted the inaugural No Impact Week, where people around the globe examined and reduced their ecological footprin...

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"Refuse" Should Be Added To Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Refuse | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Plastic Water Bottles, Recycling, Plastics, Green Living, Waterbottles, Green News

The problem is simply too massive to be promoting a gradual reduction in single-use disposable plastics. Every 5 minutes, 2 million plastic bottles ar...

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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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HuffPosters Getting Trashed (SLIDESHOW)

Matthew Palevsky/Zach Dorfman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Recycling, No Impact Week, No Impact Man, Trash Management, Green, Trash, No Impact Project, Trash Day, Slideshow, Green News

As part of Trash Day for No Impact Week, (learn more here and sign up) we're taking a deeper look into trash, recycling and where things go after we t...

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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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All-In-One Innovative Pizza Box: Four Plates And Leftover Box

Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Technology, Pizza Box, Pizza, Invention, Paper Waste, Sustainability, William Walsh, Video, Recycling, Green News

William Walsh, 42, believes that his innovative pizza box invention, known as the GreenBox will radically change the way we consume pizza. The top p...

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Anti-Garbage: From Less Waste To Zero-Waste

nytimes.com | LESLIE KAUFMAN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Sustainabiilty, Green Living, Less Waste, Zero-Waste, Trash, Garbage, Green News

Across the nation, an antigarbage strategy known as "zero waste" is moving from the fringes to the mainstream, taking hold in school cafeterias, natio...

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No Impact Week: Trash

Huffington Post | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Video, No Impact Week, No Impact Man, Trash Management, Green, Waste, Slideshow, Pico Rivera, China, Green News

As part of Trash Day for No Impact Week, (learn more here and sign up) we're taking a deeper look into trash, recycling and where it all goes after we...

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Artist Tim Burke Recycles Detroit History, And Rescues Himself (PHOTOS)

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Historical Artifacts, Slideshows, Detroit Artists, The Unconscious, Comerica Park, Urban Art, Steve Buscemi, Yves Tanguy, Recycling, Environmental Art, Art Therapy, Lucy Thurman YWCA, Heidelberg Street, Industrial Art, Diane Tucker, The Inner Life, Detroit Landmarks, Eco-Friendly Art, Dreams in Art, Green Living, Alcoholism, Ford Field, Tim Burke, Slideshow, Recycled Art, Careers, Hudson’s Department Store Implosion, Reuse of Refuse, Detroit Industrial Gallery, Faces in the Hood, Tyree Guyton, Surrealism, Detroit Institute of Arts, Joan Miro, No Impact Week, Dreams, Outsider Art, Trash Art, F-15 Fighter Jets, 1967 Detroit Riots, Pablo Picasso, Addiction & Recovery, Motor City Artists, The Heidelberg Project, Small Business, Wayne State University, Photo Galleries, Triumph, Green News
Diane Tucker

Detroiter Tim Burke calls himself an artist, a scavenger, and a non-practicing alcoholic. Devoted to the reuse of refuse, the 40-something sculptor us...

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Air Travel Made Greener: 4 Tips

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Fuel, Carbon Emissions, Luggage, Green, Airplanes, Travel, Air Travel, Paper, Recycling, Carbon Offsets, Waste, Plastic, Flight, Planes, Weight Loss, Sierra Club, Airlines, Reducing Waste, Customer Service, Baggage, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Though air travel is unavoidable at times, there are a few things responsible travelers can do to make flights greener.

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Taking on No Impact Week from Abroad: Will Living in Peru Make It Harder?

Levi Novey | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: No Impact Week, Walking, No Impact Man, Peru, HuffPost No Impact Week, Cars, No Impact Experiment, No Impact Project, Outdoor Exercise, Recycling, Sustainability, Climate Change, Pollution, Green News
Levi Novey

After looking at the No Impact Week guide, I felt ashamed that living abroad had become a sort of false crutch upon which I could hang my environmental credibility.

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No Impact Week: Solar Panels, Bio-Diesel, and Worms

Renée Loux | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, No Impact Week, Tonic Mailstoppers, Carpooling, Solar Panels, Green, Composting, Climate Change, Emissions, Greendimes, Muncipal Solid Waste, Photovoltaic Solar Panels, Transportation, Carbon Footprint, Propane, Green News
Renée Loux

Several years ago, I undertook a year-long experiment to minimize my personal waste. At the time, "no impact" wasn't a common term. I just wanted to see how waste-wise efficient I could be.

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Why "Recyclable" is the Greenwashing-est Word Around

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Green Living, Greenwashing, Green News

Recycling is great, and the people who make it happens from recycling companies to the end users of recycled materials should get points for being gre...

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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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How David de Rothschild Made His Plastic-Bottle Boat (VIDEO)

news.nationalgeographic.com | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Environment, David De Rothschild, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Plastic Bottle Boat, Plastiki, Green News

October 7 -- Plastiki, a 60-foot-long (18.3-meter-long) catamaran made of more than 12,000 plastic bottles, will soon ply the Pacific Ocean to increas...

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