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Entrepreneurs Find Cash In Trash

Reuters | Christina Hernandez Sherwood | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Recycling, Environmental Protection Agency, Recyclematch, Video, Small Business, Ecoscraps, Startup, Recycle, Epa, Environment, Small Business News and Trends, Startups, Trash, Small Business News

(Reuters) - Some entrepreneurs across the country are building businesses based on the belief that garbage -- once destined to rot in a landfill -- ca...

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National "2012 Green Cup Recycle Challenge" Encourages K-12 Students to Rethink Waste and Consume Less

Veronique Pittman | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Recycling Challenge, Over-Consumption, Green Schools, Sustainability Education, Zero Waste, Recycling, Trash, Reducing Waste, Lifecycle, Green Cup Challenge, Garbage, Education News

On April 2nd, thousands of students, in schools from Connecticut to California, will aim to "recycle right" for four weeks during the 2012 Green Cup Recycle Challenge.

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What is Trash?

Caroline Armitage | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Composting, Trash, Teen News

We need to rethink what kinds of things we consider to be useless, non-repurposable trash, because a lot of this material is taking up space in landfills when it doesn't need to be.

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UPDATE: Trash Talk Hits Denver City Council

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Trash, Video, Denver Trash Pickup, Denver News, Denver Trash Collection, Denvery Recycling, Pay as You Throw, Denver News

Denver residents may be disappointed to learn trash collection in the city could start to cost. Until now, trash collection has been paid for from th...

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Protestors Dump Trash At Bank President's Home Over Layoffs, Foreclosures

Patch | Kimberly Ashton | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Boston, Foreclosure Crisis, Robert Gallery, Bank of America, Business News, Trash, Protestors, Beacon Hill, Business News

Hauling several bags of garbage left at a foreclosed Bank of America property in Malden, dozens of protesters showed up at bank president Robert Galle...

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Too Valuable to Toss: Why We Should Partner With Industry to Eliminate Ocean Trash

Vikki N. Spruill | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, Volunteering, Water Pollution, Ocean Cleanup, Beaches, Beach Cleanup, Ocean Trash, Trash, Oceans, Pollution, Marine Debris, Litter, Video, Impact News

The biggest challenge we face in saving our ocean is that so many of the threats are beneath the ocean's surface, literally out of sight and out of mind.

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Paul Morrissey Dishes on Acting School and Andy Warhol

Regina Weinreich | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol's Factory, Bruce Weber, Warhol Superstar Viva, Jane Forth, James Toback, Demian Gabriel, Paul Morrissey, News From Nowhere, Andy Warhol, Holly Woodlawn, Joe Dellasandro, Trash, Culture News

Film director Paul Morrissey, erstwhile manager of Andy Warhol's Factory, has been dogged, his career overshadowed by the Warhol legend.

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Warhol Factory Auteur Paul Morrissey Premieres News From Nowhere In-Person at Lincoln Center Tonight

Michael Vazquez | Posted 11.06.2011

Tonight, New York cinephiles are getting a once-in-a-lifetime experience as Paul Morrissey, Warhol's in-house Factory cameramen turned indie auteur debuts his new film, News From Nowhere.

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WATCH: The Art Of Dumpster Diving

Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Recycling, Consumerism, Video, Dumpster Diving Art, Green, Documentary, Trash, Dumpster Art, Artists, Consumers, I Love Trash Documentary, Green Living, Film, I Love Trash, Arts News

The new film 'I Love Trash' is a documentary that follows two friends as they live for three months by getting everything they need out of the trash. ...

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Brief From Bonnaroo: Tennessee Trash

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.17.2011

Anyone who grew up in the 1970s in Tennessee can sing a bit of "Tennessee Trash," a comic and catchy PSA that was sponsored by the State Department of Transportation to discourage littering.

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5 Ideas for Biofuels That Will Change the Energy Conversation

Susanna Murley | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Butanol, India, Biomass, Corn, Brazil, Trash, Algae, Ethanol, Emissions, Top 5, Palm Oil, Coal, China, Green News

Some Girl Scouts say palm oil in their cookies are leading to deforestation. Cookies, schmookies, the real question is: should we could we put palm o...

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lucy walker trash

Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Recycling, Toyota, Landfills, Lucy Walker, Green, Trash, Slidepollajax, Waste Land, Garbage, Green News

Director Lucy Walker spent months filming the stories of garbage pickers working at Rio de Janeiro's Jardim Gramacho, one of the world's largest landf...

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Pee-Yew! MTA Looking To Solve Trash Troubles

Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Rat Infestation, Thomas Prendergast, Ny News, New York Subway, Trash, New York City Transit, New York News, Mta, Mta-Garbage, Garbage, New York News

The MTA has had some trouble taking out the trash recently and Transit President Thomas Prendergast is fed up. Prendergast claims subway constructi...

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Solving World Problems Starts With Your Strengths

Josh Tetrick | Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Social Change, Youth Ventures, Youth, Social Entrepreneurs, Ethiopia, Green, Innovation, Recycled, Music, Business, Maternal Health, Social Ventures, Human Rights, Recycle, Hip Hop, Social Entrepreneurship, Africa, Environment, Trash, Social Good, Un, Global Poverty, Global Health, Fashion, Development, Inequality, Impact, Maternal Mortality, Healthier Greener Home, Impact News

During this time of pessimism, some see our biggest needs as opportunities to thrive. A few stories show how selflessness is often (ironically) profitable.

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Read More: Poverty, Crowdfunding, Green, Nonprofit, Conservation, Liberia, Personal Branding, Media, Press, Blogs, Social Enterprise, Social Media, Education, Recycle, Social, Social Entrepreneurship, Advertising, Service, Nature, Africa, Environment, Trash, Sustainability, Startups, Marketing, Social Good, Branding, Fashion, Development, Blogging, Global Warming, Impact News

Remember: Simple, personal, and genuine. And a little tenacity, especially in the world of impact and social good, goes a long, long way.

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WATCH: Which Dog Broke Into The Trash?

Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Video, Pets, Trash, Urlesque, Dog, Cute Animals, Cute/Ridiculous Animal Thing of the Day, Dogs, Garbage, Cute Animal Videos, Comedy News

We're faced with even more evidence in the case for dogs being horrible liars. Only this time, it's not a bad poker face that gives the guilty party a...

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Trashkea Home Design: Trash + Ikea + Design = Eco-cheap Chic (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Osb, Lean-Material Sink, Green News, Low-H2o Radiators, Can-O-Worms, Green Remodel, Urban Vegetable Garden, Trashkea, Treehugger, Compost Bin, Upcycled Furniture, Ikea, Ecodesigner, Trash, Living, Clothesline, Graham Hill, Upcycling, Stop Flush Toilet, Think Chair, Home Design, Cfl Lightbulb, C2c Certification, Green Living, Green Style, Ecodesign, Pet Scholtus, Cork Flooring, Style, Green Renovation, Low-Flow Faucet Aerators, Solar Dryer, C2c, Bidon Lamps, Sustainable Furniture, Green News

Most designers begin a remodel by choosing what to trash. Petz Scholtus chose what to collect from the trash to be upcycled (i.e. recycled for a higher use), proving with her remodel that green design could be affordable and stylish.

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Top 10 Reactions to My Trashwhispering

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sociology, Trash, Clean-Up, Hollywood, Litter, Service, Impact News

The ten most interesting reactions I get in response to my little hobby of picking up litter while walking my dog every morning.

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Who's Singing These Songs With Us?

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Life After Shopping, Holidays, Consumerism, Reverend Billy, Christmas Carols, Jesus Christ, Jesus, Christmas, Earth, Christianity, Trash, Climate Change, Florida, Walt Whitman, Earth-a-Lujah, Peace, Global Warming, Impact News

This notion in Christmas carols that Spirit is in all things, and that hills and clouds and stars can change the fortunes of all of us -- do we still sense this?

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3 Tips to Green Your Child's School

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Kids, Children, Lunch, Waste, Tips, Green, Environment, Trash, Schools, Teaching, Students, Carpool, Paper, Green News

Do you see a lot of waste going on at your children's schools? Use these three tips to help green your local educational institutions.

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How to Green Your Thanksgiving

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farm Sanctuary, Vegetarian, Turkey, Cooking, Waste, Green, Trash, Thanksgiving, Food, Travel, Cleaning, Tofurky, Offset, Green Thanksgiving, Vegetarian Thanksgiving, Green News

If you're grateful for the natural world this Thanksgiving, you're likely to appreciate these tips, which aim to help you preserve the planet while planning your holiday festivities.

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Iraqi Citizens Angry With U.S. Combat Troop Withdrawal Amid Current Living Conditions

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Troops, US Military, Combat Mission, Whate House, Obama, Democracy, Nouri Al Maliki, Withdrawal, Living Conditions, Electricity, Nato, Iraq War, Trash, Drinking Water, Iraq, World News

But the rosy "rebranding" of the conflict, as some have called it, is hardly playing well in the bazaars of Baghdad and other embattled cities and tow...

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Trash Threatens To Block Three Gorges Gates In China

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miter Gate, Three Gorges Dam, Three Gorges, Environment, Trash, Flooding, China, Yangtze River, Garbage, Litter, World News

BEIJING — Intense flooding has swept thick layers of garbage down the Yangtze River that are threatening to block the gates of the Three Gorges ...

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Making Objects Smarter: The Story Behind Location Awareness

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trash Cans, Garbage Disposal, Ibm, Trash, Trash Island, Smarter Ideas, Trash Talk, Smarter Planet, Video, Green News

Garbage -- do you know where all your trash really ends up? If you knew the truth, would you rethink your actions before tossing old junk? It's no...

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PHOTOS: How To Green Your Period

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Diy Green, Green Diy, Menstruation, Tampons, Trash, Dioxin, Vagina, Women, Environment, Period, Green Period, Slidepollajax, Sponge Tampon, Natracare, Seventh Generation, Organic Cotton Tampon, Menstrual Cups, Green News

Greening your period is a simple, eco-friendly and fun way to make an impact. In one lifetime, it is estimated that one woman can use as many as 16,80...

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