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Eco-Friendly Building Materials for Your Home Remodel

Whether you're working with a contractor or doing it yourself, check out this list of eco-friendly building materials to lighten the footprint of your project.

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5 Ways Gardening is Good for Your Health

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10 Ways to Use Up Old Spices

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Reuse Design Challenge: Transform a Phone Book

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Is Waste-Free Packaging on the Horizon?

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Study: Boomers Say They're More Likely to Recycle Than Millennials

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Infographic: Now TV Night Will Remind You to Recycle Your Batteries

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Waste from Tequila-Making Process Turned into Sponges

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Grocery Stores Pick Up on Consumer Recycling Trends

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Scientists Look to Plants as Source of Clean Energy

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Where Do Phone Books Come From and Where Do They End Up?

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Used Tires Upcycled into Home and Garden Décor

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One-of-a-Kind Guitars Made from Old Skateboard Decks

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5 Note-Taking Apps That Reduce Paper Use

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Feature from Kathryn Sukalich

Is Waste-Free Packaging on the Horizon?

Each year, we throw away over 70 million tons of packaging waste, which takes up a significant chunk of landfill space. Package designer Aaron Mickelson decided to tackle this problem for his masters thesis project at the Pratt Institute and ...

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Study: Boomers Say They're More Likely to Recycle Than Millennials

Marketing firm DDB Worldwide surveyed more than 6,000 American consumers in January.

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Infographic: Now TV Night Will Remind You to Recycle Your Batteries

Over 350 million rechargeable batteries are bought in the U.S. each year. Over 17 million watch TV’s no. 1 show, NCIS, every week. What do these stats have to do with one another? Not much, we thought, until Call2Recycle put ...

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Waste from Tequila-Making Process Turned into Sponges

In 2011, over 41 million gallons of tequila were made in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, and all that liquor took over 700,000 tons of agave plants to make. Until recently, once the plant’s juice was extracted, the rest went ...

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Grocery Stores Pick Up on Consumer Recycling Trends

When you’re at the grocery store, odds are that checking to see whether your grocer recycles all the plastic containers it uses to ship and store commercial-size food and pharmacy orders isn’t on the list.

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Scientists Look to Plants as Source of Clean Energy

Rather than chasing finite fossils like oil and coal, new tech focuses on Earth's original power plants: plants.

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Where Do Phone Books Come From and Where Do They End Up?

Ever wonder about the journey your phone book has taken to arrive at your door, or what happens once it it's recycled? Check out the green practices employed by Dex for its directories before and after delivery.

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Quick Bit from Kathryn Sukalich

Used Tires Upcycled into Home and Garden Décor

In 2009, the U.S. generated 291.8 million scrap tires, according to the Rubber Manufacturers Association. Many of these tires get reused, though, and often in unique ways. One Milwaukee-based company called Flat Tire Décor specializes in taking tires that have ...

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Quick Bit from Patricia Escarcega

One-of-a-Kind Guitars Made from Old Skateboard Decks

Each fully-functioning guitar is hand-carved from two old skateboard decks, one for the body and one for the neck.

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5 Note-Taking Apps That Reduce Paper Use

Fact: The average American office worker uses 10,000 sheets of copy paper annually. If you ask us, that’s way too many virgin resources – especially in light of all the tech-savvy alternatives on the market. If you agree, check out ...

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9 Ways to Refinish Wooden Furniture

We've rounded up a handful of techniques you can use to refinish old furniture along with easy-to-understand tutorials. Click through to see what you can do to turn an eyesore into an attention-grabber.

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10 Health Remedies You Already Have in Your Kitchen

Before you go running to the drugstore at the first sign of aches, pains or those pesky spring sniffles, check your kitchen – the natural cure for what ails you might already be in your fridge or pantry.

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