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Pedi-curing the Landfill Problem

makeupu, November 2nd, 2007

Cherelynn Baker is a contributing writer for Earth 911. Become an Earth 911 contributor. I love pedicures, do you? How about toxic formaldehyde-filled bottles of polish that can't be recycled and could cause hard to eradicate fungus to grow in your body? Since our culture loves nail polish and pedicures, I have some solutions to how we can make a better botanical ... read more

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Tagged basics, brush, greenstyle, ideas, noteworthy, otherglass, paint, recycle, reduce, reuse, trees

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KAB, Sprint Team Up for the ‘Cell Phone Round-Up’

Trey Granger, November 2nd, 2007

Stamford, CT — Join Keep America Beautiful (KAB), Sprint and ReCellular in recycling some of the 130 million retired cell phones as part of The Cell Phone Round-Up campaign celebrating America Recycles Day on November 15. The goal of the Round-Up is to raise awareness about cell phone recycling and collect retired cell phones to benefit KAB. Keep ... read more

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Tagged basics, cellphone, ideas, lead, noteworthy, recycle, tires

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Recycle Old E-Waste at UNR Event

Trey Granger, November 2nd, 2007

The Reno Gazette Journal reports that University of Nevada, Reno will be hosting a free electronics recycling event on Saturday sponsored by the University's Department of Environmental Health and Safety. The goal is to recycle at least 100 tons of e-waste. Accepted items will include used computers, monitors, keyboards, mice, cables, power supplies, printers, fax machines, cell phones, televisions, DVD ... read more

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Tagged basics, computers, dvdplayer, ideas, noteworthy, recycle, television, vcr

Published in Electronics


For an Eco-Safe Celebration

Trey Granger, November 2nd, 2007

The Hindu reminds those looking to celebrate Deepavali (also known as Diwali, for fans of The Office) to practice the five R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink and Refuse. Deepavali is the Festival of Lights in India, and thus it results in lots of fireworks displays and light displays on houses. This article suggests continuing the old tradition of lighting ... read more

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