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Christmas Trees in California Are Green in More Ways Than One

Trey Granger, November 12th, 2007

San Diego, CA—With the Christmas season just around the corner, the Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association is busily preparing to harvest this year’s crop of environmentally safe, family grown trees. More than 90 percent of the Christmas trees purchased in California each year come from Washington and Oregon. Beginning in mid-November, farmers will start harvesting these trees—which are farmed like any ... read more

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Published in Garden


Turning Plastic Bags into Steel

Trey Granger, November 12th, 2007

Australia's Herald Sun features an article on the company OneSteel's efforts to use plastic bags to provide energy for producing steel. The plastic bags will replace materials like coal, which contains carbon used in the process of creating steel in a furnace. Plastic bags are primarily made of polyethylene, which also contains carbon. Plastic bags will be able to replace up ... read more

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Brenham Facility Will Observe Texas Recycles Day

Trey Granger, November 12th, 2007

The Brenham Banner-Press reports that the city's recycling center will be celebrating Texas Recycles Day with two days of free hot dogs and soft drinks for visitors to the center. The center will also be providing a free 18-gallon recycling bin to the first 500 visitors. The special events will take place on Thursday, November 15 (which is also America ... read more

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Trash is Cash

laurel77, November 12th, 2007

Laurel Peltier is a contributing writer for Earth 911. Become an Earth 911 contributor. Don’t throw that soda can out; it’s worth a lot! "You know it all gets burned." The view that recycling is either costly, or it is burned or dumped is common in Maryland. In 2005, Maryland’s Department of the Environment reported that over 39 percent of Maryland’s ... read more

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Published in Metal


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