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Taking Care of the Tiniest E-Waste

Libuse Binder, September 1st, 2008

The "Company Profile" is an Earth911.com series highlighting consumer goods and services making a difference through product stewardship and recycling. Products and services featured do not pay for placement and are not endorsed by Earth911.com. For many, the shift from floppy disks, cassettes and VHS tapes to CDs and DVDs seemed like a huge boon. It meant better quality and easy ... read more

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Tagged basics, cdsanddvds, ideas, noteworthy, recycle, tin, tires

Published in Electronics


It’s Not Easy Being Green

Frank Ali, September 1st, 2008

Frank Ali is the owner of Ink Invasions and has been helping New Yorkers recycle ink and toner cartridges for almost four years. His love for recycling is evident in the following article, describing a day in the life of his recycling company. I have been in this business for sometime now. I am proud to say that with help from ... read more

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Tagged basics, batteries, ideas, inkjetcartridge, noteworthy, recycle

Published in Electronics


Five Common Paper Contaminants

Trey Granger, September 1st, 2008

Contamination is everywhere when it comes to recycling. It most likely occurs because people want to recycle as much as possible, and figure that anything tossed in a recycling bin will be recycled in some way. Actually, the opposite is true, as contamination is the quickest way that an entire batch of recyclables will end up in a landfill because of ... read more

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Tagged adhesives, basics, cardboard, cookingoil, curbside, householdcleaners, ideas, newspaper, noteworthy, packaging

Published in Paper


Greening the Glossies

Libuse Binder, September 1st, 2008

The Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) recently launched a campaign to educate readers about the necessity and ease of recycling all magazines. The MPA is encouraging magazine publishers to run public service ads with such slogans as "Give Old Magazines a New Life" and "Go the Extra Mile, Recycle Your Pile." It is also asking publishers to commit to placing the ... read more

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Tagged basics, ideas, magazines, newspaper, noteworthy, paperboard

Published in Paper


8 Ways to Green Your Day Off

Trey Granger, September 1st, 2008

This story is part of Earth911’s “Green Eight” series, where we showcase eight ways to green your life in various areas. Unless you work in retail, you probably get Labor Day as a paid holiday. Days off may be few and far between, but that doesn't mean they can't be green. Here's eight ways to help out the environment on Labor ... read more

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Tagged basics, bath, batteries, bicycle, cfl, computermonitors, computers, energy, grass, ideas, mercury, mulch, noteworthy, oilfilters, rechargeablebatteries, recycle, reduce, shower, television, tires

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