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Wrap It Up: Week of May 4

Earth911, May 8th, 2009

What's been exciting this week on Earth911.com? Catch-up before a whole new week starts. Our Favorites: African Banana Crop Waste Used for Fuel Fried, raw, baked or even distilled into beer or wine, bananas are … Styrofoam to Power Biodiesel Engines Styrofoam used ... read more

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Snack Wrappers Get UpCycled

Jennifer Berry, May 8th, 2009

Feeling guilty about that bag of potato chips or candy bar you just had for lunch? We're not talking about calories here, but the waste made by non-recyclable packaging regularly generated while snacking. To start making a dent in this waste stream, Frito-Lay (think Lay's, Doritos, Tostitos and Cheetos) and Mars (Snickers, Winterfresh, Altoids and Pedigree) are teaming up with ... read more

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Published in Household


Cardboard Boat Racing Gains Popularity

Lori Brown, May 8th, 2009

Sink or swim- that's the question every cardboard boat captain must face on race day. After all, cardboard isn't usually the first material to come to mind when designing a seaworthy vessel. Preferred material or not, the popularity of cardboard boat, also called cardboard regatta, races continues to grow each year. Although its exact origins are up for debate, most believe ... read more

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EPA Recognizes Carpet Recyclers

Trey Granger, May 8th, 2009

Three carpet recycling programs were awarded for their efforts as part of the Carpet America Recycling Effort (CARE) Annual Conference, including Mohawk Industries as "Recycler of the Year." For Mohawk, which has been manufacturing carpet products for 120 years, the award was for its GreenWorks brand. In addition to producing this carpet line with renewable resources, such as corn, as well ... read more

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