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PET Bottle Recycling Tops 1.5 Billion Pounds

Mary Mazzoni, October 13th, 2011

After staying about the same for two years, the volume of PET bottles recycled in the U.S. increased to 1.5 billion pounds in 2010 – up 113 million pounds from the year before, according to a recent report. Total PET collected for recycling in 2010 was at its highest to date, as was the use of recycled PET in end-use applications, ... read more

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Tagged number1plasticPETE, plasticbottles, recycle

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6 Examples of Pricey, Trash-Based Art

Mother Nature Network, October 13th, 2011

You probably don't think, "this'll sell for thousands of dollars!" as you toss packaging or a bottle into the recycling bin. But many artists look at discarded materials in a different way — and have capitalized on the low (read: no) cost of this particular type of "art supply." Turning those scraps into beautiful and profitable works, artists from ... read more

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Tagged aluminum, computer, grass, ireland, kitchen, mail, metal, oil, packaging, recycle, reuse, steel, toys

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What’s the Deal With Tree-Free Chardonnay?

Mary Mazzoni, October 13th, 2011

When you’re browsing the shelves at your local wine distributor, you may come across a curious bottle: Yellow Tail Tree-Free Chardonnay. Tree-Free? Does that mean the Australian wine label is greening up to save the planet? Well, yes and no. Casella Wines, the vineyard that produces Yellow Tail wines, dreamed up the idea more for flavor than for environmental ... read more

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Tagged food, organic, trees, wood

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Help Your Supermarket Cut Food Waste

Marisa McNatt, October 13th, 2011

The average U.S. food store sends to the landfill more than 1,300 pounds of food waste per employee per year, according to a 2006 study looking at waste management practices typical of different industry groups. Supermarkets employed about 2.5 million people in 2008, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics. That means about 3.25 billion pounds of food ... read more

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Tagged composting, food, organic, packaging, recycling, reduce

Published in Household


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