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PHOTOS: Stunning Recycled Glass Countertops

Mary Mazzoni, January 30th, 2012

Americans generated 11.5 million tons of glass in 2010 - about 27 percent of which was recycled, according to the EPA. Nearly 90 percent of recycled glass is used to make new containers. But creative greenies are finding some slightly more unconventional uses for the material - filtering water, crafting jewelry and even decorating casinos. READ: ... read more

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Tagged bathroom, glass, kitchen, recycled, reuse

Published in Glass


VIDEO: Recycling Mattresses, Teaching Job Skills

Alexis Petru, January 30th, 2012

Although mattresses contain recyclable materials like metal and wood, the process of dismantling them is so labor intensive and cost prohibitive that most mattresses end up in the landfill. But Nashville-based nonprofit Spring Back Recycling is not only diverting unwanted mattresses from the dump, it’s also providing jobs and job training for men and women who were formerly incarcerated or ... read more

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Tagged mattresses, recycling, students

Published in Household


Why Ocean Trash is Everyone’s Problem

Leah Blunt, January 30th, 2012

Off the eastern coast of the U.S., out from the border between New Hampshire and Maine, the Isles of Shoals rest peacefully in the early morning. Underwater, whales feed, schools of fish flutter by, and yellow, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) clasp old cans, discarded lobster traps and other debris on the ocean floor. On the American Promise floating overhead, the ship’s ... read more

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Tagged number1plasticPETE, number2plasticHDPE, number3plastic, number4plasticLDPE, number5plasticPolypropylene, number6plasticpolystyrene, number7plastic, Plastic, plasticbags, plasticbottles

Published in Plastic


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