Chad Burnham

Chad Burnham

Chad Burnham is a freelance writer contributing to Earth911.com. He is also a Biologist and Environmental Advocate for a North Carolina based biotech company.



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The Future of Recycling

Chad Burnham, November 10th, 2008

Since the environmental revolution of 1970’s, we have seen the national recycling rate rise to almost 33 percent. However, this still means that 55 percent of post-consumer materials end up in a landfill, and 12 percent more is still being incinerated. Resource Recycling recently released an article reporting the results of a survey of nearly 300 domestic recycling coordinators ... read more

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Tagged basics, batteries, cellphone, computers, ideas, lead, mp3player, noteworthy, rechargeablebatteries, recycle, reduce, reuse, singleusebatteries, television

Published in General


Eye Spy Green

Chad Burnham, November 3rd, 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. Millions of people rely on store-bought reading glasses for their vision needs. If you’ve ever walked by one of those kiosks at a department store, then ... read more

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Tagged basics, clearglass, eyeglasses, ideas, noteworthy, number1plasticPETE, number2plasticHDPE, number3plastic, number4plasticLDPE, number5plasticPolypropylene, recycle, reduce, reuse

Published in Household


Stroyfoam Bans: Here to Stay?

Chad Burnham, June 23rd, 2008

While most cities rely on consumers to recycle Styrofoam, there are roughly 100 cities across the U.S. that have adopted a ban or strict regulations on Styrofoam or polystyrene food packaging. Most cities with the ban require restaurants, food service providers, vendors, supermarkets as well as city government buildings to use biodegradable food containers as an alternative. A main factor ... read more

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Tagged basics, ideas, noteworthy, packaging, pvc, recycle, reduce, styrofoam

Published in Plastic


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