Leon Kaye

Leon Kaye

Leon Kaye is a freelance writer and journalist based in California. Editor of GreenGoPost.com, he also contributes to Triple Pundit and the UK’s Guardian Sustainable Business.



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Scrap Wood Finds New Life in Contemporary Korean Kitchens

Leon Kaye, February 16th, 2012

Busan, South Korea’s second largest city, is home to the country’s largest port and is the fifth busiest port in the world. With all those ships making stops in the sunny city of 3.6 million people, plenty of waste piles up, including scrap wood that encases a variety of goods. That wood sourced from across the globe does its job ... read more

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Tagged bath, bathroom, kitchen, paint, reduce, wood

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8 Companies That Make Money From Recycling

Leon Kaye, February 6th, 2012

With customers and stakeholders putting companies increasingly under the sustainability microscope, more businesses are realizing that waste is not a nuisance, but an opportunity to create revenue during uncertain economic times. Many companies, of course, have a revenue model solely based on waste management and recycling. Milorganite, for example, has been in business for over 85 years, turning Milwaukee’s ... read more

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Tagged cardboard, electronics, oil, packaging, Plastic, recy, recycle, recycling, steel, tin

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Think 2 Recycling Bins Are a Hassle? Try Sorting 34

Leon Kaye, January 25th, 2012

If you think recycling is a hassle, take a step across the Pacific Ocean to Kamikatsu, Japan. This small town of 2,000 residents on rural Shikoku Island has long taken waste separation to new heights and to what some in town feel is too extreme. Garbage collection centers located throughout the town host 34 different waste bins lined up for just ... read more

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Tagged curbside, recycling

Published in Household


What If We Had to Pay For the Food We Waste?

Leon Kaye, January 4th, 2012

About 40 percent of food is wasted in the U.S. But what would happen to that number if we were forced to pay for every pound we threw away? Leon Kaye travels to South Korea where tossing food hits means emptying your wallet. Are you an avid recycler and a composting fiend who feels burned that you're still paying the same ... read more

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Tagged curbside, food, organicwaste, recycling

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HOW TO: Travel Around the World on $75 a Day

Leon Kaye, December 9th, 2011

Journalist Leon Kaye has traveled around the world on a shoestring budget. He shares his top travel secrets for big experiences that take little money and leave behind an even smaller footprint. Travel can be a chore and is a hassle for a host of reasons: long lines at airports, restrictive frequent flier programs that are difficult to redeem and expensive ... read more

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Tagged bathroom, cosmetics, food, greentravel, student

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