Steve Uydess

Steve Uydess

Steven Uydess is an educator and freelance writer/editor. He lives in Seattle, and loves living between and exploring the nearby mountains and ocean.



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A Common Thread

Steve Uydess, October 27th, 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. As a purveyor of outdoor clothing and equipment, Patagonia has a long record of commitment to the protection of the outdoor environments its costumers love to ... read more

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Tagged basics, ideas, noteworthy, plasticbottles, recycle, reduce

Published in Clothing


A Brief History of the Battery

Steve Uydess, October 13th, 2008

Society's need for energy has long guided the course of technological development. From steam to electric, petroleum to nuclear, the modern world is in constant need of power. Yet, despite the many large-scale advances in power generation, it was the ability to capture, shrink and store power in batteries that ushered in so many of the modern conveniences we now ... read more

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Tagged basics, carbatteries, energy, ideas, mercury, noteworthy, rechargeablebatteries, singleusebatteries

Published in Hazardous


Which Batteries to Use? The Debate Keeps Going, Going

Steve Uydess, October 6th, 2008

The dawn of the internet and the Information Age generated tremendous new demand for power, as companies built their own networks and shifted to computer-based operations. Additionally, as technology shrinks to more portable proportions, more and more of that power will come from batteries. New batteries certainly look shiny and clean and easy to dispose; however, as anyone who has left ... read more

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Tagged basics, batteries, carbatteries, ideas, lead, noteworthy, rechargeablebatteries, recycle, reduce, singleusebatteries

Published in Hazardous


The Seven Cycles of Recycled Paper

Steve Uydess, September 29th, 2008

Paper, it is said, can be recycled up to seven times. Taken with the fact that recycled paper is also cheaper and easier to convert to pulp than wood, it makes an ideal candidate for collection and reuse. But what exactly are these seven cycles, and what happens to paper after this point? In order to answer these questions, we ... read more

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Tagged basics, book, catalogs, copier, ideas, magazines, mail, newspaper, noteworthy, phonebooks, recycle, reuse, whiteofficepaper, wood

Published in Paper


From Forest to Board Room

Steve Uydess, September 22nd, 2008

There is no escaping America’s demand for box of cereal or a six-pack of your favorite beverage. In fact, Americans use nearly 750 pounds of paper products per year, per person – that’s almost a third of all the paper produced worldwide. Yet, few people understand the process by which these ubiquitous products find their way from the forests into our ... read more

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Tagged basics, cardboard, ideas, mail, mixedpaper, newspaper, noteworthy, packaging, productstewardship, recycle, trees, wood

Published in Paper


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