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VIDEOS: EPA Names Best Green Apps
This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the winners of its “Apps for the Environment” challenge, which encouraged developers to use EPA data to create new and innovative smartphone and web applications.
“Innovators from across the country have used information to help people protect our health and the environment,” EPA’s Chief Information Officer Malcolm Jackson said in a statement. “The winners of the Apps for the Environment challenge demonstrate that it’s possible to transform data from EPA and elsewhere into applications that people can use.”
Check out the five winners:
Winner, Best Overall App: Light Bulb FinderNeed to upgrade your home’s lighting … read more
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Light Bulbs
Light bulbs are excellent candidates for recycling, because their materials, like glass and aluminum, are highly valued recyclables. Certain types of bulbs are accepted by major retailers as part of a take-back program and others can be disposed of at a household hazardous waste (HHW) facility.
