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Check out IKEA’s Recyclable Cardboard Camera

Mother Nature Network, May 2nd, 2012

Written by John Platt, Mother Nature Network The next time you buy some furniture at IKEA, the retailer hopes you will go home and snap some photos of your self-assembled coffee table or bedroom set with IKEA's first digital camera. The KNÄPPA camera is a simple unit, comprised of a lens, a single circuit board, a cardboard body, two plastic screws and ... read more

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Tagged cardboard, catalogs, electronics, furniture, IKEA, recy, recycle, recycling

Published in Electronics, Paper


10 Funky Ways to Reuse Old Magazines

Mary Mazzoni, December 6th, 2011

Empty out those magazine racks! Here are 10 crafty ways to reuse old magazines, newspaper and junk mail. 1. Decoupage accessories If you or the kids have a pair of shoes, a backpack or even a T-Shirt that looks a little plain, why not spunk it up a bit using old magazine pages? This step-by-step tutorial from FaveCrafts.com teaches you ... read more

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Tagged book, catalogs, Crafts, DIY, furniture, magazines, mail, newspaper, recycling, reduce, reuse, reuseweekend, trees

Published in Paper


Your Guide to a Green Thanksgiving

Mary Mazzoni, November 22nd, 2011

It can be easy to forget being green in the midst of the menu-planning, grocery-buying and family networking that precedes most Thanksgiving celebrations. But with all the effort, time and money you put into this yearly tradition, why not make your Thanksgiving a little greener? We've compiled six ways to bring sustainability into your holiday - without skimping on the ... read more

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Tagged book, catalogs, energy, food, guide, kitchen, organic, oven, reduce, reuse, stove

Published in General


20 More Green Things in 20 Minutes

Mary Mazzoni, August 31st, 2011

It’s easy for eco-minded folks to forget that it’s often the little things that make the biggest difference. Making an impact doesn’t have to cost you loads of time or money. Last year we found 20 little things you can do to help the environment in less than 20 minutes. This year, we found 20 more. 1. Open those windows The ... read more

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Tagged appliances, book, catalogs, composting, computer, energy, food, fuel, ideas, kitchen, mail, medications, oil, packaging, recycle, reduce, reuse, sawdust, smartphone, trees, windows

Published in Household


8 Ways to Go Green in Spring

Amanda Wills, March 22nd, 2010

There's nothing we love more than great weather, sunlight and the perfect excuse to get back to nature. We won't bore you with those expected metaphors of spring and new beginnings. Instead, we've made a detailed of list of simple changes you can make this month that not only reduce your impact, but can also actually save you money. 1. Declutter your ... read more

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Tagged book, cardboard, catalogs, cfl, composting, dirt, energy, fuel, gas, grass, kitchen, leaves, led, magazines, newspaper, organic, pesticides, recycle, reduce, reuse, sawdust, stove, tin, windows, wood

Published in Household


New York’s ReMix Campaign Drives Magazine Recycling

Amanda Wills, March 26th, 2009

Verso Paper Corp., Time Inc. and the National Recycling Coalition announced magazine and catalog recycling has boosted to 29.3 percent due in large part to the January launch of the New York City ReMix campaign. The ReMix (Recycling Magazines is Excellent!) campaign started as the result of a study conducted by Time Inc. and Verso. The study found that 95 percent ... read more

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Tagged basics, catalogs, ideas, magazines, mixedpaper, noteworthy, recycle

Published in Paper


USPS Expands Lobby Recycling Program

Lori Brown, March 26th, 2009

The U.S. Postal Service has expanded its "Read, Respond, Recycle" program with the addition of 1,844 new lobby recycling locations this month. The program encourages proper mail recycling by offering convenient bins in more than 5,900 post office locations. Mail is classified as "mixed paper," a term used to describe recovered and recyclable paper that hasn't yet been sorted into ... read more

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Published in Paper


‘Recycle as You Shop’

Lori Brown, January 12th, 2009

As a nation, we've become fairly accustomed to recycling our newspapers. In fact, we recycle them at an approximate rate of 75 percent (a passing grade). Catalogs, magazines, phone books and other paper sources, on the other hand, are a much different story. Approximately 80 percent of catalogs and magazines are landfilled each year, along with an estimated 660,000 tons of ... read more

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Tagged basics, catalogs, computerpaper, ideas, magazines, mixedpaper, newspaper, noteworthy, phonebooks, whiteofficepaper

Published in Paper


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


The Economics of Paper Recycling

Jennifer Berry, September 29th, 2008

History Lesson Paper has come a long way from its initial creation in 105 A.D. when Ts'ai Lun, a Chinese court official, invented it. Made of bark, hemp and rags, this "paper" began a communications revolution.  The first paper mill in North America was founded in 1690 near Philadelphia, beginning the paper boon in the soon-to-be U.S. Today Recovered and recycled paper is ... read more

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Tagged basics, catalogs, curbside, ideas, magazines, mail, mixedpaper, newspaper, noteworthy, packaging, paperboard, recycle

Published in Paper


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