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Md. Passes Law Requiring Apartment Recycling

Christina Caldwell, May 24th, 2012

Recycling in apartment building can sometimes be a difficult feat. If your complex does not offer recycling bins, your only option is to bag up the recyclables and haul them to the nearest drop-off site. Maryland thinks there has to be a better way. Earlier this month, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed a bill into law that makes it mandatory ... read more

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Tagged paper, Plastic, recycle, recycling

Published in Household


Company Empowers Power Consumers to Save

Mother Nature Network, May 23rd, 2012

Written by Melanie Lasoff Lewis, Mother Nature Network It's often said that knowledge is power. In the case of Opower, knowledge about power is what drives this 5-year-old online customer engagement platform. The company’s Home Energy Reports personalize utility bills and provide energy-efficiency tips for some 13 million American households, all customers of 70 utility companies throughout the country, including ... read more

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Tagged energy, government, reduce

Published in Household


Stop Shaving, Save Water: How Far Can You Grow?

Nate Lipka, May 23rd, 2012

The average shave uses 5 gallons of water. The average beard is awesome. Your directive is clear. Budweiser recently launched its "Grow One. Save a Million" campaign, a push to save a million gallons of water by encouraging people to abstain from shaving. Participating in the campaign is simple: Once Facebook users "like" Bud's page, ... read more

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Tagged water

Published in General


Reverse Vending Machines Pay Out in New Ways

Christina Caldwell, May 22nd, 2012

Every day, vending machines around the world pump out countless drinks and snacks, bringing with them the packaging waste to match, but what if they did the reverse? What if, after you’re done with your bottle, you can feed it back to vending machine for cash that can then be transferred to you or someone in need? The idea read more

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Tagged competition, energy, packaging, PET, Plastic, recycle, recycling, student, students, trash

Published in General


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Kids Petition Crayola to Recycle Markers

Mother Nature Network, May 18th, 2012

Written by Jenn Savedge, Mother Nature Network A group of elementary school students concerned about the environmental impact of Crayola products has launched Crayola: Make Your Mark!, a fast-growing campaign on Change.org that has already gained more than 59,000 signatures. The students, kindergarten through fifth-graders at Sun Valley School in San Rafael, Calif., are part of a Green Team called ... read more

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Tagged Plastic, recy, recycle, recycling, student, students

Published in Plastic


Microsoft to go 100 Percent Carbon Neutral

Christina Caldwell, May 18th, 2012

One of the world’s largest corporations is about to make a huge swing toward going green. Just over a month remains for software giant Microsoft to meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by July 1. Earlier this month, CEO Kevin Turner posted on the company's official blog that Microsoft pledges to make all direct operations carbon neutral – ... read more

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Tagged computer, computers, electronics, energy, reduce

Published in General


EcoBorder Turns Old Tires into Landscape Edging

Christina Caldwell, May 17th, 2012

If you toss out an old tire and let it sit in a landfill, in 100 years, it will still look like a tire. No biological organisms are known to be able to break down the durable nature of vulcanized rubber, which is a great thing when the tires are on your car, but not so great read more

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Tagged paint, recy, recycle, recycled, recycling, tires

Published in Automotive, Garden


Special Delivery: New Modular Homes Go Anywhere

Mother Nature Network, May 16th, 2012

Written by Matt Hickman, Mother Nature Network There’s a new modern green prefab company on the scene gearing up to produce sleek, factory-built homes that no doubt possess a couple of deceiving, shipping container-ish traits including, most notably, an easy-to-transport nature and rectangular form. But when it comes down to it, these modular beauties are anything but shipping container homes. ... read more

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Tagged Construction, electric, energy, led, prefab, recy, recycle, recycled, recycling, shipping, water, windows, wood

Published in Construction


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16 Billion Beverage Containers Recycled in Calif. Last Year

Christina Caldwell, May 16th, 2012

California might be the most populous state in the country at nearly 38 million people, but it's high recycling rates are still staggering. According to CalRecycle’s Biannual Report of Beverage Container Sales, Returns, Redemption, and Recycling Rates, released last week, Californians recycled over 16 billion beverage containers in 2011. The recycling rate stayed basically flat from the year before, ... read more

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Tagged aluminumcan, aluminumcans, country, plasticbottle, plasticbottles, recycle, recycled, recycling

Published in Plastic


Help Save 571,230,000 Pounds of Paper Towels

Nate Lipka, May 15th, 2012

13 billion pounds of paper towels are used in the U.S. every year. If all Americans used one less paper towel a day, 571,230,000 pounds of paper would be spared over the course of the year. One man has a simple strategy to make it happen. Joe Smith, former District Attorney for Oregon's Umatilla County and former chair of ... read more

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Tagged compost, paper, Portland, recycling

Published in Paper


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