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Vote For Your Favorite Reuse Design

Amanda Wills, April 27th, 2010

The Ultimate Reuse Challenge called on the Earth911 staff to come up with creative ways to reuse common and hard-to-recycle plastics. Over the past three weeks, we have featured the top designs. Readers can vote for their favorite design, and the winning designer will get a donation to his or her favorite charity. Here are the projects: CD Case Bird Feeder Matt Saling – ... read more

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Ultimate Reuse Challenge

Amanda Wills, April 5th, 2010

We like to consider ourselves a bunch of creative people here at Earth911, so most our staff was on board and excited about the Ultimate Reuse Challenge. Because plastics are one of the most abundant materials in the waste stream, our task was to create and reuse a specific type of plastic in an original, funny or creative manner. Over the ... read more

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Shareholders Could Drive Starbucks’ Recycling Advancements

Lori Brown, March 30th, 2010

Though recycling was not a major focus of Starbucks' annual shareholder meeting last week in Seattle, 11 percent of shareholders made it clear that they wanted to see increased recycling efforts, leading many to question the coffee giant's future plans on this topic. The recycling measure (proposal 3 on the proxy) expectedly did not pass, but it did spark the ... read more

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Inside Plastic Bans

Amanda Wills, March 8th, 2010

San Francisco made history when it became the first city to officially ban plastic shopping bags in 2007, making it a pioneer of a rapidly growing trend - the outlawing of common to-go plastic products, such as bags and foam polystyrene containers. In many cases, the main objective when passing these types of bans or fees is to ultimately reduce ... read more

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Debunked Plastic Myths

Trey Granger, March 1st, 2010

What's your impression of plastic? Is it better or worse than other forms of packaging (such as glass, metal and paper), and how did you form this opinion? There is a lot of information distributed throughout the green world about plastic, and not much of it is positive. Before you write this material out of your life, let's evaluate a few ... read more

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Chicago Considers Ban on Foam To-Go Containers

Trey Granger, February 22nd, 2010

Chicago may soon become the latest city to ban the use of polystyrene foam in city businesses, based on a proposed ban that was presented to the City Council last week, according to The Chicago Sun-Times. If passed, the ban would impose fines of $300 for the first offense and $500 for additional violations for businesses that distribute foam plastic. The ... read more

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Scientists Use Fungi to Break Down BPA

Trey Granger, February 9th, 2010

Indian scientists Mukesh Doble and Trishul Artham have determined that plastics containing Bisphenol A (BPA) are able to decompose faster that untreated plastics, which may provide a solution for how to dispose of these products, according to ScienceDaily. The experiment involved adding three different kinds of fungi to both types of plastic and evaluating the growth after one year. The ... read more

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Hey Music Lovers! Don’t Toss Your CDs

Amanda Wills, January 20th, 2010

If you've made the switch to MP3 downloads, chances are you've got a box in your garage that's full of CD cases from artists that were less than forgettable (this author admits to still holding on to the Macarena single). But if you haven't made the digital jump, we've got some news: You're way behind. As of September 2009, Apple ... read more

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Tagged basics, cdsanddvds, ideas, noteworthy, number6plasticpolystyrene

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Plastic Q & A

Jennifer Berry, January 11th, 2010

Even though recycling has been around for decades, there's still a great deal to learn about it. Especially as our focus on environmental issues as a nation continues to rise, our collective knowledge about sustainable options like recycling is more crucial than ever. But let's be honest for a moment: You can't know everything. Maybe you know a bit, and ... read more

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Clean Up Your Holidays

Jennifer Berry, January 4th, 2010

Get out the packing boxes and old newspaper - it's time to clean up your holidays! What a whirlwind season it's been. With everything that happened in 2009, 2010 is sure to be another monumental year for all things green. But enough about the grander scale, let's get down to business: How are you going to get the holidays wrapped and ... read more

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