Category Archives: Recycling

US Soldier Uses Recycled Materials to Make Super Cool Action Figures

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full post at Treehugger. It includes pictures. They really are amazing. This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in awhile. Private First Class Rupert Valero is currently stationed at Khandahar, Afghanistan, and to fill his spare time, he … Continue reading →

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How Do They Do It? – Airplane Recycling

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Laura B.

Watch the video to see how airplanes are recycled when they can’t fly anymore.

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How to Recycle ‘Weird’ Glass

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full post at Earth911. When it comes to recycling, knowing what not to put in the bin is sometimes just as important as getting the right materials in there in the first place. From the nuances of pizza … Continue reading →

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Webinar: Creative Reuse

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Laura B.

EPA’s Next Sustainable Materials Management (formerly RCC) Web Academy Thursday, February 17, 2011@ 1:00-2:30 PM (Eastern Time) To register visit: http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/rcc/web-academy/index.htm Creative Reuse Creative reuse, an increasingly popular trend, moves beyond the usual examples of reusing milk or soda bottles … Continue reading →

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UK business crushes cars for charity

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Laura B.

Watch the Reuters video. British start-up Giveacar raises money for charity by reselling or scrapping unwanted cars. Ruairidh Villar reports.

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Turning One Company’s Trash Into Another’s Treasure, RecycleMatch Brings Site Out Of Beta, Hires New CEO

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full story at TechCrunch. On Tuesday, RecycleMatch — a Houston-based startup that helps businesses sell or give away stuff to recyclers and manufacturers so that they don’t have to send it to a landfill — took its online … Continue reading →

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Machines eyeball trash for single-stream recycling

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full post at CNET. Who knew a warehouse full of garbage and conveyor belts could be so high-tech? Last Thursday, I had the chance to tour a single-stream recycling center here, where a suite of specialized machines has … Continue reading →

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New Survey Finds Most Americans Don’t Use, Recycle, or Want the White Pages

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Laura B.

WhitePages.com (www.whitepages.com) and its Ban the Phone Book (http://www.banthephonebook.org) initiative today announced the results from a December online survey conducted on its behalf by Harris Interactive. The survey shows that nearly 7 out of 10 American adults rarely or never … Continue reading →

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EPA’s Game Day Challenge Tally: 11 Midwest Universities Divert 130,0000 Pounds of Waste from Landfills

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full story from U.S. EPA. The results are in:  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 Game Day Challenge college football competition diverted 130,000 pounds of waste material from landfills in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.  This achievement … Continue reading →

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Here’s something I made earlier: Royal Engineer makes full-scale replica of a Harley Davidson entirely out of cardboard

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Daily Mail. It’s from July 2010, so it’s not recent, but it’s new to me. When he saw mountains of cardboard going to waste, Kenny Scott’s creativity went into overdrive. So the art student … Continue reading →

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