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Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed into law a bill designed to cut down on the amount of computers and other electronics dumped in landfills.
The federal government's Energy Star logo is starting to take on more meaning as Americans pay attention to green products, including HDTVs, many of which use less power than older CRT sets.
Frustrated by inaction in Congress, a growing number of states are trying to reduce the rising tide of junked TVs, computers and other electronics that have become one of the nation's fastest-growing waste streams.
After working out at a gym, Amy Mahaffy dropped off a half-dozen glass jars in a city recycling container before heading home.
A federally funded program launching in November will offer rebates on new energy-efficient appliances, but details of the program will vary by state and are still unclear.
Not all auto recyclers are relishing the government's new cash for clunkers program, which requires car dealers to destroy the gas-guzzlers they get as trade-ins from new car buyers.
Going green helped a woman rob an Austin bank. The Travis County Sheriff's Office says a woman held up a bank Tuesday and apparently used a recyclable grocery bag to haul away the greenbacks.
Enticed by a BlackBerry? Crazy for an iPhone? I am. But before I ditch my cell phone for something snazzier, I’m taking a moment to consider what the future holds for my old device. Will this outdated cell end up bouncing around the back of a drawer with other obsolete phones? Or will my old cell phone live on my desk as a makeshift paperweight? Perhaps my toddler will bury it in the backyard with a handful of his puzzle pieces and one blue sock. Or maybe it will end up in the trash.
Sixty-three governments approved a U.N. convention Friday that aims to make the business of scrapping the world's freighters, luxury liners and oil tankers safer and greener by requiring higher standards at recycling yards mostly located in South Asia.
The National Mall, known as America's "front yard" and stretching from the U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, is finally getting a recycling program.
Pushed aside for the latest models, many of our old cell phones pile up in drawers, closets, garages and other out-of-the-way places where it’s easy to stash and forget them. Worse, some of them wind up in landfills, where their toxic elements are left to fester and contaminate the environment.
Norm Steenstra's budgeting worries mount with each new load of cardboard, aluminum cans and plastics jugs dumped at West Virginia's largest county recycling center.
As a hungry grad student, Brandon Mendelson can sum up his financial status in two painful words: “broke” and “desperate.” He needs quick cash to help cover his living expenses, including food and health insurance.
Dell Inc. and office-supply vendor Staples Inc. are working together to offer free recycling for Dell computers, printers and other products.
Forklifts rumble around the scrapyard, grabbing pieces of metal and plunking them on scales: Will the junk be worth a tank of gas or a cart of groceries?
Haitians facing widespread unemployment or a minimum wage of less than US$2 a day are turning to the junk that litters the streets for survival.
Under pressure to help dispose some of the electronic waste it helped create, Best Buy Co. is testing a free program that will offer consumers a convenient way to ensure millions of obsolescent TVs, old computers and other unwanted gadgets don't poison the nation's dumps.
Here’s the type of conundrum that Wendy Richardson often finds herself debating: If she is three miles from her office and realizes she has forgotten her reusable water bottle, is it more environmentally friendly to drive her Toyota Prius hybrid back to get it, or to walk 100 feet to a convenience store and buy a bottle of water?
Erik Hodne's Denver basement contains two computers, two printers, a stereo receiver, two VCRs, six cell phones, three cordless phones and two Palm Pilots.
People who want to recycle small electronics can do so free under a test program at about 1,500 post offices.
The struggle to keep soaring medical costs in check is feeding an increase in state programs that collect unused prescription drugs to give away to the uninsured and poor.
Japan will urge citizens to carry their own chopsticks instead of using disposable ones and go shopping with their own bags instead of using plastic ones, in a bid to more than halve the garbage it produces.
When San Francisco became the first U.S. city to prohibit large grocery stores and pharmacies from distributing disposable plastic bags in March 2007, it appeared to have sparked a trend. At least a dozen other cities, counties and states were soon considering proposals to ban or severely restrict distribution of what many environmentalists consider a wasteful and harmful product.
A national recycling coalition says television manufacturers need to make it easier for American consumers to safely dispose of aging TVs, which can seep lead and other hazardous chemicals into the soil around dumps, often in China, Nigeria and other countries.
In advanced countries, someone whose cell phone breaks down or becomes outdated usually tosses it and gets a new, fancier model. Ditto for the DVD player, Sony PlayStation, and even radios and watches.
Junk artist' Gabriel Dishaw re-creates favourite shoes from computer partsThe artist Gabriel Dishaw spent three weeks working with waste material from old computers to re-create his favourite trainers as "junk art". The Nike sculpture is part of a series of shoes by the artist, from Carmel, Indiana, that revisits classic trainer silhouettes.
Fresh Photos of Fresh Kills: A Landfill TransformedWhen New York City decided to turn its 4.6-square-mile Fresh Kills landfill into a recreational nature area three times the size of Central Park, city officials touted it as "the park project of our time."
North Mason Fiber: Environmental Stewardship Close to HomeOn a typical week, hundreds of tons of solid waste is hauled to Belfair and recycled into new products.
Our surroundings or environment was given by God not only for our own use but also for the next generation or those who will exist next to us.
Urban Growth Versus Global WarmingHouses on stilts, small scale energy generation and recycling our dishwater are just some of the measures that are being proposed to prepare our cities for the effects of global warming.
Greening Your Battery Usage The nice folks over at Earth911.com have published a list of helpful tips for using batteries in a more environmentally friendly way.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - A PrimerIn recent months, media outlets and some celebrities have turned the spotlight on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Recycling business owned by city adviser cited for 16 code violationsA recycling business owned by the chairman of a City of Austin solid waste commission was cited this summer for 16 city code violations that total $20,400 in fines.
Good Way To End Paper Recycling Completely: Make Ethanol Motor Fuel From Waste PaperToday's printing and writing papers commonly have 20-30% recycled content. For fiber packaging materials, 60 to 100% recycle content is typical. It took decades for industry to reach those levels.
Homeless man nearly recycled along with Union City trashHe was in a large recycling bin full of cardboard boxes behind a Taco Bell at 34525 Alvarado Niles Road about 5:30 a.m. Monday when the incident happened.
Energy-from-waste powers US armyQinetiq say that the system, already in use on British navy ship HMS Ocean, has been "containerised" for US army use. The approach could see use in urban areas, reducing municipal waste volume by 95% while producing energy.
America Is a Toxic Dump (country of wasteful ways)we have become such a disposable society that we are one of the top garbage producers in the world, dumping an estimated 254 million tons a year, less than a third of which is recycled. That's enough rubbish to fill more than 82,000 football fields packed six feet deep.
It's Time to Sack Plastic Bags50 reasons to stop using plastic shopping bags Even recycling them is not a good solution.
11-Year Old Girl Runs Her Own BusinessLogan Prysiazniuk is making money and going green at the same time. She runs a business, taking old sweaters and making them into scarves.
11 Creative Ways to Reuse Packing PeanutsI've always hated those foam packing peanuts that fly out of the box and end up everywhere whenever you open a mail order package. They seem to be a product designed more to annoy the recipient than to protect the recipient's cargo.
The Environmental Cost of a Free Canvas BagIt's difficult to pinpoint when the canvas tote craze really started. The concept isn't new, of course. Public television stations have been giving them away during fundraisers for decades, and L.L. Bean's "Boat and Tote" has been a New England staple even longer.
Envion Oil Generator turns plastic waste into oilThe ground-breaking Envion Oil Generator (EOG) gave its first public performance at the Montgomery County Solid Waste Transfer Station in Derwood, Maryland recently.
GNW - New program puts trash to wasteThis is one I'm proud of as it is about my local high school. Programs like the one here will help to create more responsible future leaders. It's always good news to see things that help the environment. From the article:
It's Time to Throw Out the Throwaway EconomyWhat sold throwaways was their convenience. For example, rather than washing cloth towels or napkins, consumers welcomed disposable paper versions.
B.C. Town Rallies to Stop Toxic Waste PlantWhen the residents of Christina Lake, also known as the Jewel of the Kootenays, heard there were plans to build a recycling centre in their small British Columbia town, they welcomed the news. A recycling centre would be a natural fit with the environmentally minded residents of …
Sex-toy recycling company and the iPhone orgasm appWaste not, want not; the mantra of 2009 is also the business plan of dreamscapes' Sex Toy Recycling Program. Stop giggling and read! This is environmentally responsible stuff.
Recycling is a religion for Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates The former legislator has a minuscule carbon footprint despite days filled with travel. He recycles and reuses at home. He owns no car but walks, and uses mass transit and a city CarShare program.
Even after CIWMB, mandates will remain - Ridgecrest, CA - Ridgecrest Daily IndependentA spokesman for the California Integrated Waste Management Board confirmed Monday that even when the five-member board is disbanded in January, the mandates set in the 12-point recycling plan it gave the City of Ridgecrest will remain.
Advertising - Tappening Starts a Campaign of Wry Lies Against Bottled WaterCAN an ad campaign turn bottled water into the new tobacco? To encourage the public to drink tap water rather than bottled, an environmental group's ads feature implausible "facts." The bottled water industry started it, the group says.
Pong over Pyrmont: big stink brews over Google's new Australian HQGoogle is on the nose with the workers and residents of Pyrmont, and it's got nothing to do with the quality of its products. A mystery pong has been lingering around the harbourside Sydney suburb for weeks.
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