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Recycling empty plastic bottles might seem humdrum when you’re tossing them into that blue bin, but what they can become after that might surprise you. Earth911 and the International Bottled Water...
View ArticleWhat if Saving Water Was a Sport?What if Saving Water Was a Sport?
After competing in a sport, the first thing most athletes do is hit the showers. But what if showering itself was the sport? That's the idea behind "Showering for Glory," a hilarious new video aimed at...
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Last week, Newsweek teamed up with The Daily Beast to unveil the magazine's fourth annual Green Rankings, recognizing America's greenest companies. Lowe's was included in Newsweek's "2012 Green...
View Article9 Crazy Cool Ways to Keep Trash Out of Landfills9 Crazy Cool Ways to Keep...
Fighting waste seems like a pretty simple concept. Reduce the amount of trash you produce in the first place. Reuse what you can. Recycle the rest. But some materials and circumstances require more...
View ArticleWhat's Being Done to Fight the World's Food Waste Problem?What's Being Done...
Every year, 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted by consumers and retailers around the world. This is more than the net total food production of Sub-Saharan Africa, and enough to feed the...
View ArticleWatch: How Plastic Gets RecycledWatch: How Plastic Gets Recycled
We know that plastics are recyclable. We also know that it can be tricky to find recycling solutions for some types of plastics, easier for others, and that once it's properly collected and processed,...
View ArticleWatch: How Paper Gets RecycledWatch: How Paper Gets Recycled
Paper makes up 29 percent of municipal solid waste in the U.S., according to the EPA, making it the most thrown away material in the country. At the same time, Americans recycle nearly 63 percent of...
View ArticleWatch: How Metal Gets RecycledWatch: How Metal Gets Recycled
Metal recycling is hot. Steel is the most recycled material in North America, according to the Steel Recycling Institute, with more steel recycled than paper, aluminum, plastic and glass combined....
View ArticleKitchen Composting Works for Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerKitchen Composting...
One of the largest contributors to home-based composting piles is kitchen waste. Scraps from meal preparations as well as cooking supplies can be added to a compost bin and, in turn, contribute to your...
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