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Plastic Fish Taste Bad.

In a world with giant trash islands in the middle of the Pacific, it's only a... more

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Paradise Recycled: Architects Dream of Turning Great Pacific Garbage Patch Into Habitable Island

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a jumble of plastic trash that spans hundreds of... more

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Resource Recovery or Resource Loss?

Well what do you think? Burn baby burn!... more

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Kicking Waste to the Curb with Trashtastic Sports Balls

Think trash in Third World country streets is really just trash? Think again. One... more

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Whole Foods Puts A Cork In It; And By "It" I Mean Massive Recycling Program

Most people think of corks as something as important as a twist-off bottle cap, but... more

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United Kingdom Talk Tuesday 13th April 2010

Tuesday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on... more

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The "Plastiki" around the world to save the environment

A sailboat made of 12thousands plastic bottles left San Francisco 19 days ago and now... more

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Sunchips - Change is irresistible

VCAM for Sunchip's New 100% Compostable Chip Bag

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Art of Upcycling: 20 DIY Wood Pallet Reuse Project Ideas

Wooden pallets are often discarded and burned, so it's usually not hard to find a... more

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Can Apple's iPad Interactive Magazines Save Landfills?

Magazines are being printed in volumes every day, and the sheer bulk in waste is... more

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The Pen Guy Wants to Recycle A Million Pens

I have manged to glue about 10,000 used pens on my Mercedes Pens thanks to donation... more

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There's no app for that - San Francisco's tough new trash law

I was in my hometown of San Francisco a couple weeks ago for a friend's wedding. The trip also gave me an opportunity to visit my parents, who've lived in the same house in North Beach for over 30 years. While I was helping my mother clean up in the kitchen, she randomly asked me, slightly exasperated, “Do you think Gavin Newsom takes out his own trash?”

I gave her a look—the kind of puzzled one you only give your mother when she spurts out arbitrary thoughts from out of nowhere. At first, her random question about the mayor of San Francisco struck me as odd. But she went on to explain that Newsom had proposed a new law requiring everyone to separate their trash so that food waste would go into an entirely separate bin. That waste would be turned into compost and be used to fertilize land, rather than be dumped into a landfill hole. The new law was recently passed. Here are the specific guidelines:

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="San Francisco's Recycling Guidelines"][/caption]

Having grown up in San Francisco, the tenets of recycling and conservation in general were
instilled in me from a very young age (LONG before it was hip to be green). We never left lights on, never ran the water when we brushed our teeth, took five-minute showers and ALWAYS recycled. And if my parents caught me or my brother littering, God help us. (Just the other day while in the car, my friend threw his gum out the window and I almost lost it.) Let's just say that I was very aware of the environment from a very young age. So you’d think that this new city law wouldn’t have annoyed my mother the way it did.

But I realized that it does require a bit of effort, and the chore of “taking the garbage out” suddenly had newfound meaning. There is no way around it—residents have to physically separate their “wet garbage” from the rest of the trash. And unlike many of the issues we face in today’s world, there is no way technology is going to save us from this one. There is no app for being green...truly green.

My mom’s comment came just after she had gotten done “organizing” the trash for me to take out, and I think she was ready for a nap afterwards. But I think she’ll get used to it. San Francisco has managed to keep 72 percent of its garbage out of the landfill through recycling. And if San Franciscans embrace this new law, that number can only go up.

My guess is that Gavin Newsom probably doesn’t take his own trash out. But it won’t take long for my mom to be a pro at it if he ever needs pointers.

Read more about this new law here.

And listen to an NPR story about the topic here.
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Expired & "Waste" Meat Recycled 24-7 In a City Near You!

We've got to clean up what's left behind of the millions upon millions of... more

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Eco-Friendly Doggy Bags a New Concept For Japanese Diners

To combat chronic food waste, Japan has for the past year introduced diners to the... more

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15 Totally Recyclable Materials That Most Of Us Keep Forgetting About

If you're keen on stepping up your green lifestyle habits, take a minute to... more

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Kicking It Old School For Charity: A Rags To Riches Story

We throw away so many things on a regular basis, like holey, tattered clothing and... more

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Lush Art Landscapes Offer A Magical ‘Mother Nature Mystery Tour’

Offering pure artistic escapism at its finest, the work of painter and paper... more

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Poetic Pots From Recycled Books

With the recent rise in popularity of electronic readers such as the Amazon Kindle and... more

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Motherboard Art

Very cool design and took some great creativity by the artists.

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Recycled Action Figure Lamps

UK artist Ryan McElhinney paints and lacquers piles of action figures and toys around... more

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