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Houston Resists Recycling
Houston Resists Recycling, and Independent Streak Is Cited
HOUSTON — While most large American cities have started ambitious recycling programs that have sharply reduced the amount of trash bound for landfills, Houston has not.
The city’s shimmering skyline may wear the label of the world’s energy capital, but deep in Houston’s Dumpsters lies a less glamorous superlative: It is the worst recycler among the United States’ 30 largest cities.
Houston recycles just 2.6 percent of its total waste, according to a study this year by Waste News, a trade magazine. By comparison, San Francisco and New York recycle 69 percent and 34 percent of their waste respectively. Moreover, 25,000 Houston residents have been waiting as long as 10 years to get recycling bins from the city. Houston Resists Recycling, and Independent Streak Is Cited ... more -
Skip Polystyrene Styrofoam Cups and Plates
With picnic season here this is some good information. Most of us now know styrofoam is bad for the environment but did you know it can also be bad for your health? With picnic season here this is some good information. Most of us now know styrofoam is bad for the environment but did you know it ca... more
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Teen figures out how to decompose plastic bags in 3 months
For a science fair project, Canadian teenager Daniel Burd isolated the bacterial cultures that degrade plastic. He managed to create a formula that will degrade plastic in 3 months. Plastic normally takes years 1000 years to degrade. This is a great leap forward in terms of waste management; the world produces more than 500 million plastic bags per year, all of which will eventually all end up in landfills. For a science fair project, Canadian teenager Daniel Burd isolated the bacterial cultures that degrade plastic. He managed to create ... more
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Inchworm shoes - Shoes that grow as your kids feet grow!
The greatest new idea in kids' shoes, Inchworm shoes are designed with the exclusive I-Fit ® system, which allows the shoes to expand one whole size (in half-size increments) at the touch of a button, to keep up with ever-growing kids' feet. This extends the life of the shoes by 3-6 months. We estimate that we can save at least one pair (probably 2) of shoes a year for your child. With around 5 million children between1 the ages of 3 and 9 that’s 5 million pairs of shoes not going to waste– so your carbon footprint gets smaller as your kids’ footprints get bigger!
Stylish Italian design and very comfortable, Inchworm shoes are the shoes that kids will love to wear, and since they grow along with their feet, they'll get to wear them even longer! These shoes are extremely stable, always emphasizing the finest quality materials resulting in matchless comfort, highly durable lightweight with superior craftsmanship. Inchworm - the shoes that grow with your kids! The greatest new idea in kids' shoes, Inchworm shoes are designed with the exclusive I-Fit ® system, which allows the shoes to ex... more -
The Story of Stuff
What is the Story of Stuff?
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. What is the Story of Stuff? ... more -
Not San Diego!
"Floating Landfill" sounds, well, a little disturbing
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High-Tech Trash
People have always been proficient at making trash. Future archaeologists will note that at the tail end of the 20th century, a new, noxious kind of clutter exploded across the landscape: the digital detritus that has come to be called e-waste. People have always been proficient at making trash. Future archaeologists will note that at the tail end of the 20th century, a new, n... more
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Rubbish Charge to be Pay-As-You-Throw
Councils in England are to be given the power to introduce pilot schemes to charge households according to the amount of rubbish they throw away. The plan is to encourage recycling and composting, reducing the amount of rubbish dumped in landfills. Councils in England are to be given the power to introduce pilot schemes to charge households according to the amount of rubbish they ... more
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LANDFULL
LANDFULL was produced by Le Arsenal AV for Bag The Habit's REDUCE exhibition last June at the Lex Leonard Gallery in Jersey City, New Jersey. The video paints an every day picture of our throw-away culture from the rate at which we consume to the ease with which we discard. LANDFULL was produced by Le Arsenal AV for Bag The Habit's REDUCE exhibition last June at the Lex Leonard Gallery in Jersey City,... more
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lots of misplaced jewels recovered through 15 tons of landfill garbage
losing 10s of thousands of jewels in the garbage... and getting them all back through 15 tons of garbage... that's filthy lucky... losing 10s of thousands of jewels in the garbage... and getting them all back through 15 tons of garbage... that's filthy lucky..... more
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