Recyclers recover more than 100 million pounds of reusable materials from electronics each year. Recycling electronics helps reduce pollution that would be generated while manufacturing a new product and the need to extract valuable and limited virgin resources. It also reduces the energy used in new product manufacturing. If you combine consumer and non-consumer computer [...]
November 11, 2010
If you are one of the few who still has 8-tracks lying around, consider starting a recycled art project.
November 11, 2010
Stuck with an abundance of old cassette tapes, one family explores some creative reuse options.
November 11, 2010
An internal combustion unit that produces gas or steam, or that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy. As most electrical generators are gasoline-powered, they can be a source of air pollution, emitting carbon dioxide in particular.
November 10, 2010
A geographical zone for reporting and displaying air emissions information. Grid sizes vary depending on their use.
November 10, 2010
The arrangement or partitioning of land areas for various types of usage in cities, boroughs or townships.
November 10, 2010
A naturally occurring metal that is found in many types of rocks. Pure manganese is silver-colored, but does not occur naturally. It combines with other substances such as oxygen, sulfur, or chlorine.
November 10, 2010
Collecting and sending e-waste is made simple with GreenDisk’s ‘technotrash’ recycling program.
November 10, 2010
U.K.-based Jeremy May’s pieces of one-of-a-kind book jewelery are a combination of artistic beauty and topnotch reuse.
November 10, 2010
Worldwide aluminum recycler Alcoa recently partnered with 1-800-RECYCLING.com to debut a new kind of recycling iPhone app that is quickly winning over greenies and inspiring others to jumpstart their recycling efforts. With the Aluminate app, now available to download for free in the Apple App Store for iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads, Alcoa has combined [...]
November 10, 2010
Broken Bog has been recycling toilet wares for the past 30 years, thus preventing the unnecessary replacement of whole bathroom suites due to one broken piece.
November 9, 2010
Also known as 2-Hexanone, methyl n-butyl ketone, MBK, or propyl acetone, it is a clear, colorless liquid with a sharp odor. It was used in the past in paint and paint thinner, to make other chemical substances, and to dissolve oils and waxes. It is no longer made or used in the United States because it has harmful health effects.
November 9, 2010