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Archive for November, 2010

  • Recycled Audio Cassette Tapes: A Top Secret Creative Weapon

    The nearly forgotten cassette tape is reusable in hundreds of ways — use this collection of reused cassettes to inspire your eco-craftiness!

    By Elizah Leigh

    November 9, 2010

  • Cassette Tape Crafts

    Reuse cassette tapes and their cases by making practical accessories in a few simple steps.

    By Wendy Gabriel

    November 9, 2010

  • ASU’s Bonny Bentzin Talks Sustainability on Campus

    The Director of Sustainable Business Practices at the Global Institute of Sustainability on campus tells us how the school has become an eco-leader.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    November 8, 2010

  • DIY Projects That Inspire You to Judge a Book by its Cover

    After you have turned the last page, a book’s usefulness increases exponentially.

    By Elizah Leigh

    November 8, 2010

  • Minimal Risk Level

    An estimate of the acceptable daily human exposure to a hazardous substance–likely to be without significant adverse effects, or to be cancerous over a specified duration of exposure.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    November 7, 2010

  • Toxicological Profile

    Information provided by the EPA and the Centers for Disease Control concerning a wide variety of hazardous substances. A toxicological profile summarizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects information for a specific hazardous substance.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    November 7, 2010

  • Creosote

    Creosote refers to a variety of products: wood creosote, coal tar creosote, coal tar, coal tar pitch, and coal tar pitch volatiles. These products are mixtures of many chemicals created by high-temperature treatment of beech and other woods, coal, or from the resin of the creosote bush. Creosote is considered a toxic substance as it affects the skin and liver.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    November 7, 2010

  • Transform Old CDs and DVDs into a Shiny New Roof

    Those CDs and DVDs collecting dust on your shelves could be protecting the roof above your head.

    By Beth Buczynski

    November 5, 2010

  • Mark Your T-Shirts SAVED

    One U.K. company is changing the perception of pre-worn T-shirts from stale to SAVED.

    By Jessica Bates

    November 5, 2010

  • Carbon Trading

    A market-based system that is meant to regulate greenhouse gas emissions responsible for global warming. The carbon market trades emissions under cap-and-trade schemes or with credits that pay for or offset GHG reductions.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    November 4, 2010

  • Cap and Trade System

    A type of system used for trading greenhouse gas emissions. It relies on a strict but feasible cap that decreases emissions over time.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    November 4, 2010

  • Terrestrial Sequestration

    The use of land, such as agricultural and forest land types, as areas for carbon sequestration.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    November 4, 2010

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