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California Family Approaches Zero Waste

You recycle your junk mail and your water bottles, you bought some new energy-efficient light bulbs and you bring your own shopping bags to the grocery store. You feel pretty good about your green self, right? Well, meet the Johnson family of Mill Valley, Calif. All of their household trash for the past six months takes...

Bead Recycling Program Gives New Life to Carnival Throws

NEW ORLEANS -- Mardi Gras may be fun, but it isn't exactly green. Excess is the name of the game, and New Orleans delivers. A single rider on a parade float might throw more than 3,000 beads –- and there are hundreds of riders in each of the city's 40-plus parades. The result is a vast sea of beads, millions of them...

Italy Says 'Ciao' to Plastic Bags in 2011

Starting Saturday, Italians will have only one answer to the question, "Paper or plastic?" Shops and supermarkets across Italy are doling out their last plastic bags today, before a nationwide ban forces them to swap plastic for more environmentally friendly paper or fabric bags. Italy is Europe's biggest consumer of...

Trash Cops Cost Budget-Strapped LA $1 Million

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 5) -- A little-known regulation is costing the city's taxpayers at least $1 million a year to employ trash cops to root through bins and tag residents who don't separate the paper and bottles from the coffee grounds and chicken bones. In an era in which the City of Angels is trying to stay afloat with a...

'Frugalista' Wants Thanksgiving Dinner for 6 -- For Less Than $1

(Nov. 15) -- A professional "frugalista" is attempting what may be his biggest challenge yet: purchasing a complete Thanksgiving dinner for six people for less than $1 -- total. Jeffrey Strain writes about ways to save cash at Grocery Coupon Guide, and he was inspired to do his cheapskate challenge after attempting a...

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LatAm's largest garbage dump closes in Brazil

Brazil's Jardin Gramacho, a gigantic trash dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro that was considered Latin America's largest, finally closed on Sunday and will now begin undergoing a process of environmental recovery.

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Mattias Wallander: School's Out! (But Recycling Is Forever)

The general sense is that kids can be persistent, stubborn and even throw tantrums when they don't get what they want.

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Expo Line Landscaping Lunacy

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is on the verge of making a decision that would be as ridiculous as The Nature Conservancy choosing a corporate fleet of Hummers.

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Fusion Energy

What if there was an inexhaustible form of carbon-free, clean energy that was available 24/7, rain or shine, and was no larger than existing fossil fuel plants?

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Lawsuit Planned Over Massive Dump

An environmentalist group announced Wednesday it will be filing a lawsuit against utility company FirstEnergy over alleged environmental violations at the 1,700-acre Little Blue Run coal ash impoundment, marking a major escalation in the group's attempts to close the site down.

recycling News From the Web

06/04/12 Recycling is big business Source: News Democrat - Georgetown OH The Adams Brown Recycling Center, outside Georgetown, had a chance to meet with the community this week.
06/04/12 Coming to Ardmore "Family GreenFest" Source: Main Line Media News - Ardmore PA When state Rep. Tim Briggs and the Ardmore Initiative decided last year to merge two popular community events, the result was â in all the right ways â a hybrid.
06/03/12 Ask Waste Watchers: What can I take to the Wolcott... Source: Vail Trail - Vail CO Can I get a list of all of the items that are accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste facility?
06/03/12 India's top green hotels Source: The Economic Times - India The phrase 'green hotel' is searched 2,900 times on Google in India-the 12-month average of user queries-and 60,500 times across the globe.
06/03/12 Palm Beach County alleges hauler avoided dump fees by... Source: The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL For the second time in barely more than a year, the Solid Waste Authority has accused one of its haulers of improperly trucking thousands of tons of homegrown trash south to Broward County - a move that it says cost Palm Beach County more than $119,000 in dumping fees.

Background on recycling

Recycling is processing used materials (waste) into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production.

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