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Amazon fights a battle against wrap-rage

By Don Willmott , Forecast Earth Correspondent Posted Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:56pm PST for forecastearth 6 Comments

That frustration you feel when you can't open hermetically sealed clamshell-style packages without stabbing yourself with your scissors? Amazon is putting the tools in your hands to fight back. Read full post »
Related topics: Gifts, Media, Waste, Plastic
Lick It to the Curb: On food-waste collection

By grist@grist.org (Grist Staff) Posted Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:50pm PST for grist_ask_umbra 1 Comments

Food makes up about 12 percent of our garbage discards, is the bad news. The good? It's perfectly recyclable. Read full post »
Related topics: Food and Drink, Nature, Recycling, Composting, Waste, Compost
Sustainable plates for 20

By Trystan L. Bass Posted Thu Nov 6, 2008 1:28pm PST for greenpicks 0 Comments

Instead of loading up on disposable trash or expensive manufactured goods, add a little green to your Thanksgiving table (and I'm not talking about that casserole topped with crunchy onions). Read full post »
Related topics: Food and Drink, Shopping, Holidays, Waste, Reusing stuff
Global Worming: On compost and climate

By grist@grist.org (Grist Staff) Posted Thu Nov 6, 2008 11:50am PST for grist_ask_umbra 0 Comments

Making the case for home composting, vs. trucking the stuff to a landfill. Read full post »
Related topics: Gardening, Waste, Compost
Radio Shack Offers Cash For Old Gear

By Yoni Levinson Posted Tue Nov 4, 2008 11:55am PST for ecogeek 0 Comments

E-waste is loaded with toxic heavy metals such as mercury and cadmium. It's a good thing, then, that Radio Shack is offering some decent incentives to recycle old computers, TVs and cell phones. Read full post »
Related topics: Electronics, Waste, Recycling electronics
Bin There, Dung That: On composting with worms

By Umbra Fisk, Grist.org Posted Mon Nov 3, 2008 3:57pm PST for grist_ask_umbra 0 Comments

A well-managed worm bin will have almost no odor -- perfect for apartments or other close quarters. Read full post »
Related topics: Animals, Gardening, Waste
The future of waste

By Maria Stamas Posted Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:53am PDT for amorylovins 2 Comments

Recycling, once a novelty, now is commonplace. Is "zero waste" on the same path? Here's an inside look at one company that's already there. Read full post »
Related topics: Recycling, Waste
Trash + Sewage = Green

By Philip Proefrock Posted Sun Oct 5, 2008 9:40pm PDT for ecogeek 1 Comments

Dumping sewage onto landfill trash sounds like a bad idea; one would think that combining the two waste streams would produce something even worse. Not so, says Viridis Waste Control LLC. They have developed a process that turns this unlikely combination Read full post »
Related topics: Science, Waste
Japan's landfills abound with gold, silver, and platinum

By Peg Fong Posted Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:10am PDT for ecogeek 1 Comments

Millions of electronics discarded each year have created so-called "urban mines" -- and are evidence of the progress still to be made recycling. Read full post »
Related topics: Electronics, Nature, Government, Cell Phones, Recycling, Pollution, Waste, Recycling electronics
My hometown figures out that e-cycling matters

By Forecast Earth Correspondent Don Willmott Posted Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:51am PDT for forecastearth 0 Comments

Westport, Connecticut, now recycles TVs, computers, and cell phones every day except Sunday. Do you know where to safely dispose of your electronics? Read full post »
Related topics: Electronics, Recycling, Waste, Recycling electronics