recycling
Electrolux Plans On Making Vacuum Cleaners From ‘Ocean Plastic’
Electrolux is embarking on a plan to take plastic from the enormous plastic garbage islands in the ocean and make vacuums out of it. But is this more marketing ploy than real environmental impact?
Whole Foods Puts A Cork In It; And By “It” I Mean Massive Recycling Program
Most people think of corks as something as important as a twist-off bottle cap, but cork is the OG of sustainability and does more for the environment than you know.
RecycleBank Rewards Los Angeles Residents For Recycling
RecycleBank rewards participants who recycle their trash with points that can be redeemed from over 1000 participating retailers. But isn’t that rewarding trash with more trash?
IKEA “Suspends” Battery Recycling Program. Stockpiling Resumes
IKEA ceases operation of its enormously popular and beneficial free battery recycling program due to a new US DOT regulation. With very few other places to take used batteries, the prospects of recycling dwindle.
Now You Can ‘Go Green’ Even In Death With An ‘Eco-Coffin’
So you love living the green life. Why not have the green death as well with an environmentally friendly eco-coffin?
SolarWall Increases PV Efficiency While Passively Heating Building Interior
Conserval’s SolarWall does double duty when it comes to harnessing power and heat from the sun.
Brewery’s Beer-Making Powers Hospital
A brewery in Wisconsin is utilizing by-product from its brewing processes to power a local hospital.
EcoATM Uses Automated Technology And Payments To Encourage Recycling
The EcoATM is a fully automated and free standing e-cycling solution that has the capability of recycling a vast array of mobile electronics; many of which are often times difficult to recycle.
Brewery Renovation Puts Decades Old Empty Beer Bottles To Good Use
The Blatz Brewery renovation project in Milwaukee puts thousands of decades old empty beer bottles to good use.
Envi Composting Public Trash Can Planter…Thingy
The Envi is a composting public trash can that also doubles as a planter. Though the concept is interesting, the success of such a receptacle rests solely on a notoriously unreliable factor.
