San Francisco Achieves 77% Landfill Diversion Rate, the Highest of Any U.S. City
via www5.sfgov.org
Bits Pics: A Global Graveyard for Dead Computers
Grim photo essay on Africa's obsession with harvesting the raw materials in computer equipment.
Adult diapers in Japan turned into fuel | Crave - CNET
via news.cnet.com
"At a hospital in western Tokyo's Machida area, Super Faiths installed two SFD machines that take in a combined 1,400 pounds of used paper diapers per day. Diapers in plastic bags are dumped into the machines (see them in action from about 5:45 in the video below), which produce material for the pellets about a day later."
For Tire Recyclers, a Holy Grail [Green Blog - NYTimes
Carbon Green, a company based in Slovakia, asserts it has cracked the code.
In a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Carbon Green said it had developed an economically viable method for processing scrap tires using pyrolysis.
The company, which has raised about $75 million from its management team and investors, already has a commercial-scale tire processing plant operating in Cyprus and is scouting locations for two factories in the United States.
good to see Starbucks jumping in on BetaCup's efforts for a better coffee cup design
via fastcompany.com
"The goal: reduce the number of cups tossed into landfills."
Nice to see this in North Carolina
via treehugger.com
"More plastic bottles have been dropped off at the county's three centers since the landfill bottle ban was imposed, according to the City-County Utilities Division. From a monthly average of around 14,000 pounds of plastic for the period from September 2008 to September 2009, collections have risen to an average of about 19,000 a month for the first three months since the ban went into effect." [Treehugger]
Trash Talk: Campaign targets takeout trash - Yourhome.ca
TOWO has its own three Rs: Refuse (Do you really need all of those straws, plastic cutlery and napkins?); Retake (Bring your own containers, cups and bags.); and Reconsider (Take a look at your eating habits, and maybe, like Lee, make some changes.) The campaign also has a handout card with 10 waste reduction strategies for restaurants.
via yourhome.ca
Unfortunately, the site seems to be down.
Good effort from CVS pharmacy to spark use of reusable bags
As much as I've ripped them for their football field-sized receipts, this shows some life within their sustainability efforts. But $1 for every fourth visit? Sigh.
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Geez // "Golf Balls Take 1000 Years to Decompose" [Green Living Ideas]
"Not only do golf balls take between a century and millennium to break down, they release toxic zinc in the process. This heavy metal attaches “itself to the ground sediment and poisoned the surrounding flora and fauna” when in water. Other heavy metals used in golf ball production include tungsten, cobalt and lead."
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