recycling

Recycling is the technique of processing used items into new products, in order to avoid wasting potentially useful materials. For example, used bottles can be melted down and the glass turned into new bottles, jars, or "glassphalt"; without recycling, these bottles would be sent to a landfill, where they take an as-yet-unknown time to biodegrade (so far our best guess is "never").

Recycling is a great way to keep trash out of landfills and to make best use of our existing resources, and so many blogs and websites offer tips and tactics for recycling common household goods.

However, recycling is not always cost-efficient and sometimes downright ineffectual, creating more pollution than it saves. Debates and articles on the subject can be found throughout the blogosphere. Overall, though, recycling is considered to be a worthwhile use of resources, as everything from plastic to electronics can be processed. Still, common sense dictates that we should all reuse as many objects as possible, and not discard them (even to the recycling bin) until absolutely necessary.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “recycling”

• in Technology
  Do Smartphones Have an Afterlife?
  Benefits of Recycling iPhones, Android Phones and others
  by ecoleader / on Jan 20, 2012
• in Gadgets
  LG Leads the Way on Recycling Day
  America Recycles Day is Nov. 15th. How you can help companies like LG spread the green.
  by ecoleader / on Nov 15, 2011
• in Green
  Wanted: Educated Consumers
  The necessary link between recycling and education
  by yihyeewong / on Sep 12, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “recycling”

 

• Waste King’s Eight Steps to Being Greener

  
  Your Story — Authority: 489
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• Wisconsin Lighting Expert Cautions Businesses and Consumers on Rising Energy Rates

  
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• Green Blog: Is Spent Nuclear Fuel Really Waste?

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 866
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  GreenBiz.com Green Business News — Authority: 606
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• Eyeing Your Electronics Recycling Options

  
  CEA Digital Dialogue — Authority: 109
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  Triple Pundit — Authority: 606
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• Mayor Works to Bring Clean Tech to Los Angeles

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 606
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• Bottlenecks of Utility Scale Renewable Energy

  
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• From Detroit to Doha, Citizens Are Building a More Green Economy

  
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• Will the cardboard can revolutionise the drink industry?

  
  The State of Green blog — Authority: 103
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• Fully recyclable packaging – good green cred or unsustainable smokescreen?

  
  PakBec — Authority: 100
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• NEW and on Sale: Globe Guard® Poly Mailers

  
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• Is Recycling Bullshit?

  
  Beating Broke — Authority: 592
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• Are Environmental Tax Levies Just Another Money Grab?

  
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• Love is in the air :)

  
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• Northern Ireland waste firms capable of saving millions on contract

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 92
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