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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “recycling”

• Creative Citizens Call For A “Creative” Creative Capital

  
  Providence Daily Dose — Authority: 545
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• Recycling in the Rain

  
  Park Cities People Blog — Authority: 515
  It must be a particularly-unpleasant task to pick up drenched recycling, so … thanks, recycling guys!
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• Football-Themed Fan Can Recycling Containers

  
  Keetsa Mattress Store - Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green News — Authority: 526
  Coca Cola continues its recycling program efforts by now purchasing football-themed recycling containers from Fan Cans. Initially, they had purchased baseball-themed recycling containers as part of their “Give it Back” campaign but perhaps since it is football season, these new recycling containers fit the ...
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• DPW to City Paper: Recycling Violation Not Retribution

  
  City Desk — Authority: 695
  Nancee Lyons , a spokesperson for the D.C. Department of Public Works, just returned my call in the matter of the $50 fine Washington City Paper received this week for "failure to separate recycling from other solid waste" at 2390 Champlain St. NW, the location of the papers newsroom. The timing seemed curious to ...
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• DPW Nails City Paper After City Paper Nails DPW

  
  City Desk — Authority: 695
  Busted? Washington City Paper has been slapped with a $50 fine from the D.C. Department of Public Works for "failure to separate recycling from other solid waste" at 2390 Champlain St. NW, the address of the papers newsroom. Normally, City Paper wouldnt report on this as news. Except there are several curious ...
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• Knowaste Diaper Recycling Plant In 2010

  
  Sustainability Ninja — Authority: 463
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• Recycle VHS tapes into pretty flowers or Christmas present bows

  
  Craft Gossip — Authority: 162
  These cute flowers are made with VHS tape! How cool is that? Well when I saw this I thought that these would make great recycled bows from holiday gifts. Pop on over to CraftStylish for a ton of ideas on recycling a VHS tape and here for the flower tutorial . Just make sure you don’t recycle your wedding video:) ...
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• Battery breakthroughs, grains of salt

  
  Raising Islands--Hawai'i science and environment — Authority: 110
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• Teaching old plastics new tricks?

  
  lorigami — Authority: 129
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• Eco-Biz: Upcycle Ottoman

  
  Business Opportunities Weblog — Authority: 446
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• 98 Chicago alleys deemed "environmentally friendly"

  
  RedEye — Authority: 634
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• You’re wrong about us

  
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• European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 630
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• Newcastle-upon-Tyne Named Greenest City in the U.K.

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 724
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• Whirlpool Cuts Water Use by Nearly 22% from 2004 to 2008

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 630
  Whirlpool Corp. is on track to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 6.6 percent by 2012, according to the company’s first global sustainability report. The company also cut water use by 21.5 percent and overall waste generated per unit decreased by nearly 4 percent from 2004 to 2008. The appliance maker also ...
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• More on plastics

  
  Coastal Georgia Birding — Authority: 116
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• RecycleBank s list of five things you should always recycle

  
  Eco-Libris blog — Authority: 130
  This week we had celebrated America Recycles Day (on November 15), and our friends at RecycleBank has put together a list of “ Five Things You Should Always Recycle ” by Jen Uscher, we would like to share with you. We hope youll find this important information useful. RecycleBank is a recycling rewards ...
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• Who Is Gonna Pay For My e-Waste?? Not Me!

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 724
  Photo via shooting brooklyn According to a new study by Pike Research , 76% of consumers are aware that one of the primary components for reducing e-waste is proper recycling. Rejoice! 76% of consumers can see the obvious!! Now the only trick to getting more of those consumers - indeed everyone - to act on ...
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