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 Entertainment
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  by Mozart99 / on May 29, 2012
• in Business
  Ford Reduces Waste by 10% Through Better Recycling
  Ford have pledged to reduce their waste by 10% per vehicle by the end of 2012.
  by cmimanagers / on Apr 25, 2012
• in Technology
  Do Smartphones Have an Afterlife?
  Benefits of Recycling iPhones, Android Phones and others
  by ecoleader / on Jan 20, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “recycling”

 

• Supermarkets Transform Their Unsold Spoiled Food Into Green Energy

  
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  Two supermarkets are making lemonade out of lemons the green way—by converting their spoiled food into energy . Grocery chains Ralphs and Food 4 Less (both part of the Kroger Co.) have joined forces with FEED Resource Recovery to make use of the rotten and expired foods that their markets don’t sell. Any food ...
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• Clothes for Cash from Music Magpie.

  
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  Clothes for Cash from Music Magpie is another great way to earn cash from your unwanted items. Clothes for Cash  is a fantastic new concept from the people at Music Magpie. Previously it was CD’s, DVD’s & computer games that you could sell for cash, now they include, technical items such as iPhones, ...
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• More Chandeliers From Recycled Bicycle Parts

  
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  Similar to a post I did back in October 2012 , this could easily belong in my Tweet of the Day , Eyecatchers , or Upcycling series… …AND, both posts involve chandeliers made from recycled bicycle parts… …AND, both posts were sourced from tweets by Christopher Jobson at Colossal . …AND, ...
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• Ten Ways to Conserve Water and Paper

  
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  Water and forests are among the most precious natural resources on the planet. Unfortunately, they are consumed at an increasingly fast pace . Learning to reduce our consumption is crucial to the preservation of these vital resources . Here are a few simple tips to help you save on water and paper daily. Saving ...
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• Ten Ways to Conserve Water and Paper

  
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  Water and forests are among the most precious natural resources on the planet. Unfortunately, they are consumed at an increasingly fast pace . Learning to reduce our consumption is crucial to the preservation of these vital resources . Here are a few simple tips to help you save on water and paper daily. Saving ...
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• How Dirty Diapers End Up in the Recyling Bin

  
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  (Photo: epugachev) While it is true that human waste can indeed be recycled — as a medical “transpoosion,” as auto fuel , as heat for your home — that is not what’s happening in Portland, Oregon. People are indeed placing human waste in Portland’s recycling bins — in the form of baby diapers — ...
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• Recycled Bike Part Chandeliers Under a Texas Overpass

  
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  Ballroom Luminoso is a series of six chandeliers designed by artists Joe O’Connell and Blessing Hancock currently installed in San Antonio, Texas. Made from custom made structural steel, custom LEDs and recycled bicycle parts, the lights project colorful silhouettes of sprockets and other pieces onto the ...
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• When You Cut Trash Collection To Every Two Weeks, Parents Will Still Find A Way To Get Rid Of Dirty Diapers

  
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  ( Groovnick ) In Oct. 2011, Portland, Oregon, switched from weekly trash pickups to an every other week system, which is fine for many people who probably just needed to invest in another garbage can or two to hold that additional refuse. Additionally, the city had a weekly pickup for recycling and its new composting ...
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• Recycling giant fined for worker death failings

  
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  A worker at one of the world’s largest metal recycling firms was killed because of a failing to properly segregate people and moving vehicles, a court has heard.
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• Nominate Your Environmental Hero for Santa Barbara 2013 "Cox Conserves Heroes" Award

  
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  SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, is accepting nominations from the public for the 2013 "Cox Conserves Heroes" awards, which will honor local conservation efforts in Santa Barbara.From May 20 through...
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• United Technologies Releases Study by the Rhodium Group on Economic and Commercial Power of Investing in Energy Efficient Buildings

  
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  WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy efficiency is a good business decision for businesses, homeowners and the government, said John Mandyck, chief sustainability officer, UTC Climate, Controls & Security at todays Energy Efficiency Global Forum 2013 in Washington,...
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• Conn. Passes First-in-Nation Mattress Recycling Law

  
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  Connecticut has passed the nation’s first-ever extended producer responsibility (EPR) bill for mattresses that supporters say will save local governments about $1.3 million and increase recycling opportunities for businesses. The law will require mattress manufacturers to finance and manage a mattress collection and ...
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• Gillette, BMC Inks Win DuPont Packaging Awards

  
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  Gillette, BMC Inks and Coop Cooperative have won DuPont packaging awards for reducing waste in packaging. Procter & Gamble’s Gillette brand won the gold award for reducing by a third its plastic content for the Venus & Olay razors, switching from PVC to the more recyclable PET and using 50 percent recycled ...
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  Now that I have reached the hand-stitching stage of the home portrait I have slowed down quite a bit. This the meditative, contemplative stage of the design. choosing After trimming away the excess tulle and dryer sheets, I pulled out my hand-stitching thread options and auditioned them. This is ...
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• National Geographic Photographer to Kick-Off 2013 Destination Imagination Global Finals

  
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  CHERRY HILL, N.J., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Destination Imagination has announced that Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photographer, will keynote the 2013 Global Finals, the worlds largest creativity competition, at the opening ceremonies to be held on May 22,...
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• 6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 20, 2013

  
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  ‘Leave ‘Em Out’ – Members Of Energy Council Object To Proposal From Hong Kong Firm. Some members of the Jamaica Energy Council (JEC) are objecting to Cabinet’s decision to consider a belated expression of interest from a Hong Kong-based firm to … Read more ›
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• Three Things You Don’t Know About the Bay to Breakers

  
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• Yet Another Use For the Humble Shipping Container – a Greenhouse

  
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  Building a greenhouse from a shipping container and using it as an educational resource in Kyrgyzstan.The shipping container is a symbol that is synonymous with growth. It is often used to ship plastic parts to China to be assembled, then shipped back as plastic water guns or whatever a dollar can buy at the [...]
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• A look inside David Steiner’s waste-to-gold alchemy

  
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  Five years ago, Waste Managements CEO painted a portrait of a company mining landfills for materials, energy, and fuels. Hows it going?
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• Booming of the electronics recycling industry in the United States

  
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  In this tutorial we will discuss about the booming of the electronics recycling industry in the United States. Over a period of time, a number of researches and reports have concluded that the US electronics recycling market has strengthened substantially and grown enormously during the past decade. According to some ...
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