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Tech Shifts Creating Glut of Toxic Glass Waste
Flat-screen technology has been a game changer for electronics makers, yet the sudden shift away from traditional displays is resulting in heaps of discarded televisions and computer monitors with nowhere to go. Recycling companies are becoming overwhelmed by the mounting … Continue reading
Houston Plans Innovative Recycling Program
Houston is aiming to boost its recycling rate up to as much as 75 percent within the next few years by embracing new waste separation technologies. The rate of materials recovery in the Lone Star State’s biggest city is presently 14 … Continue reading
NYT’s Green Blog No More
Last Friday, the New York Times shuttered its Green blog, a popular and widely followed environmental news outlet that published over five thousand posts during its three-year operation. Of course, I was very disappointed to learn of the news. The … Continue reading
India’s River Systems Being Fouled By Raw Sewage
Environmental news from the world’s soon-to-be most populous nation just keeps getting worse. A study put forth this week by the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment has found that up to 80 percent of India’s urban sewage is … Continue reading
Company Spins Bags Into Boardwalks
One of the companies that will be involved with post-Sandy reconstruction is the Trex Company. Founded by former oil executives, the Va.-based organization is a major supplier of wood-alternative building materials. Trex recycles around 1.3 billion plastic bags each year, … Continue reading
Veolia To Target New Growth Areas
France’s Veolia Environnement, the world’s largest private sector waste and water group, returned to profitability in 2012, and its chief is looking to new areas to boost revenues while making further cuts to the company’s debt load. CEO Antoine Frérot … Continue reading
On The Food Waste Crisis Confronting the Planet
When I was a (finicky) young lad, my parents used to say: “You must eat everything on the plate, for there are children your age in [blank] who are starving and would give anything to have what you’ve got there. … Continue reading
Dispose of Old Laptops Safely and Securely
A new electronics recycling law took effect in Pennsylvania late last month, prompting me to take stock of all my gizmos and gadgets that have too rapidly grown obsolete. I remembered that I was still in possession of an Apple … Continue reading
New Global Campaign to Combat Food Waste
Recent studies in the US and UK have shed light on the immense scale of domestic and global food wastage. It is estimated that the problem costs the world the nearly incomprehensible figure of $1 trillion each year. Earlier this … Continue reading