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"Zero Waste" Extreme Recycling is Becoming the Norm
"Zero waste" is recycling to the max. Nothing gets wasted, only recycled and composted. Growing out of the environmental movement that has gone mainstream in the last few years is the newest and most... Update: Toronto CUPE Strike Supense
Update 2: Add to the Insult, Macleans Magazine's Cover feature Mayor Miller in a garbage can with a banana peel with raccoons all around him. That adds to more insult to the city and brownie point to the unions. Yikes, now we know who Maclean sided with!Update:... Toronto CUPE Strike: Near No End at Sight
Update: Mayor Miller Spoke to CNN's host host Ali Velshi about garbage strike!Quoted from the article National Post: "CNN has done reports on Toronto’s trash situation and the San Francisco Chronicle recently added Toronto to a travel advisory list alongside... What isn't bought with Green, ends up in Green Bins
North American culture in my opinion is powered by consumerism. Whether it is the jobs we do, the things we eat or the material things we want, they are all related to the consumption of money. We work to gain money to be spent on food, to afford shelter and for whatever we... Chiba Day
By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan. Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In... Recession in America prompts Californians to produce less trash
The recession in America has led to an unexpected drop in the amount of trash produced by California residents. Katie Evarts and Kevin Lu report. Windsor, Ontario Going to Waste
July 30, 2009 The Transformation Has BegunMowing, or should I say, threshing and baling of the tall grass in city parks, as well as garbage and recycling pick up has begun. It will likely take a couple of weeks... Is Ignorance Really Bliss?
As a student of Simon Fraser University active in both Burnaby and Surrey campus, an inherent need for using the Translink system is required to get to each location. All these transiting experiences have brought... Wasting it, in a time of trouble
"The very basis for life on earth is declining at an alarming rate": Kofi Annan, March 2005, sounding his usual spiritual self!
Hunter Lovins (of Natural Capitalism Solutions) puts it better: "Every... 623 views | 75 recommendations | 13 comments
Cruise ships using Caribbean Sea as dump
Have you ever wondered what happens to all the waste collected while sailing through those pristine blue waters of a Caribbean cruise? "These are floating cities that go back and forth through our waters,...
created by Blue Crush | 35 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago
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2146 views | 108 recommendations | 38 comments
Pollution From Plastic Threatens Beach
This is an ocean planet. On Vancouver Island we have been blessed with the bounty from the ocean. Oysters lay on the clean beaches. Children play on the sandy beaches in the summer. Dog...
created by Barbara McPherson | 37 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago
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539 views | 32 recommendations | 6 comments
Recycling Market in China Shattered, Glass Bottles Turned Away
China has been one of the largest importers of waste material. But as the world economy has slowed, there has been a severe drop in demand. Biz Journal quoted Brian Scaffer of Blue Mountain Recycling, located in... Baby's Body Tossed with the Trash at New Jersey Hospital
Jersey City, New Jersey - Police are searching garbage dumps for the body of a baby boy delivered at Christ Hospital and apparently thrown out with the trash, authorities said today."Bashire Moore was born days... Credit crisis putting the brakes on recycling
Recycling prices are crashing and that's putting municipal recycling at risk."The city of Anchorage is blaming the market for a decision to stop accepting glass for recycling. Donna Mears of the Solid Waste... Power from garbage?
India is facing serious power crisis. The futuristic plans announced to augment its power generation capacity, will only suffice the needs for a short while . What we need is projects that are innovative and make the best use of the resources we have . The move implemented by...
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