Toronto considering ban on paper coffee cups

" Toronto considering ban on paper coffee cups Module body Mon Sep 15, 8:40 AM ...

Clean up our shorelines

Here's a chance to have an impact on your local shoreline.  If you've got some time it's a good cause."In 2007, participants removed 87,489 kg of litter in one week.  In 2006, participants removed 84,708...

Styrofoam Homes: Typhoon-Resistant and Smurflike

A quick article about styrofoam home kits, currently on sale in Japan. These are touted as the home of the future, but several have made Smurf comments. Fair enough, but they look more Logan's Run on the...

Young scientists uncover styrofoam waste treatment

" Vici Riyani and Adrienne Trinovia Sulistyo, second-year and third-year students at Santa Laurensia senior high school in Tangerang, have found a waste treatment solution for styrofoam. Through a series of...

A Heavy Bicycle With a Light Footprint

"Brian, a lanky man with a permanent smile and neatly kept dreadlocks, built his 700 pound bicycle out of aluminum strut and styrofoam. It has a flywheel to store momentum, which Brian, 49, says has helped his...

The journey linking Amazon destruction and fast food

"Globalisation: Farmers illegally seize virgin land for soya crops ยท Export chain ends in big fast food outlets in UK"

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