" The Real IRA has been blamed by Sinn Fein for trouble in north Belfast. At least one shot was fired at police by republicans and there were other disturbances after Orange Order parades across Northern Ireland. ...
" By JAMES KINDALL Published: March 4, 2009 MOST people groan at the thought of hauling their returnable bottles to the supermarket. Margo LaCarrubba considers it a gratifying domestic adventure. First of all,...
A new study conducted by Health Canada has linked the highly controversial estrogen-mimicking chemical BPA to 96% of soft drinks, showing up in quantities below regulatory limits, but worrisome to some. A...
A Buddist Temple inthe northeast of Thailand has been built using only recycled beer bottles. The Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple got their bottles from the nearby community and they had already built shelters in this...
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Bottled water — it's become one of the most popular packaged beverages on the planet, second in popularity in North America only to carbonated soft drinks, and consumption of it continues to grow rapidly around...
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""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...
"A Muslim youth who worked with Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has sued the store for religious discrimination after he came to know that he carried crates of alcohol bottles as part of his job, the Daily Mail reported Monday. Mohammed Ahmed, 32, who was raised in Saudi...
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Most bacteria are our friends and here is another example of it. I can't remember the reference, but I remember reading about a student who worked on this problem as a science fair project. His high...
London's yearly Notting Hill carnival, the largest street party in Eurpe, is often marred by violence. This year was no exception. On the last night of Carnival a group of around 40 people hurled bottles at...
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I can not seem to wrap my head around the image of a city council setting down to discuss artificial grass and then banning it. Good people getting in trouble for trying to do good things....."Residents seek to...
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"Matt Clark, he is a young industrial designer from Southern California. He showed me his bicycle creation, the IV-1 (for Innervision 1) : Here is the description of this unique bike: "This bicycle prototype...
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This is shocking. Toronto officials are planning to ban homeless people from taking bottles and cans from recycling bins as part of a new recyling plan to be rolled out in the fall.Why? Apparently because it loses the city money and is considered "stealing" from taxpayers....
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"A teenage woman was arrested early Wednesday morning in the Limean district of Comas after she was held responsible for her mother's death. According to police reports, 18-year-old Julia Anda Reynaldo hid liquid...
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A pair of young women appear to have all the makings of a meth lab in their kitchen, but they're after a much more noble pursuit: brand name Cola.Displeased with the big corporate vibe and environmental practices...
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{ As reported by Californians Against Waste } . PVC packaging phase out - "The California Ocean Protection Council, an organization created by Governor Schwarzenegger, called for the banning of vinyl chloride...
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