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thanks to Treehugger The town of Concord MA has passed a new law (going into effect next January) that will ban bottled water from being sold there. This is the first law banning bottled water outright, but there are more than 100 towns across the country that already prohibit spending City money on the product [...] The Plastiki is about half way to its final destination and has just finished a brief stop on Christmas Island. If you have not heard about the Plastiki, here is a article I wrote right after they set sail. Now they are about 3600 miles into their journey and are still working on their ultimate [...] We all know that batteries need to be recycled, but it is often more difficult to do than it should be. Batteries are made from lots of toxic materials (like lead, mercury, cadmium and other heavy metals), and when they are tossed in the trash, these metals leach into our groundwater. This causes pollution that [...] Here is a great video that helps explain why I have so much beef with bottled water. They lead to an incredible amount of waste, and most of that waste is completely unnecessary. In 2011, the bottled water industry is expected to be worth $85 billion and produce over 5 billion bottles in the US [...] thanks to Luca Babini Today is an exciting day for a few eco-adventures experiencing their first full day at sea aboard the the recycled masterpiece: The Plastiki. Environmentalist David de Rothschild is leading a crew of six on their journey from San Francisco to Sydney in a sailboat made entirely from reused and recycled materials. The [...] I saw this video today and immediately realized I’ve been overlooking an important issue on this blog. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. These are the important “3 Rs” of resource conservation, and the reason that they are in that order is that reducing and reusing conserve a lot more energy and resources than recycling; I know this [...] |
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