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recycling stories: 36 news summaries

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 Gore's New Hard
 Truth: Nothing
 Is Changing 

Climate change too low on priority list: Gore

Apr 21, 08 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite the impact of his movie, An Inconvenient Truth, the success of Live Earth concerts and news stories about melting ice caps, little has changed and action is needed more urgently than ever to stem global warming, Al Gore tells the Sun. The Nobel Prize-winning former vice president believes it's... More »

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climate change • recycling • Al Gore • global warming • Kyoto Protocol • An Inconvenient Truth • polar ice caps • Live Earth • Nobel Peace Prize • low-energy light bulbs • Oscars

Sea of Plastic Dooms Oceans, Expert Says

Pacific pollution—as
big as Africa—is too deep and broad to fix

Mar 5, 08 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - A noted oceanographer says the aquatic pollution in the Pacific Ocean is too significant to be cleaned up. “We are damned to a future of pollution by plastic,” Charles Moore said after showing that the amount of Pacific plastic has ballooned fivefold in the last 10 years. A... More »

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recycling • pollution • global warming • plastic • Pacific Ocean • ocean • garbage • green revolution

Corporations Share Green Tech Patents

IBM, Nokia, Sony and Pitney-Bowes join the new Eco-patent Commons

Jan 14, 08 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - IBM tops the list of companies donating patents to a group that aims to help businesses produce greener products by sharing eco-friendly technology. Big Blue has promised 27 patents to the Eco-patent Commons; Nokia, Sony and mail equipment maker Pitney-Bowes will also donate, reports PC World. Shared patents will be... More »

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recycling • IBM • Nokia • Sony • green technology • patent • Eco patent Commons • Pitney Bowes

Recyclers Turn Discarded Cellphones into 'Green Gold'

Waste from old electronics can pose a threat, or turn a profit

Jan 13, 08 10:09 PM CST
(Newser) - With a smelter burning at more than 2,100 degrees, Belgian recycler Umicore turns tons of e-waste - discarded cellphones, computers and televisions - into “green gold,” extracting precious metals in a process that, while not environmentaly pure is, in Greenpeace’s eyes, preferable to burying the waste... More »

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recycling • cell phones • cell phone industry • household electronics • green products

Traveling Green? US Cities Getting Better

More US hotels meet green standards

Dec 24, 07 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Traveling green still ain't easy States-side. US hotels lag behind Europe in water waste, car rentals, and chemical-free eateries. Quick fixes don't help either—recycling programs and low-flow showers may just be "greenwashing." Real green starts with original design. But some US lodges are stepping up to impress... More »

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recycling • San Francisco • list • green travel • Portland • Washington, DC

Cutting Back on E-Consumerism

PC World's Grant Gross joins activist online group

Dec 17, 07 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - While many Americans spend big bucks online, some are using the Internet to tone down their consumerism. PC World's Grant Gross has joined a national group called the Compact, which encourages members to swear off buying new stuff whenever possible and stick to local products. It's a step "beyond... More »

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recycling • eBay • consumerism • e waste

Scavengers Face Trash Shortage

Delhi may lose green credential by replacing ragpickers

Nov 18, 07 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Delhi’s 300,000 ragpickers "are the original recyclers," the Economist reports—but their trade of mining trash for re-sellable goods is in trouble. The city, hoping to clean up for the 2010 Commonwealth games, has hired private companies to collect trash—and ragpickers, who save the city... More »

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recycling • India • Delhi • ragpickers • Commonwealth Games

IBM Scrapes Silicon Scraps

Water-based abrasion technique avoids chemicals; recycles silicon for solar panels

Oct 30, 07 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - IBM has developed an eco-friendly way of recycling silicon for eco-friendly solar panels. Semiconductor chipmakers often sell used silicon too thin for computing to solar panel manufacturers. Until now, they’ve used abrasive chemicals or a spray of glass beads to erase circuits from the chips. IBM plans to share... More »

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recycling • IBM • solar energy • Texas Instruments • silicon • semiconductor chip

Can NY Bag Plastic Habit?

City Council members push bill for grocery sack recycling

Oct 30, 07 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now that conservation is chic, is it time for New York City to launch an East Coast trend? City Council members have introduced a bill that would require grocery stores to collect and recycle plastic bags that would be printed with the message: “Please return this bag to a... More »

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recycling • New York • plastic • Michael Bloomberg • grocery bag • Christine Quinn • Peter F. Vallone

Greenpeace: iPhone Should be Greener

Environmental group also slams Steve Jobs for hypocrisy

Oct 15, 07 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple talks a green game, but the iPhone isn't as environmentally friendly as many of its competitors, says Greenpeace. The company got a pat on the back from the group last May for Earth-friendly electronics, but since then has fallen behind other cell phone makers, with some potentially nasty chemicals... More »

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recycling • Greenpeace • iPhone • Apple

Flemish Recycling Runs to Chicken Feed

Flanders pioneers pay-as-you-dispose policy, reuse centers

Sep 26, 07 5:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Belgian region of Flanders is attracting international attention with novel recycling schemes that include reuse centers, pay-per-bag garbage collection, and omnivorous chickens. The Russians, the Chinese and the British have come calling to see how Flanders has managed to hold its total waste generation steady even as its population... More »

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China • Russia • Belgium • recycling • steam • Flanders • Britain • chickens • reuse

Actually, It Is Easy Being Green

Environmental consciousness and convenience don't have to be opposites.  Use these tips to green up your home.

Aug 16, 07 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - So you're not ready to give up your car for a bicycle to help the Earth. LiveScience suggests 10 baby steps to going green that won't even cramp your style.
  1. Use compact fluorescent light bulbs.
  2. Purchase Energy Star-rated appliances, electronics, and lighting.
  3. Instead of plastic bags, shop
... More »

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energy • recycling • environmentalism • plastic • compact fluorescent bulbs • list • green energy • local produce • renewable energy • EnergyStar

Rolling Stone's 'Green' Paper Has Recyclers Seeing Red

Magazine's new stock 100% not recycled

Jun 11, 07 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aging counter-culture arbiter Rolling Stone is discovering it's not easy being green. The Times reports the magazine will soon start printing its wry critique of music and politics on "carbon neutral paper," a unique stock which adds no CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. But none of it is... More »

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recycling • carbon footprint • Rolling Stone • carbon emissions

Scrapped TVs Spell Disaster for Environment

Analog sets will contaminate dumps after digital conversion

May 24, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - In 2009 a federal law will convert all TV stations to digital, sending most of the US's 268 million analog TVs into the trash. As consumers snatch up plasmas and HDTVs, the old sets—made of lead, cadmium, and mercury will be thrown into garbage dumps, where they may contaminate... More »

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television • environment • recycling • cable TV • electronics • HDTV

British Brides
Go Green

Eco-chic couples walk
to the church to exchange vows

Apr 9, 07 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - British couples are choosing eco-friendly weddings, making recycled  dresses, locally grown flowers, and organic food increasingly the rage, reports Reuters. Those who go green stress it doesn't mean the ceremony has to be hippie-esque. "Green weddings are about eco-chic, not lentils and hessian," said wedding planner Ruth Culver. More »

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environment • recycling • environmentalism • marriage • organic • wedding

San Francisco Bans Plastic
Grocery Bags

Nation's first law mandating paper or earth-friendly plastic

Mar 28, 07 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Plastic bags are history in San Francisco's large grocery and drug stores, after the city's board of supervisors adopted the country's first ban on petroleum-based bags yesterday. The ubiquitous bags don't biodegrade, clog recycling machines, clutter landfills, catch in trees and can injure or poison marine life. More »

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environment • California • recycling • San Francisco • plastic bags • plastic • Earth • paper bags

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