According to the National Geographic documentary Human Footprint, Americans consume about 989,985,594,240 half gallons of milk over the course of a lifetime. This is good news because it shows that we are staying healthy by consuming milk, but it’s also bad news because it means we are creating more waste when we throw these plastic milk jugs away.
Who doesn’t love a nice, comfortable pair of flip flops?
The summer is almost here, so flip flops are the perfect shoes for guys to wear with shorts and a t-shirt, or for ladies to make a fashion statement in a cool summer dress.
One way you can sport flip flops while also saving the environment is to purchase recycled flip flops…
Did you know that it’s a crime to throw away your food scraps in San Francisco? According to a new city law it is, so you better watch where you put the food that you don’t eat.
Following the lead that Seattle, Washington residents took in April of last year, as of today the people of San Francisco are now required to recycle all of their household’s extra food waste. How do they do it? They place the food in a sealed compost bin that gets picked up by the city’s curbside recycling program.
Drake University, one of the oldest law schools in the country, recently adopted a single-stream recycling program for its campus in Des Moines, Iowa. The university has teamed with Greenstar Recycling, one of North America’s leading waste-management companies, and Metro Waste Authority, an independent government agency that has created many cost-effective waste management programs.
Drake University will be the first college in Des Moines to enact a single stream recycling program.
Bates College, a private liberal arts college located in Lewiston, Maine, was recently recognized as a top green school by the Princeton Review and ecoAmerica’s Green Honor Roll, which rated over 600 colleges on their environmental policies, practices and academic offerings.
Maybe Bates received the rave review because 82% of its entire campus food waste is composted, recycled, or sent to a food bank or pig farmer, or maybe it’s because of the annual trash to treasure Trashion Show, which showcases some of the coolest outfits made from trash that was once bound for the landfill.
Visiting the zoo has always been a favorite pastime for Americans because they get to see exotic animals from other countries. In fact, over 80% of the cities in the U.S. have their very own zoo complete with animals, rides, refreshments, and….animal waste?
It’s true. Zoos create millions of pounds of animal waste each day, and one of those zoos is the Miami Metrozoo. But the zoo has come up with a “zoo doo” recycling waste plan that takes the waste from animals and composts it into fertilizer.
Warren Wilson College has officially become the first college campus to have a building with LEED Platinum certification as defined under the U.S. Green Building Council. That’s quite a feat considering that the U.S. Green Building Council sets the highest standards for green buildings.
The EcoDorm was built by a committee of Warren Wilson students, faculty and administrators, with the help of the Samsel Architects of Asheville, a North Carolina firm that strives to incorporate green building techniques into their designs.
Two Iowa State University researchers, Najeeb Kuzhiyil and Song-Charng Kong, working with the Department of Defense, have designed a biodiesel engine that can increase the power output of its biodiesel fuel and also work effectively at recycling waste…. and it’s all by dissolving polystyrene packing peanuts in biodiesel.
Memorial Day weekend is the perfect time for getting together with family and friends. It means that summer is on its way, the kids are getting ready to finish school and neighborhood pools are officially opening. It’s also an ideal time to have an outdoor picnic that supports your eco-lifestyle!
If all goes according to New York mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan, anyone who wants to use a plastic bag at a supermarket will have to pay 6 cents for each bag.
It’s all in an effort to help New York go green and to follow European countries who have already banned plastic bag use…
