Archive for the 'Recycling' Category

Recycling of glass and plastics

Earth911.com on Clever Uses for Beer Bottles

Published: 31 August 2010
Category: Recycling, Sustainability

Earth911.com provides some ideas for individuals who want to take recycling into their own hands, such as turning used glass beer bottles into houses, jewelry, glassware, candleholders, and chandeliers.

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Events Planned Across the Country for Recycle Glass Week, September 12-18

Published: 27 August 2010
Category: Recycling, Sustainability

The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is teaming up with Keep America Beautiful Inc. (KAB), the nation’s largest volunteer-based community action and education organization, to promote GPI’s Recycle Glass Week and KAB’s America Recycles Day, a nationally-recognized day for community-driven initiatives dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States.

Recycle Glass Week 2010 is just […]

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Environmental Woes of “First Taste Waste”

Published: 6 August 2010
Category: Packaging CONCERNS, Recycling, Sustainability

Earth911.com reports on the environmental issues with “first taste waste,” the business behind free food samples. These single-use food samples amount to a huge amount of waste. Earth911.com urges consumers to consider this the next time you are getting free samples: the U.S. manufactures 40 billion plastic utensils each year.

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“The Daily Green” Reports on Least Green Types of Packaging

Published: 5 August 2010
Category: Packaging CONCERNS, Recycling, Sustainability

“The Daily Green” reports on the six least green types of packaging, which include: polystyrene foam, plastic bags, plastic bottles, plastic tableware, paperboard, and aluminum. Approximately 1,950,000 tons of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) food and beverage containers were deposited in landfills in the United States in 2008 and 1,160,000 tons of aluminum foil and cans […]

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Mark your Calendars: Two Months until Recycle Glass Week!

Published: 3 August 2010
Category: Recycling, Sustainability

During GPI’s second annual Recycle Glass Week, September 12-18, glass container manufacturers, suppliers, and recyclers, will again unite to hold nationwide activities and events to build awareness and boost glass bottle recycling.

GPI will announce specific 2010 activities and events soon.

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Plastic Vessel Makes Trans-Pacific Voyage to Raise Awareness about Ocean Pollution

Published: 27 July 2010
Category: Packaging CONCERNS, Recycling, Sustainability

Earth911.com reports a vessel, called the Plastiki, made from 12,500 reclaimed plastic soda bottles has reached Sydney after its 11,000 nautical mile trans-Pacific voyage to raise awareness about the health of oceans, heavily polluted by plastic debris and at risk from over-fishing, and to showcase waste as a resource and demonstrate real world solutions through […]

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Singer-Songwriter Jackson Browne Blames Plastic Bottled Water for Oil Spill

Published: 16 July 2010
Category: Packaging CONCERNS, Recycling, Sustainability

American rock singer-songwriter and musician Jackson Browne blames over-consumption of plastic bottled water for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in an opinion-editorial for the “London Daily Mail.” According to scientists’ and activists’ estimate, the amount of oil used to produce plastic every day is the same amount as the oil that is spilling into […]

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@embergrl Wins and iPod for Choosing & Recycling Glass; You Can Too!

Published: 15 July 2010
Category: Recycling, Sustainability

@embergrl is the 1000th follower of @chooseglass and the recipient of a brand new iPod shuffle. Ember is a Southern California “green mom” of two boys and chooses and recycles glass! You can win more prizes from the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) by participating in the recycle e-hunt. Join the hunt now! Prizes will be announced during Recycle Glass Week, September 12 - 18.

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Get the GOOP: Environmental Benefits of Recycling Glass Bottles

Published: 14 July 2010
Category: Packaging CONCERNS, Recycling, Sustainability

In her blog “GOOP,” Gwenyth Paltrow focuses on the need to become more conscious and efficient in the way we use energy. One tip: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Paltrow notes the fossil fuels used to manufacture plastics account for roughly 5 percent of total annual U.S. energy consumption and recycling a ton of glass […]

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20 Green Things in 20 Minutes

Published: 8 July 2010
Category: Recycling, Sustainability

Earth911.com provides a great list of 20 green things that you can do in 20 minutes to make a positive difference for our planet.

Start living green now

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