The Plastiki seen here sailing into Sydney, near the famous Sydney Opera House landmark. Photo: Adventure Ecology.
Plastiki, the world’s first 60-foot catamaran made from recycled plastic water bottles sailed triumphantly into Sydney Harbor last Monday (26th July 2010, Sydney time) after an epic 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco.

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“Smart was green before green was smart.” A PSA video by SMART, the textile recycling industry trade group.
What do you do with your old clothes? Well, if you live in New York City, you’ll likely deposit them for recycling, starting this September. NYC is introducing a unique used textile recycling initiative that might likely become [...]

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South Carolina has joined the ranks of about 20 or so states that have enacted laws to encourage and promote electronic waste recycling. SC Governor Mark Sanford recently signed HB 4093, a bill specifically crafted to encourage statewide recycling and to significantly reduce the amount of e-waste that gets dumped in the state’s landfills. [...]

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When it comes to environmental discussion, waste management is an environmental concern that many feel needs to be addressed. Many also feel that clean energy innovations are needed to ensure a greener earth. Yet, what many fail to realize is that the solution to the garbage and clean energy problem may be garbage itself.

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For those familiar with the oddities at Ripley’s museum, life-sized action figures made from discarded materials isn’t exactly new. This 14-foot Optimus Prime statue created by a Taiwanese DIYer from recycled material, however, is special.

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A new e-waste recycling law in Oregon which took effect January 1, 2010 now requires manufacturers of computer CPUs, laptops, computer monitors, and television sets to provide free recycling services for these used, broken, or obsolete electronic items. Anyone can bring in seven or less of these items to any of the 220 Oregon E-Cycles [...]

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What do you do with your Christmas tree after the holidays? A plastic that dissolves in water, a cell phone that’s powered by nothing more than the user’s movements, a new climate bill that will pay cash to US residents – these are some of the stories included in this week’s Top 10 Recycling and [...]

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The International Consumer Electronics Show 2010 or CES 2010, the world’s largest consumer technology trade exhibition, will open this week in Las Vegas. The show, which will run from January 7-10, 2010, will feature a record 2830 exhibitors displaying 20,000 new products and the latest technology innovations.

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Where can you watch cast members from great Broadway musicals like “Finian’s Rainbow,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Mamma Mia!,” “9 to 5,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “Ragtime,” “South Pacific,” “The Little Mermaid” and “Wicked” perform for the environment? For Broadway music lovers and environmentalists, the E-Waste collection event in New York last December 16th, hosted by [...]

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What to do with your post holiday waste. Photo: Inhabitat
Wondering what to do with all the garbage generated during the holidays? A year after the TVA disaster in Tennessee, are coal ash sites now regulated? Why did the world leaders fail to deliver a binding treaty in Copenhagen? Our choices for the Top 10 environment [...]

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