A recent study released by Pike Research, a market research and consulting firm, has confirmed that most American electronic consumers are aware of the burgeoning e-waste problem and believe the best course of action is recycling.

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The Bottle Bank Arcade in Stockholm, Sweden
We’ve always believed that our children will learn how to recycle and care for the environment quite quickly if fun is injected into the teaching-learning process by parents. Obviously, we adults tend to also absorb ideas faster or change our habits for the better if there’s fun in doing [...]

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Community urban garden in Philadelphia
Here are the our top 10 pick of the most interesting and informative recycling and environmental stories at Green Options Environment:

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Plastic waste into fuel? (Photo: Envion)
If you’ve been following this blog for a while now, you know that plastic recycling is one of the environmental initiatives that we support in this site. That’s why when I came across this news about a company that proposes to convert plastic waste into fuel, I simply couldn’t contain [...]

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In our recent post on fake recycling events uncovered by the Basel Action Network in Pennsylvania, we’ve noted that although it isn’t the industry norm yet, more and more electronic manufacturers are taking responsibility for the proper disposal of their products.  I believe this is the best solution to the deluge of e-waste that we [...]

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The Basel Action Network (BAN) has uncovered another illegal scheme by unscrupulous recyclers, who were working through a legitimate organization to ship electronic waste to developing countries. Apparently, the company, tasked to handle the electronic waste, was working with the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society in collecting used electronic items from residents, promising to have the [...]

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Sometimes, you just get to wonder at the depth of some people’s depravity and greed. In the news yesterday, the Department of Justice has reached a settlement with 2 fake charities that were operating nationwide – one was collecting cash on behalf of charitable organizations and the other was collecting cell phones that were supposed [...]

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Last August, when talks about recession was just getting to fever pitch, we wrote an article about starting a recycling business from home, and a lot of people responded positively. In November, however, the recyclables market collapsed, literally overnight. Recycling as a lifestyle continues to be a viable environmental option, though at this time, it [...]

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Pacific Grove, California, the city in Monterrey County famous for its breathtaking sceneries and for a renowned literary great who lived there, has joined the ranks of other US cities in banning polystyrene used in the restaurant and food packaging services in the city.

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Cell phone recycling and cleft lips and palates, is there a connection?
I was reading over the weekend this article in the Contra Costa Times about a group of elementary school students who partnered with PaceButler Corporation in a current charity fund drive. The Student council at the Parkmead Elementary School (460 students, 24 teachers) in [...]

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