Car manufacturers seem to be doing a lot for the environment lately. Not only is there a race to build the most fuel efficient EVs and hybrids out there, car makers also appear to be streamlining their operations to produce the least amount of waste possible.

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The Steering Committee of the 11th International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC 2012) is now seeking papers to be presented at its upcoming conference, Jan. 18-20, 2012, in Salzburg, Austria.

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PepsiCo Beverages Canada yesterday announced the introduction of its 7UP EcoGreen bottle which the company says is the first beverage bottle in Canada and North America made from 100 percent recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic.

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When people this side of the Atlantic think about the British, some things instantly come to mind — the Windsors, Big Ben, the Union Jack, the Parliament, and until recently, the ubiquitous bright red-colored telephone booths that dot cities and villages in the U.K.

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A U.N. report released early this month suggested that manufacturing of advanced technology vehicles like hybrids and full electric vehicles (EVs) might slow down at some point in the future because of the low global rate of metal recycling.

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California’s e-waste recycling program reached an impressive environmental milestone this month – the state has just recycled its one billionth pound of electronic waste after passing a series of regulations beginning in 2001. According the the San Jose Mercury News, one billion lbs. of e-waste is equivalent to roughly 20 million televisions and computers diverted [...]

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When we wrote our article about the city of Pacific Grove in California and its newly approved (at the time) ban on styrofoam or polystyrene food containers, there were just a handful of cities in California and in other states that have instituted similar restrictions.

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Watch: Video showing the steps in the long and energy intensive process of plastic bottle recycling.
As you may have noticed, we’re a big fan of recycling in this blog. There are times, however, that we need to question our own basic assumptions about the best ways to protect the environment. One of these assumptions – [...]

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Disposable diapers are among the nastiest consumer products out there – they take something like 500 years to fully break down once deposited in landfills. In the United States, about 27.4 billion diapers are used every year translating to 3.4 million tons of nappies being dumped in our landfills annually. How do you get rid [...]

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After almost a year since the city started accepting bids from nonprofit organizations to supply and maintain textile recycling bins to the city for the purpose of textile recycling, the program called RefashioNYC is finally making a debut in New York City.

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