Shanghai families say kids poisoned by lead

SHANGHAI (AP) — Families living in one of Shanghai’s industrial suburbs say their children are suffering from lead poisoning from nearby battery and recycling factories.

Waste Management Announces Plans for Clean-Burning Natural Gas for its Columbus Area Fleet

COLUMBUS, Ohio /PRNewswire/ — Waste Management today announced plans to convert to clean burning natural gas-powered trucks for its waste and recycling collection operations in Columbus, Ohio. This will be Waste Management’s first fleet of compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks in Ohio. A new CNG fueling facility will also be installed at the company’s Canal [...]

GE Expands Appliance Recycling for Consumers and Retailers – How RAD.

70 percent of consumers want all or part of their appliance recycled. GE and Appliance Recycling Centers of America (ARCA) now provide appliance recycling services to 12 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. New technology system reduces landfill waste of refrigerators by 85 percent by weight. GE Appliances launches initiative to facilitate retailer participation in appliance recycling [...]

GreenHunter Water Announces Marcellus Shale Water Reuse Project

GRAPEVINE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GreenHunter Water, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of GreenHunter Energy, Inc. (NYSE Amex: GRH), announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to install and operate an onsite semi-portable water treatment facility in the Marcellus Shale. This facility will receive and treat water used in hydraulic fracturing. The process includes the [...]

Which Reusable Bag Must You Buy?

As more and more stores are encouraging people to bring reusable bags, disposable plastic bags may soon be phased out. This is great news for the environment. However, the market has been overflowing with different kinds of reusable bags, it’s actually becoming harder for consumers to pick which one is really best to use. Incoming [...]

Favorable Reasons to go Green

Going Green is a positive thing. This fact can not be stressed enough. The reality of the situation is to many people are under the illusion that it will be difficult, more expensive, and to time consuming to change. When it actual fact life will remain the same only greener and better for every living [...]

Radiation Detecting through Recycled PET Bottles

Japan continues to be on alert with the radiation issue but it seems that something eco-friendly has been discovered to offer cheap means of detecting radiation in the quake-ravaged country. This comes in the form of PET bottles which can reportedly be recycled and offer a 90% cheaper alternative the usual radiation-detecting devices available in [...]

The Many Uses of Brown Paper Bag

Brown paper bags. This is a basic item found in the kitchen. It’s often used for packing lunch. But in our household, I make use of the brown paper bag in other ways. It’s very convenient to have a lot of these on stock. The paper is recycled, you get to save lots of trees [...]

Selection of Stationary

With the summer time sadly drawing to a close it is the perfect time to get organized for September with back to school, college, and work stationary. Many of us have been away, taking some much deserved time off and generally enjoying the sun. Hopefully more people have updated their knowledge about the planet and [...]

TuboHotel is made from Recycled Concrete Pipes in Mexico

Most hotels are asked to be more eco-friendly and the TuboHotel seems to be as green as they get. This is one unconventional hotel that pries you away from the usual luxuries and energy wasting spots you can find in regions today, making use of recycled concrete pipes to deliver the necessary comfort one would [...]

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