Marin Demolition Company Starts New Project with Ecologically Friendly Deconstruction Process

Hurricane Hauling and Demolition Inc., a Marin based demolition and hauling company that performs work throughout the greater Bay Area, has recently begun a major project using a deconstruction process that protects both the Earth and the owner’s pocketbook.    Deconstruction is the first step in green building, as materials that would normally end up in landfill [...]

UK Opens Diaper Recycling Facility

The very first recycling facility for disposable diapers or nappies, feminine hygiene products and adult diapers have opened in the United Kingdom. Located in West Bromwich, the Knowaste recycling plant will now process these wastes, diverting them from incinerators and landfills. It’s been said that these diapers and similar products pollute and populate the landfill [...]

More and More Cities Ban Plastic Bags

The word is truly out. Plastic is bad and plastic doesn’t decompose and fills-up the landfill of garbage for a very long time. With this knowledge in mind, more cities across America are proposing the banning of plastic bag use altogether. Long Beach in California has just passed this resolution, in the hopes of reducing [...]

The Green Trash Bag

I quite nitpick when it comes to trash and as much as I want to practice less wastes, I do end up with more wastes than intended. Running a household with so many dogs, this is sometimes inevitable. Our garbage pile sometimes make me cringe and I always give double effort to at least keep [...]

Carrie & David Grant in Tune with Support Your School Scheme to Raise £5m for UK Schools

Britain’s best known vocalist coaches, Carrie and David Grant from Fame Academy and Pop Idol, have today launched a new fundraising scheme which is aiming to raise £5m for UK schools through the collection of empty inkjet cartridges and unwanted mobile phones for re-use. The extra cash raised will come at an important time for [...]

British Engineers Reveal Scale of Threat and Clean up Gulf of Mexico

LONDON, July 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Today, British clean tech company Ultra Green unveils its new technology that can potentially clean up the majority of the estimated four million barrels of oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico by the end of September. After successfully passing all rigorous safety checks to ensure the rig is [...]

Support Your School Recycling Scheme Fundraiser for UK Schools

Carrie and David Grant of Fame and Academy and Pop Idol head the cause of trying to raise £5 million for UK schools through the collection of empty ink cartridges and unwanted mobile phones for re-use. The cause is quite important after yesterday’s announcement of an extensive budget cut by Ed Balls, Secretary of State [...]

Jean Recycling Project by Levi’s

Levi Strauss & Co. together with the students from the University of Memphis, as well as Goodwill Industries, a rehabilitation and recycling service facility, is coming up with a recycling project that should help limit wastage and landfill pollution. The program, which is dubbed, “A Care Tag for Our Planet” is about recycling old clothing, [...]

New York To Charge Extra For Bottled Water

Beginning October 31st, the state of New York will begin charging an extra 5-cent deposit fee for bottled water purchases. This move is under the “Bigger, Better Bottle Bill” or the Refundable Container Act (Bottle Bill). This means that consumers will have to pay extra when purchasing this, but they will get the refund if [...]

The Eco-Coffee Cup

Most people are on the go these days. To keep them awake they usually drink coffee to keep them alert. But they are destroying the environment with their coffee and disposable cups. How? Disposable paper cups are not recyclable. The paper cup is made from a composite of materials: kraft bleached paper sprayed with a [...]