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Mercury Thermostats
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23.5.2013 |
Environmental News Network |
Most home thermostats contain a few grams of mercury. Although they only contain small quantities of mercury and do not by themselves exceed any regulatory threshold, they contain enough mercury to potentially cause a significant health risk. The state of California has issued new rules that will greatly reduce the amount of dangerous mercury sent to landfills and incinerators each year due to the improper disposal of old mercury-laden thermostats. The new rules will require thermostat manufacturers to collect and recycle the vast majority of discarded mercury thermostats in California. Over the next five years, this will keep nearly 2 tons of the toxin out of garbage trucks, landfills and incinerators where the mercury can be released from crushing or burning, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, the California Product Stewardship Council, and the California Sierra Club. |
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Scraps and the City
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23.5.2013 |
Greenlight | OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC |
| By Elizabeth Royte
Sometimes I bike and sometimes I walk, but either way I’m a tree-hugging, 350.org-supporting, vegetarian Brooklyn cliché -- hauling a week’s worth of kale stems, shallot skins, and daikon peels to my local greenmarket for compost collection . I feel sheepish about fulfilling a stereotype, but at least I’m joined on my weekly march by tens of thousands of others around New York City who share my feelings about the earth: we know that these scraps converted to compost will nurture the soil that grows our food and other plants. (The wonkier among us understand that compost also increases soil’s carbon-storage capacity, helps to retain soil moisture, reduces the use of artificial fertilizers, and improves soil structure and texture.) And so we don’t mind terribly that our bags of waste take up valuable space in our freezers (the best place to store them until market day), or resent hiking this stuff a half mile, or more, to a collection site no matter what the weather ... |
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California Adopts New Recycling Measure for Mercury-laden Thermostats
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22.5.2013 |
NRDC: News/Media Center Feed |
| California Adopts New Recycling Measure for Mercury-laden Thermostats |
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Kroger to power distribution center with spoiled food
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21.5.2013 |
Resource Efficiency | GreenBiz.com |
| The chain's grocery stores no longer will send food waste to landfills; instead, biogas generated by the waste will help power a distribution center.   |
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New York City struggles with plastic bag waste
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20.5.2013 |
TreeHugger |
| New York City struggles with plastic bag waste |
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Comment sought on green waste recycling plan
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18.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 17, 2013 01:24PM MDT
Curbside green-waste recycling is scheduled to begin next year on a subscription basis in Salt Lake Valley communities served by the Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District. But before the plan is finalized, the district’s board wants to hear what customers have to say about the idea and three other proposals, including one that lets people rent bulk waste disposal trailers again, albeit for a higher fee. A public hearing on those matters will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at district offices in S... ... |
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ICYMI: Hectares of sustainable food news, ESG pro profiles & more
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17.5.2013 |
Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com |
| It's a research-heavy week here at ICYMI HQ, with studies detailing everything from profiles of ESG professionals to solutions for sustainable cities.   |
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New Poll: How American's Feel about Wasting Food
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17.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Dana Gunders, Project Scientist, Food and Agriculture, San Francisco:
Sustainable America recently published a poll about American attitudes on food and fuel. Overall, numbers from this poll showed higher sensitivity and better practices around food waste than any that I’ve seen before. One might write that off to polling... |
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A powerful use for spoiled food
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16.5.2013 |
LA Times: Business |
| A powerful use for spoiled food |
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Your town in brief: Recycle your electronic waste
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16.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| Published May 15, 2013 03:11PM MDT
West Valley City Recycle electronic waste • Simply Mac is hosting a free electronic waste recycling event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Maverik Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive. Businesses and organizations are asked to register at simplymac.com/recycle before dropping off recyclable electronics on Friday. The general public is asked to come on Saturday; registration not required. Acceptable items include computers, speakers, phones, radios, game systems and cameras. Art ... ... |
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Dirty Diapers Pile Up In Portland Recycling Bins: 'It's Not Pretty'
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15.5.2013 |
NPR News |
| Waste and recycling handlers in Portland, Ore., say they're seeing an unfortunate side effect of the city's reduction in garbage pickups: 120 pounds of dirty diapers a day, tucked into recycling bins. |
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Levi Strauss Creates Sustainable Jeans
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13.5.2013 |
Environmental News Network |
Move over rivets, it's plastic bottles that make a pair of Levi's 501 jeans unique now. Iconic brand Levi Strauss and Co. is participating in the effort to drive consumers to think about recycling in a new light with the introduction of their limited-edition Waste |
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Letter: Recycling Electronic Waste
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13.5.2013 |
NY Times: Editorials |
| Letter: Recycling Electronic Waste |
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Is It Safe To Use Compost Made From Treated Human Waste?
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13.5.2013 |
NPR Health Science |
| Treated human waste has been used on farmland for decades, but the ick factor has not entirely faded. Some environmentalists think the treatment process may not get rid of all the harmful contaminants that could be in the waste. |
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SLC and e-waste
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11.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| Published May 11, 2013 01:01AM MDT
Re “Salt Lake City offers free electronic waste recycling events” (Tribune, May 10): The recycling of electronic waste (e-waste) is a great idea. With the constant flow of new electronic devices — phones, computers, hard drives, TV screens and music-playing devices — it is wise to offer Salt Lake City the opportunity to recycle these products with toxic ingredients in a way that is not harmful to the environment. If Samsung would offer this service to other cities, many would benefit. Great job... ... |
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Salt Lake City offers free electronic waste recycling events
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9.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| the Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 9, 2013 08:15AM MDT
A series of free Saturday electronic waste (e-waste) recycling events will be held each month in Salt Lake City from May through August. The events are sponsored by Samsung and will accept a wide variety of electronics from city and county residents. Business waste will not be accepted. E-waste accepted at the community collection events include: computers, computer parts, televisions, cell phones, printers, scanners and cameras. “Salt Lake City is offering a series of free e-waste recycling ev... ... |
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Human head found among recycling debris
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9.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| OAKLAND, Calif.—A human head has been found in a load of recycling debris at a facility in Oakland. |
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Composting Is Key to New Business Sector and Green Jobs, Says New Report
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8.5.2013 |
Commondreams.org Newswire |
Composting is a major job creator, according to a new report released by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC, in conjunction with International Compost Awareness Week. According to the report, Pay Dirt: Composting in Maryland to Reduce Waste, Create Jobs, & Protect the Bay, 1,400 new full-time jobs could be supported for every million tons of yard trimmings and food scraps converted into compost that is used locally.
Collectively, these jobs could pay wages ranging from $23 million to $57 million. read more |
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Letter: Exporting Electronic Waste
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8.5.2013 |
NY Times: Editorials |
| Letter: Exporting Electronic Waste |
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Organics recycling is slow to catch on in Hennepin County
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8.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Latest |
| St. Louis Park becomes the 12th Hennepin County city to offer a residential program. Advocates hope others will soon join in. |
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