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How to Go Green: Recycling
Recycling got it's start almost four decades ago, when a U.S. paper company wanted a symbol to communicate its products’ recycled content to customers. To many people, recycling conjures up the blue plastic bins and bottle drives. But recycling is a design principal, a law of nature, a source of creativity, and a source of prosperity. For anyone looking to make recycling a more integral part of their lives, this guide is an overview of the basic legwork as well as some of the finer and more advanced concepts that have emerged in recent years. + READ MORE
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Quiz: What's Your e-Waste IQ?
When it comes to recycling electronics, do you know your stuff? Test out how much you know about cell phone, computer, and gadget recycling, and other e-waste issues. + TAKE THE QUIZ
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Slideshow: Beautiful Celebrity Portraits Made from Trash
An Arizona artist named Sandhi Schimmel Gold practices some of the most creative recycling you'll ever see, turning trash into something you'd hang on your wall. Using advertisements, menus, greeting cards, calendars and personal tax forms she creates faces -- some really famous, some just beautiful -- from mailbox trash. + READ MORE
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Recycling Everything: Compost
For lots of us, recycling starts with paper, plastic, cans, and glass in the blue bin, but it definitely shouldn't end there. Composting -- or, recycling organic waste -- is a big part of being a conscientious recycler; here's everything you need to know about it. + READ MORE
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Recycling Everything: E-Waste
E-waste -- the waste generated by electronics and their peripherals -- is a complex, tricky problem. Recycling e-waste usually isn't quite as easy as tossing it in the bin by the curb, but it doesn't have to be difficult, hazardous, or expensive. Learn more about the in's and out's of e-waste recycling before tossing your old cell phone or laptop. + READ MORE
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Recycling: By the Numbers
Recycling seems like a good idea, and we all know it's something we probably should do as much as possible, but, what difference does it make? Is it something we can really quantify, and, perhaps more importantly, is there a good environmental case for it? We break it down, by the numbers. + READ MORE
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Inspiring Recycling Examples
Recycling cans and bottles with your local municipality, while important, isn't very glamorous or sexy, but recycling can be. Check out these inspiring examples of people around the world taking recycling to a whole new level, creating buildings, clothing, and entirely new ways of life with recycling. + READ MORE
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Couple Pays for Wedding with 400,000 Recycled Cans
Sure, recycling seems like a good idea, but can it make a difference? Just ask the "wedding can couple," who paid for their wedding from the proceeds they earned by recycling 400,000 cans. + READ MORE
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Taiwan Recycling Plastics Into Surprising New Products
Many types of plastics can be recycled, but not into food-grade containers. So what can be done with them? Well, plenty! Taiwan is using it's mountains of plastic trash to form everything from building bricks for exhibition halls, to wigs, to clothes. + READ MORE
