Articles tagged “Waste Disposal”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Focus Earth: October 4, 2008 By Team Planet Green IN Focus Earth Oct 3 2008 Bob Woodruff and the Focus Earth reporters have the latest green news on Gov. Sarah Palin and this week's historic Vice Presidential debate, plus a hard look at how the current economic crisis in the United States will effect... + READ MORE

How You Can Eliminate a Floating Trash Mass Twice the Size of Texas! By Leslie Billera IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 3 2008 there's a floating pile of trash twice the size of the state of Texas in the Pacific, the concept of ugly took on colossal new proportions. This giant floating landfill even has its own name: the North Pacific gyre. What's the top dog in this waterlogged garbage disaster? + READ MORE

2 Alternatives to Rain Barrels, if You've Got Something Against Rain Barrels By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Oct 3 2008 Some people are tired of barrels. I would guess that the Italian fellow from Donkey Kong is very sick of barrels what with that ape always hurling them. Barrel coopers probably need to take a rousing vacation away from their stock of moderately priced barrels from time to time. + READ MORE

Roadie Blog, Week 9, Downtown Battleground By Team Planet Green IN Battleground Earth Oct 3 2008 I'd say we were happy to be back in LA, a town that everyone is familiar with, but leave it up to Battleground Earth to still put us out of our element ? the Renaissance Faire. We rolled into... + READ MORE

Hey Party Animal—Reduce Your Party Waste in 3 Steps By Elizabeth Seward IN Home & Garden Oct 2 2008 OK. I'll admit it. I'm a bit of a social butterfly. I love making friends, keeping friends, and I especially love entertaining my friends. I'm one to have a party every 6-8 weeks. The morning after a party is always a complete disaster. It seems like no matter what I do, there will always be unimaginable waste after my parties. But lately I have been thinking about how I can make my parties more eco-friendly. I can't quite have a party with a clean conscience anymore if I'm destroying the earth with my party. + READ MORE

3 Easy, Natural Ways to Stop Yard Runoff By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 2 2008 I had this next-door neighbor when I was a teenager who might have been clinically obsessed with his lawn, and his obsession didn't just stop at his lawn. This neighbor, obsessed as he was with his "environment," was a mini-polluter. + READ MORE

Waste Management's Recycling Efforts, A Green Hearted Phone and Ben & Jerry's Eco-Freezer By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden Oct 1 2008 Learn what Waste Management is doing to step up their recycling efforts. Stay in touch with Sony Ericcson's new future-friendly phone, the GreenHeart. Pick your favorite ice cream flavor from Ben & Jerry's Cleaner, Greener Freezer. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Green Your Printing: Print with Recycled Paper By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 1 2008 If you work in an office (or ever have), you've probably got a pretty good idea of how much paper gets used—wasted—every day. Even those who haven't spent time in an office have probably done their fair share of printing too—students with reports, writers with their drafts, and everyone printing out directions on Mapquest. I know I do. + READ MORE

G Word Episode: Human Car By Team Planet Green IN G Word Oct 1 2008 Chef Gregory Schaefer challenges a fellow chef to an Ultimate Eco-Cookoff, correspondent Graham Hill takes the Human Car for a spin and Waste Sleuth Todd Sutton searches for clarity in the world of glass recycling. Checkout the Planet Green... + READ MORE

Urban Foraging and How with Stephen Brooks By Team Planet Green IN G Word Sep 30 2008 I am absolutely floored how much fruit is out there that never gets eaten. I find the people that have pumping fruit trees in their yards often feel bad that so much is going to waste and scramble to... + READ MORE

G Word Episode: Sea Urchin Eco Cookoff By Team Planet Green IN G Word Sep 30 2008 We're foraging off-shore for a sea urchin cook off, warming up to steam power at the biggest complex of geo thermal plants in the world, and the Waste Sleuth Todd Sutton cleans up the mess after the cheering stops... + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Half-Life By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Sep 29 2008 This term was first used in 1907 as "half-life period" but in our short attention span society, it was shortened to just "half-life." Either way, it has three definitions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... + READ MORE

G Word Episode: Wood U Recycle By Team Planet Green IN G Word Sep 29 2008 The Waste Sleuth chips away at the problem of waste wood, while the Keep It Green Girls give a man an eco-friendly makeover. Also, our Stephen Brooks is on the search for the perfect papaya. Checkout the Planet Green... + READ MORE

Inside the Alter Eco House (Slideshow) By Team Planet Green IN Alter Eco Sep 26 2008 MORE Features of the House: Energy: The home comes with a two year insurance policy underwritten by Bayer that guarantees the homes heating and cooling bills do not exceed $51.00 per month. The home has a hybrid of lighting designed... + READ MORE

5 Clutter Cutting Ideas You Need to Use Now from The Book of Rubbish Ideas By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Home & Garden Sep 26 2008 The Book of Rubbish Ideas by Tracy Smith is exactly that—a book of ideas on rubbish. Mainly, how rubbish impacts us and our world, and how to reduce it. And while the idea of garbage can be daunting the deeper we dig, Smith pars down the big idea to a simple guide book. She manages to reduce excess words in the same way as excess items, and speeds readers through each room of our houses, pointing out what doesn?t need to be there. + READ MORE

G Word Video: TV Recycling By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Sep 26 2008 Old TVs, ready to be discarded, pose a problem for the environment. Reusing them is possible, but finding replacement parts can be difficult meaning TVs that are not fully functional must be thrown away. But they do not sit well in landfills either. Besides the fact that TVs can take a very long time to decompose, they also contain a wide range of dangerous chemicals that are harmful to the environment. What then, should we do with our old, unwanted, TVs? + READ MORE

Why to Pack Less Stuff, The Man Who Saves Trash and New Patagonia Shoes By Jessica Root IN Travel & Outdoors Sep 25 2008 Conserve jet fuel by packing less stuff. Check out the man who's decided not to throw out his trash. Slip your soles in Patagonia's new Salt and Pepper Shoe. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Roadie Blog, Week 8, Heal the Bay By Team Planet Green IN Battleground Earth Sep 25 2008 Earlier this morning, while driving along the coast, we got a text message telling us to where to report for our next adventure. Thanks to our savvy bus driver, who knows the coasts of California like the back of... + READ MORE

G Word Video: How Many Gallons By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Sep 24 2008 In this video, Lori Harfenist, the G Word quizzer, hits the streets to ask people some tough questions about what happens when you use the toilet. From where the water and waste go after a flush, to how many gallons are used daily, Lori looks for, but mostly offers, answers. + READ MORE

Stuff Happens Video: Recycle When You Can By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Sep 24 2008 People love to use aluminum. We wrap food in it, store beverages in it, and build cars, ships, and airplanes from it. And there is good reason for this: aluminum is light weight, resists corrosion, is non-toxic, and performs well in both heat and cold. At this point, it seems that aluminum is something we humans cannot live without. But what is the ecological impact of aluminum? + READ MORE