waste management

Having trouble finding a location or event in your area to drop off batteries, lightbulbs and electronics for recycling? Waste Management’s new site Think Green From Home provides mail-in recycling options for these products.

- Robert B Cordiak

A green school aims to enhance and protect the surroundings. Staff and students work together on projects within the school and in the local community, hoping to reduce waste, water and energy consumption and pollution, and increase biodiversity. A green school uses 60 percent less energy than a conventional building, 70 percent less water and the air inside is clean and safe to breathe.

People should use Freecycle instead of throwing things out.

With blue, grey and an upcoming green bin in the works, Kingston is still lagging behind other communities. Regarding E-Waste, the city has done little by means of colleciton, and their plans are less than stellar for the near future. Get with the times Kingston!

There is no doubt that waste generated by technology is a serious problem and I am sure many of you have seen countless interviews and videos describing where that waste ends up and the impact it is having. Click here to get a small idea of the issue.

Schumer Urges FEMA And Army Corps Of Engineers To Meet With Re-Tread Products And Examine The Product’s Potential; Calls Re-Tread A Win-Win-Win For NY, The Gulf Coast And The Environment In Wake Of Last Year’s Hurricanes, Retread Products Is Designing A New Construction Material To Be Used In Flood Control And Levee Construction That Will Bend, Not Brake, Made From Recycled Waste Tire

Re Tread Products Inc. (RTP) is researching the commercial development of a new building material made from recycled tires called the "Tire Log". The Tire Log is a patented innovation made from waste tires with a unique and energy efficient approach to recycling tires. RTP recycling method is based on a simple procedure that helically wraps the steel belted tread of the tire around a core of tire treads to essentially any length or diameter. The net result is a building material that engineers say could revolutionize flood control, earthquake survivability and homeland security.

Re-Tread Products is a startup company based on the development of our recently patented Tire Log that is made from recycled waste car and truck tires.Our top goal priority at this point is to develop a team of professionals that can visualize the potential of our simple yet effective product and turn that potential into reality.

Should I stay or should I go?  Or could I at least have a cup of coffee without throwing millions of paper cups in the trash?  This is maybe why I've never met any environmentalists at Starbucks.

In the past, we’ve reported on several ways to help conserve energy. Buying equipment with the Energy Star logo, shutting off equipment when not in use, and turning off lights and turning down thermostats in unused areas, are all important and easy steps you can take to lower expenses.

But, there are also broader programs you should consider.

Recycling can reduce waste…In your bottom line.

Where do you put 22 million tons of trash? In the UK we still send 77% of our garbage to landfill, despite it being the worst possible way to deal with it. But what are the effects, and what are the alternatives?

In 1997, the businesses in the town center of Weston, MA were required to upgrade their sewage treatment system. The majority of the businesses chose a solar aquatic system to be constructed by the Ecological Engineering Group. The natural waste treatment plant had tremendous advantages over other, traditional options. Who could refuse a cheaper, cleaner, odorless, aesthetically pleasing system that could treat all your waste? (Photos. Definitely view Flickr slideshow)

From daily smog to the rising threat of global warming, it’s pretty obvious that we all need to clean up our act a little. Much has been said about how to go about doing this at home, but what about in the workplace? Copiers, computers, even old floppy disks, can make a huge impact on the environment. Here’s are a few ways to reduce your office’s effect.