Tag Archive | "recycling"
Stunning Shredded Paper Furniture: Recycling Takes A Leap
Image from Jenspraet.com I’m a bit of an artsy sort: the furniture in my apartment, the art on the walls, heck, the apartment itself, all have a feel that I wanted to intentionally surround myself with, and that feel is “creative.” It’s part of the reason why I [...]
Continue reading...7 Unconventional and Creative Ways To Recycle
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Image from Richalandonline.com Recycling is often such a boring and easy task that it’s hard to get people to change their ways, in order to make them do it. If the blue or green trash bin is just like the black one, only I can’t put everything I [...]
Continue reading...Knox’s Wireless Green
Friday, March 7, 2008
Welcome to this week’s installment of Knox’s Wireless Green, a rundown of all the week’s most interesting, weird, and popular stories from the worlds of science and the environment. Scientists were super busy this week announcing new discoveries. Among the most interesting was scientific proof that
Continue reading...Health Department Blows $400,000 on Bottled Water
Monday, February 18, 2008
As the environmental problems associated with bottled water gain more attention, the industry has begun to suffer a backlash. Photo by Alex Anlicker Pundits are attempting to make drinking bottled water the new smoking, with the British environmental minister even calling bottled water “daft” and bordering on “morally unacceptable.”
Continue reading...Saving the Planet One Drink at a Time
Sunday, February 17, 2008
If you’re like me, there has been many a time when you’re on your fourth or fifth bottle of beer and you think: “If only drinking was a more environmentally friendly hobby.” Well crack open an ice-cold bottle of brew and celebrate, because drinking is going green.
Continue reading...Japanese Paper Industry in Recycling Scandal
Friday, January 18, 2008
Two major players in the Japanese paper industry have been left with egg on their face after admitting they lied about the amount of recycled paper in their products. Image by William Avery Several days ago Nippon Paper Group, the second largest paper company in Japan, admitted
Continue reading...No Money For Climate Change
Friday, December 28, 2007
Defra (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), the British government department in charge of environmental issues, is facing £300 million cuts in areas which are concerned with climate change. Agencies tackling recycling, energy saving, nature protection, carbon emissions and safeguarding the environment have all been targeted.
Continue reading...
Friday, May 9, 2008
6 Comments