Category: Recycling
Mail Back program.
USPS to test recycling service that lets you mail unwanted electronic items for free.
Post date: Tuesday, March 18th, 2008.
Cow Power.
Energy company to begin producing natural gas from animal waste. (via)
Post date: Friday, March 14th, 2008.
BioHaven Wild Floating Islands.
Product derived from recycled materials is a man-made island that is designed to filter water pollution.
Post date: Wednesday, July 19th, 2006.
Cellular aluminum.
Aluminum material developed that is porously designed like foam to be strong and evenly distribute impact forces.
Post date: Tuesday, July 11th, 2006.
Boing boing.
Washington, D.C. is testing sidewalks that are created from recycled rubber tires.
Post date: Wednesday, July 5th, 2006.
Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
Scientists discover a species of white rot fungus that is able to digest durable plastic resins. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, June 7th, 2006.
Holdfast Rubber Highway.
Project designed to ease urban traffic congestion is paving seldom used railway lines with roads made of recycled rubber tires. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 1st, 2006.
Princess Elisabeth Antarctic research station.
Scientific base to be built in Antarctica that will recycle everything and run entirely on renewable energy. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 1st, 2006.
Microbial fuel cells.
Scientists discover that the natural process of microbes breaking down wastewater can be converted into usable electricity. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2006.
Fossil water.
Libya is sitting on one of the oldest freshwater aquifers in the world.
Post date: Wednesday, April 12th, 2006.
Photon-harvesting.
Company has developed a method for harnessing electromagnetic energy present in the environment to produce energy for powering devices. (via)
Post date: Monday, April 10th, 2006.
LFG.
General Motors uses the gas produced from rotting garbage in landfills to power seven of its plants. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006.
Chemo-biotechnological conversion.
Process using soil bacterium that converts Styrofoam into a biodegradeable plastic.
Post date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2006.
Biomass program.
San Francisco waste company to collect dog poo from city parks and turn it into electricity.
Post date: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006.
Cellulosic ethanol.
Usuable energy produced cheaply and easily from farm waste digested in termite guts.
Post date: Tuesday, February 14th, 2006.
Aqua AWD-AQ1.
Waterless washing machine that converts air to ozone which oxidizes bacteria from clothing.
Post date: Tuesday, February 7th, 2006.
Freegans.
Environmental movement demonstrates how people can feed themselves for free by rescuing food thrown away by others. (via)
Post date: Saturday, January 28th, 2006.
Leftovers to Lights.
California utility considering using food waste from restaurants to produce methane gas. (via)
Post date: Thursday, December 29th, 2005.
Eneloop.
Batteries that are completely rechargable and recyclable. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005.
Fumes-to-Fuel technology.
Automotive plant recycles harmful paint fumes into electricity. (via)
Post date: Monday, October 17th, 2005.
Dish Maker.
Machine molds cups, plates, and bowls out of a recyclable material that can be remolded again and again.
Post date: Wednesday, October 12th, 2005.
Plantic.
Plastic that is made from plants and dissolves in water. (via)
Post date: Monday, October 3rd, 2005.
Rest in mulch.
Town in Sweden to begin freeze-drying their dead. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
R-E-C-Y-C-L-E.
New text-messaging service in London allows users to request schedules of when their recycling is collected or locate the nearest recycling facilities. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 15th, 2005.
Eco-friendly.
Student in England designs shower that ‘re-circulates and cleans used water‘.
Post date: Thursday, September 8th, 2005.
Fed up.
The guy who makes furniture out of Fedex boxes is now being told by Fedex to take down his site. (via)
Post date: Monday, August 15th, 2005.
Got poop?
Prison in Rwanda powers stoves with very natural gas. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 21st, 2005.
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