Showing posts with label Recycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recycling. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Low oil prices adversely affect recycling efforts. How does that happen?

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Plastic bottles that hold our favorite soft drink or choice of bottled water contain an input called  Polyethylene Terephthalate, or "P...
Monday, May 27, 2013

E-waste, recycling and "good intentions". What happens when you hurt the people you are supposedly trying to help?

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When viewpoints based on prior information (faulty or not) have been rendered obsolete why are we slow to change those views? Is it beca...
Sunday, May 1, 2011

Do you know the difference between Trash and Treasure? Nice example of a good that went from one to the other in the marketplace, and it is found in your kitchen...

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What is the difference between trash and treasure in terms of your refuse (fancy word for garbage)?  With trash YOU have to pay someone else...
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Which is better for the environment, fake Christmas trees or real ones? The answer may surprise you...

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Which is better for the environment, fake Christmas trees or real?  If you are trying to conserve trees, then fake is the way to go. But if ...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Reinforcement for me on the recycling lecture I gave in class this week---Nice quote... :)

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How timely!!!...A great quote today in the Wall Street Journal in regards to an economist they profiled.  It is from his wife and is quite ...
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