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The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has said the UK has increased recovered paper collection to "well above" the European average.

Seth and Jonathan are architects collectively creating amazing, innovative designs. Eight years of cooperative and exhilarated designs has landed them in Seattle, where Graypants, Inc. was invented from a passion to make a difference through stylized design.

An automatic recycling system based on UV infrared colours.... very cool. 

If you are interested in living green than be aware of what you buy and what it’s packaged in.  Skip the tortured process of

A debate on whether we should pay for plastic bags at the store.I think its a postive move

New company offering biodegradable plastic bags to businesses, organic shops, supermarkets, department stores, and other types of stores at reasonable prices. Looks interesting. The site has a lot of info on it.

Every year US landfills receive tens of millions of tons of plastic, which can take hundreds of years to break down. But all that might change now that an Ohio company has developed biodegradable plastic that begins to degrade only when placed in landfills. Thanks to a new additive, water bottles, garbage bags and other plastic products have become appetizing meals for the microorganisms that inhabit landfills.

I know that this is a mundane question for many people; the benefits so obvious that they want to laugh at anybody silly enough to ask it. Truth is though, 23% of Americans don’t recycle anything.

Each year the State of Michigan decorates a 40' Christmas tree on the Capital grounds with 5000 incandescent string lights. At the end of the season, the tree, the lights, the wire, and everything else is put in a industrial shredder. The lights cost the State more than $2000 each year and over $3000 in electricity.

A new Michigan Company is offering to see the state Eco-Friendly LED Christmas Lights for the same cost as their incandescents, but the state seems reluctant to accept the offer.

"I bet you never realized that your nasty plastic shoes are killing those little animals you profess to care so much about?
“It has semi-occurred to me that we’re destroying the earth, and I do try to take a stand.” But even his newfound concern for the environment and my rising anxiety do not prevent him from purchasing a vinyl-wrapped Pucci tote.

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