New Scientist Enviorment had interesting information on a US company that is taking plastics recycling to another level – turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas.All that is needed, claims Global Resource Corporation (GRC), is a finely tuned microwave and – hey presto! – a mix of materials that were […]
Month: June 2007
Powerful Poop
If you have dog then you already know how much crap those animals can produce. Imagine if that poop was worth something more than putting in a brown bag and lighting it on fire, like kids do. The guys over at inhabitat had a cool write up on some new initiative in San Francisco. Anyone […]
Google Sets The Pace With Largest Corporate Solar Installation in the US
I got this information from Green Options. Search for “Largest corporate solar installation in the U.S.” and you’ll see Google pop up in the results. As of yesterday, the search engine giant became a lot less dependent on the grid by flipping the switch on nearly 9,212 solar panels. The output of more than 1.6 […]
“100% Powered By Vegetable Oil” Bumper Sticker Gets a 1k Dollar Fine
If the Government could completely have it their way, they would lock you up for using anything other than their heavily taxed gasoline or diesel. If you don’t believe take a look at this story from the Charlotte Observer. Bob Teixeira decided it was time to take a stand against U.S. dependence on foreign oil."So […]
Common Threads Garment Recycling
Common Threads Garment Recycling Way too much of what is made these days ends up in the trash at the end of its useful life. At Patagonia, they’re working to change that. In 2005 they launched their Common Threads Garment Recycling Program, through which customers could return their worn out Capilene® Performance Baselayers to them […]