September 26, 2012
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90 percent of used refrigerators are recycled for their metal, but the insulation and chemicals inside them often wind up in landfills. One processing plant has found a way around that. ARCA Advanced Processing in Philadelphia runs a massive refrigerator “shredder” known as the URT System that has the capability to break down a standard [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookJuly 19, 2012
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Living in a throwaway culture, many can’t imagine spending the time to tweak their old, worn out toaster when they can simply spend $12 on a new one. It’s that sort of mentality that leads to small household appliances piling up in our landfills, according to Gaspard Tiné-Berès, a student at the Royal College of [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookJuly 6, 2012
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Last April, Sarah Proctor and her husband Dick decided to tear down the home they shared in Raleigh, N.C. for more than 25 years. While the couple loved the neighborhood, their 1928 home was falling into disrepair and becoming increasingly difficult to live in as their needs changed with age. “We’re at the age and [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 2, 2010
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For many components of hybrid cars, recycling is the same as with their non-hybrid counterparts. The metal body is reprocessed into steel, tires are shredded into crumb rubber or burned for fuel, even the windshield can be recycled into insulation…
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September 16, 2010
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Soles4Souls, the Nashville-based charity that distributes a pair of shoes every seven seconds to people in need, has put a call out for donations as the organization is literally “running out of shoes.” Since 2005, the nonprofit has distributed more than 11 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes in more than 125 countries, [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookAugust 12, 2010
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Recycling glass used to be challenge in Kansas City, but a non-profit, brewery and insulation maker have turned that around with Ripple Glass, a company that has its sights set on doubling the city’s glass recycling rate. Continue reading
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