Janet Perka on the steps of her thrice-moved home outside Port Townsend, WA. Photo Susan Colby
Recycling’s Full Potential
Clear glass goes in one container, colored another.
Papers in this one and plastics in yet one more.
You take your old clothes to the thrift or consignment store. Your...
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re·cy·cle:
Origin: 1925–30
verb
to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse.
to alter or adapt for new use without changing the essential form or nature thereof.
to use again in the original form or with minimal alteration.
to cause to pass through a cycle...
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Scrap House was located on Civic Center Plaza, at the corner of Grove and Polk Streets, immediately in front of San Francisco City Hall. Image courtesy Cesar Rubio Photography.
Some recycled goods or projects are just plain weird! While others are simply wonderful. As They say, one man’s trash is...
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How much trash is in our oceans? And does it look more like a floating landfill or a plastic soup? Anna Cummins, co-founder of the 5 Gyres Project, gives Jorge Ribas the facts about her recent trip into the Atlantic Garbage Patch.
The 5 Gyres Project is dedicated to conducting research and...
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If you have ever wondered where your recycles go, and how all the stuff gets processed, watch this series of animated videos that tell it all.
Chapter 1: The Cycle
Chapter 2: The MRF
Chapter 3: Paper
Chapter 4: Metals
Chapter 5: Plastics
Chapter 6: Glass
All videos courtesy...
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By Dr. Andrew Weil
The stuff is everywhere, in the oceans, garbage dumps, landfills. Patches of oceanic garbage, some as large as the state of Texas, hold a huge volume of non-biodegradable synthetics. And every day the average person in the United States contributes another half-pound of plastic...
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We’ve got too much stuff and not enough room — in our homes, in our neighborhoods, on our planet. Some of us get it – realizing that recycling our stuff needs be an integral part of our lives in order to sustain our natural environment. Sadly, however, too many still don’t get it...
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Plastic Recycling Numbers
Plastics come in all sorts of shapes and sizes…and kinds. And it’s the kinds of plastics that cause some confusion about how to recycle them.
The numbers on the bottom of plastic containers identify the type of resin used to make that particular kind of...
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