To me, the title is a contradiction in terms. By its very nature, bottled water consumes more resources to produce, requires a large carbon footprint and in the end, not matter how the container is designed, creates a waste stream. I give the owner credit for attempting to make a container that has a smaller […]
NBC News has recently run a very revealing piece with regard to electronics waste that answers the question. First, put this in perspective…The manufacturers made their profit on CRT’s years ago…now they are being asked to pay for the proper disposal of these old units…and they don’t want to. So, in some states, like NY […]
Mr. Porter oversimplifies his argument that there is liberal bias at work when environmentally concerned individuals oppose or question nuclear power. Indeed, the argument reflects the lack of holistic thinking that is often evident in energy arguments. He notes that nuclear power generates no greenhouse gases…well, that is true to a point…after all we must […]
As noted by the Times, a tariff fight is on over the flooding of the market with Aluminum by China. Why am I writing about this you ask? Simply put, when countries like China (and Russia before it) flood the market with virgin Aluminum, they lower the value of recycled aluminum in an artificial manner. […]
First, let me say that I am a bit of a coffee snob. I like coffee that is fresh and not made in plastic cups. Second, yes, I said that not all recycling is sustainable. Keurig’s newly designed K-Cup is designed to be more recyclable than before. But as David Gelles points out in his […]