Oregon has begun the process of making truth in product labels a recycling reality. The state has recently started the research needed to get companies to support their claims of recyclability. It will then sort the information into categories such as what can be recycled curbside….for example…plastic garment bags from the dry-cleaner can be recycled, […]
I have written on the problem with the end of life of solar panels. The real problem is that as with many products that we make, we don’t think of the end of life of that product as a chance to recover valuable resources, but as an end of life. This is one of the […]
Is Recycling Useful? This question has come up again and again over the years. In most of the articles, the facts are misconstrued and the general conclusion is that recycling is not all it is cracked up to be. The recent article in the Atlantic is one of the better articles that I have seen […]
Ok, that was just to see if you were looking at the blog. The Washington Post has a great article on the impact that our clothing has on the environment. In Europe, a study showed that people throw away 70 pounds of shoes and clothing per year. That means throw away, not recycle. I know […]
As reported in the Guardian, more than 80% of plastic water bottles are thrown in the garbage in the United States. That despite the fact that the bottles are easily recyclable in most curbside programs. The report notes that this is the equivalent of 1500 bottles per second… As you have read here, plastic water […]