On AlterNet: recycling

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "recycling"

Where No City Has Gone Before: San Francisco Will Be World's First Zero-Waste Town by 2020

Sven Eberlein, AlterNet. April 18, 2012.

A future without landfills? SF is already 78% of the way there -- but the hardest part is still ahead.

Can New Corporate Pledges of Zero Waste Make Landfills Obsolete?

Christine MacDonald, AlterNet. April 11, 2012.

Businesses are learning that what they throw away can be just as valuable as what they are making.

7 Dangerous Lies About Plastic

Stiv Wilson, AlterNet. February 26, 2012.

Big Plastic is big money and survives regulatory scrutiny by creating big spin. Here's what you need to know.

Compostable or Recyclable? Why Bioplastics Are Causing an Environmental Headache

Mary Catherine O'Connor, Earth Island Journal. July 6, 2011.

Let's shine a light on bioplastic packaging and its end-of-life story, because you'll be seeing more and more of it in the coming years.

How I Went to Kenya, and Had to Re-Learn How to Be an Environmentalist

Anna Clark, AlterNet. May 25, 2011.

Adapting to life in Kenya means adapting to an environment where it is harder to be a good environmentalist.

God Promises 30 Percent Increase In Global Warming By 2012 While at Copenhagen

Lee Camp, AlterNet. December 14, 2009.

Do people give a sh*t about climate change?

5 Recycling Myths Shattered

Nicky Scott, Chelsea Green Publishing. August 11, 2009.

This it's too expensive, a waste of time, not energy efficient -- think again.

A Call to Go (Nearly) Paperless

Gwen Schantz, AlterNet. March 10, 2009.

It's not just TP that we're addicted to. Paper products make up the largest portion of our waste stream and cutting back has never been easier.

Would Thomas Jefferson Refuse To Recycle?

Jay Walljasper, OnTheCommons.org. August 19, 2008.

As a recent example in Texas proves, what passes for "independence" these days is more like lazy and foolish.

HP's Printer Cartridges Are an E-Waste Disaster -- Does the Company Really Care?

ZP Heller, AlterNet. October 29, 2007.

There are ways to clean up our massive e-waste mess. The industry giant Hewlett-Packard needs to do much more.

Dumped: Could You Survive on a Landfill?

Simon Usborne, Independent UK. September 3, 2007.

Some unsuspecting reality TV contestants who signed up for an "eco-challenge" were dumped on a landfill for three weeks and learned to survive on other people's garbage.

Can We Create A World Without Waste?

Andi McDaniel, Conscious Choice. January 9, 2007.

A new movement is working to make manufacturers more accountable by pushing them to stop producing anything that can't be resold, recycled or reused.

Litterbug World

Ariane Conrad, LiP Magazine. April 1, 2005.

'Gone Tomorrow' examines the realities of planned-in obsolescence and waste-by-design in our market economy.