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Making A No Waste Lunch

August 31, 2011

As kids are getting back into the daily school schedule, it’s time to thinking again about making a no waste lunch.  Most lunches consist of everything that is disposable.  Plastic forks, plastic bags, paper napkins, paper sacks.  Maybe your child has a lunch box that he or she uses every day.  That’s a good start, [...]

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Corporate Giant McDonald’s Adds Green Technology

August 31, 2011

Six restaurants in LaPorte County in Indiana, all owned by Glenn Lubeznik, have joined 4 Thought Energy LLC to add green technology to the franchise.  Lubeznik told The Northwest Indiana Times, “It’s a personal initiative as well as a corporate decision.  There are a lot of benefits to this not only from an environmental standpoint [...]

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“Stockholm Statement” Challenge From World Water Week

August 31, 2011

Since 1991, an annual meeting in Stockholm for World Water Week has discussed the solutions for drinking water availability and sanitation on a global level.  This year the meeting lasted from August 21 to 27, and concluded with the “Stockholm Statement to the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20) [...]

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New Energy Efficiency Standards For Fridges

August 30, 2011

The Department of Energy announced its new energy efficiency standards for home refrigerators and freezers on Friday.  By 2014, efficiency must improve by about 25 percent, which will reduce the overall United States annual energy use by about 5 percent.  The best part is that these savings will be passed on to the consumer as [...]

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EPA Is Putting Unemployed To Work On Cleanup Projects

August 30, 2011

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced in a press release last Tuesday that it plans to spend $6 million to employ those out of work to help with the Great Lakes cleanup project.  In the past two years, Congress has allocated $775 million to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which aims to improve the region’s [...]

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Get Cash For Your Old Apple Products

August 24, 2011

Apple Inc. has had a recycling program in place for several years, but primarily for old batteries and computers.  All other Apple products would have to be pushed to the back of the closet or tossed in the trash bin.  But now Apple is expanding its Reuse and Recycle program to include smaller items like [...]

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Biodegradable Options For Your Next BBQ

August 24, 2011

As summer winds down and you start to plan those back to school parties, consider ways to make that outdoor barbeque more environmentally responsible.  Companies are now making biodegradable tableware that performs just as well as traditional paper and plastic products.  The Biodegradable Products Institute or BPI is a non-profit organization that tests how well [...]

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