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Tropical Storm “Ondoy” Causes Floods in the Philippines

Brian Yalung — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:56:33 +0000

In case you don’t know, the Philippines is always a prime candidate for floods each time the rainy season hits. The usual regions are prepared for it but certainly not the places such as the National Capital Region where flooding was manageable. That is not the case today when tropical storm “Ondoy” brought havoc to the Philippines, leaving lots of people stranded and people in low areas climbing to the roofs to avoid the watery wrath of this storm.

No one forecasted that this tropical depression would be this bad. The rains poured all night until today causing monstrous traffic jams and people fleeing for higher ground. In fact a lot of people went to their home’s rooftops for dryer ground, groping in the dark since power was shut down in the flood-ravaged cities of Manila and its neighboring provinces.

Mobile communication was erratic and many people are asking for help. The sudden need for rafts and rubber boats were being clamored along with prayers that the rains would stop. This day, the Filipino community get a courtesy call on what global warming and climate change is really all about. After these floods subside, will the Filipino people finally wake up to reality that these events are just a glimpse of what global warming can do if it is not addressed soon? This is a wakeup call and certainly eyes have been opened.

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Tropical Storm “Ondoy” Causes Floods in the Philippines

AT&T Revs up Wireless Recycling Efforts

Brian Yalung — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:45:52 +0000

In a move to lend a big helping hand to the growing problem of e-waste, AT&T has increased efforts in its recycling drive for its 2,000 and more stores in the collection of over 14 million wireless collection devices, a move that aims to improve the current issue of 13 tons of toxic wastes making their way towards standard landfills.

AT&T estimates that they will be procuring 14 million wireless devices by 2011.

AT&T has launched its goals and initiatives:

AT&T continues to provide recycling drop-off spots via all 2,000-plus retail locations nationwide, and it offers free prepaid shipping labels online at www.att.com/recycle.
AT&T has added two more ways to help make recycling easy for wireless users: free, prepaid mailing envelopes in stores and online (att.com/recycle).
Through August 2009, AT&T is working with the American Camp Association (ACA) to share its recycling mission with over 2 million children, tweens, and teens across the U.S.
AT&T is promoting wireless recycling efforts at AT&T-sponsored music and movie festivals through 2010.
AT&T’s volunteer organization, the AT&T Pioneers, continues community-based recycling drives across the U.S.
AT&T continues to offer free donation drive toolkits online, including templates for recycling bins and tips for wiping data from old phones before recycling.

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AT&T Revs up Wireless Recycling Efforts

Detroit Opens Waste Management Facility

Brian Yalung — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:45:08 +0000

To help in the waste management efforts, Detroit announces the opening of a 63,000 sq. ft. facility in Lynch Road that will reportedly manage 150 tons of recyclables a day. Approximately $2 million was needed to renovate and purchase equipment to address the growing waste problems over at Detroit.

“Waste Management’s Detroit Recycling Center is an example of how Detroit is transforming into an economically diverse metropolitan area,” Mayor Bing said. “The company was able to take a large vacant commercial building and turned it into a sustainable business operation.”

Managing waste has become a growing concern not only in Detroit but the whole world. While most countries have come up with their own waste and recycling centers, this development promises to be a big boost and hopefully address the trash problems while encouraging recycling efforts as well.

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Detroit Opens Waste Management Facility

Rapid No Turn Composter

Brian Yalung — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:51:55 +0000

Here is a great addition to any home, particularly to keep order in garbage disposals. With today’s technology, the Rapid No Turn Composter is a patented three-chamber bin that turns organic matter into compost in half the time of typical methods, without requiring frequent turning for aeration.

Vegetable scraps, lawn refuse, and other raw materials are mixed in the top chamber where solar energy absorbed by the bin’s black polypropylene sides and lid (15% recycled) starts the decomposition process. After about a month, material can be easily moved to the middle chamber for further decomposition by simply pulling out a panel.

As it continues to break down, material falls into the bottom chamber where it matures into nutrient-rich compost. Apertures in the bottom chamber provide aeration that helps speed decomposition and eliminates odors. Because decomposed matter does not mix with newly added materials, it cuts composting time to as little as 12 weeks – compared to the six months required by lesser bins.

Price: $299.99

(Source) Coolest Gadgets

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Rapid No Turn Composter

Eco-friendly Toilets to be Available Soon

Brian Yalung — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:06:48 +0000

If you happen to be in Tiruchirapalli, don’t be surprised if you happen to come across some zero-discharge toilets in trains soon. The toilets jointly developed by IIT Kanpur, Research Designs and Standard Organisation, Lucknow and a private agency in Chennai, ensure that all liquid discharges are converted into “pure water” which can be used as re-cycled water to flush and clean toilets and sanitary fittings.

The solid waste is converted into odour free paste by certain bio-chemicals or additives applied at the departing terminal. This can be stored for 15 days in a tank and can easily be emptied at the destination point through ‘pressurized evacuation,’ V Carmelus, Chief Mechanical Engineer of Southern Railways said.

The odorless solid waste could yield revenue since the paste would be excellent manure after being dried in the sun. After some more trial runs and studies the scheme would be a permanent feature in Indian Railways, he said.

(Source) Zeenews.com

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Eco-friendly Toilets to be Available Soon

Recycling batteries takes off

David Allen — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:00:51 +0000

The message appears to be getting through on the growing problem of disposing of used batteries with almost seven million pounds being collected and going on to be recycled. However, it is not just individuals who are responsible for the increase in recycling, business and local communities have been doing more than their fair share too.

Companies have made positive steps to recycle their unused or old batteries, along with communities who together can and will make a complete difference to the way that batteries are disposed of in a clean and sensible manner.

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Recycling batteries takes off

Child Develops Brainchild for the Homeless

Brian Yalung — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:44:38 +0000

It is quite surprising how a child’s imagination can turn out to be something useful for the needy. That is the case of this 9th grader, Max Wallack, who seems to have a knack of inventing things that come into mind that turn out to be very useful.

His latest idea, satisfying the issue of environmentally concerns while providing some assistance in the form of portable shelter for the homeless was something quite glaring that it is satisfying both issues with one idealistic solution. And it all came from the ideas of a 9 year old!

When Max was in Chicago to accept his prize for inventing the booster step, it bothered him to see homeless people living on the streets. In the years since, he never forgot about that, and it inspired him to create his latest invention: a shelter for the homeless made from discarded materials.

“I kept that image in the back of my mind, thinking I had to do something,” Max says. “I thought I could use some Styrofoam [and plastic] bags, and put them in a dome shape.”

(Source) Christian Science Monitor

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Child Develops Brainchild for the Homeless

Dunkin Donuts Using “Worm-Power”

Brian Yalung — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:18:43 +0000

Dunkin Donuts has been around for some time now and while we have seen them diminish in numbers of outlets, there are some that are still up and about. There is one outlet that has been put up in St. Petersburg, Florida, and it has been touted o be eco-friendly. In what way? Worms.

No they are not using the worms as part of their classic donuts. Rather, they are stored in a solar-powered composter.

All food and beverage waste is converted to fertilizer by a worm-filled, solar-powered composter behind the donut shop.

The worms eat the scraps and the resulting fertilizer is then provided to local farmers.

(Source) WCSH6

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Dunkin Donuts Using “Worm-Power”

Rent-A-Toy Promotes Recycling

Brian Yalung — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:22:42 +0000

Toys will always be in the demand but the real question is where are they headed after they have been used for so long by kids who seem to want a piece of everything that they see. A natural parent would normally look at toys to calm down kids who always want the first toy that they see but perhaps checking out this new venture, Rent-A-Toy, can be a better solution both environmentally and financially.

It’s called Rent-A-Toy, a new San Diego-based online subscription service allowing families to choose from more than 700 different toys for all age ranges, from Baby Einstein to Wii. Plans start at about $25 a month.

It looks like a business opportunity on one hand but if the intent is right and aimed at reducing the waste and garbage originating from used toys that are made of plastic and metal, then you can see where this is going.

The logic is really something common. Kids play with toys but reach a point where they don’t like them anymore. There are exceptions and perhaps one question that can be hurled at Rent-A-Toy would be on whether they have options to purchase just in case sentimental values step in.

(Source) CBS8

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Rent-A-Toy Promotes Recycling

Flushable Doggy Bags

Brian Yalung — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:47:31 +0000

How do you handle dog poop once they start spreading their waste inside or outside your house? The regular practice is to clean them up, put them in the garbage can and wait for the garbage man to carry out. But that would be just contributing to the waste problems. So is there an alternative? You bet there is.

FlushDoggy is a fully biodegradable, flushable (water soluble) dog poop bag that is very eco-friendly. flushdoggy.com offers FREE SAMPLE TO TRY! We also donate 10% of sale to ASPCA to fight puppy mills.

All you need is to collect the waste and put them in these flushable doggy bags and flush them down the toilet as any human would normally do. At least you don’t have to worry about worrying where dog poop should go. It is the modern way yet eco-friendly.

(Source) The Daily Green

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Flushable Doggy Bags

Cutting Out The Junk Mail

David Allen — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:00:35 +0000

Most people who are looking to be eco friendly really dislike junk mail, not because it is an intrusion into your home, it is because of the one hundred million trees that are cut down every year jsut to fuel the paper hungry junk mail machine.

One mail carrier from North Carolina has just been fined $3,000 and made to do five hundred hours of community service, because he did not deliver any junk mail on his round for seven years. Unfortunately, we all do not have these eco friendly mail carriers, so you will have to it yourself, contact the Do Not Mail list for the US or in the UK, there is always the Stop Junk Mail campaign.

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Cutting Out The Junk Mail

Solar Powered Trash Can Compactor

Brian Yalung — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:14:17 +0000

We are all aware of the growing trash problem and apparently there should be various ways to help out your local garbage collectors. We have seen the shift towards biodegradable items but apparently this is not enough. There is a new idea introduced in the market by BigBelly Solar and it has something to do with compacting trash using solar power.

The problem here is perhaps will people buy it? It seems too futuristic and while the intent is clearly towards the path of eco-friendly ideas, the only thing remaining is for people to adapt to it.

BigSolar is their latest waste management application: a futuristic trashcan running on solar power. The modern version of their street side rubbish bin aims to provide a better way of garbage compaction, thereby reducing frequent trips on the part of the collectors and at the end of the day bringing down costs.

They are made from recycled plastic and have a solar panel on top generating 30 watts of power. The BigBelly Solar claims an 80 per cent saving over other trash collection processes. This saving comes through a patented better compaction system leading to a trash capacity of 150pounds a day. And the company says that it cuts out 4 out of 5 trips needed to empty a normal receptacle.

(Source) Digital Journal

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Solar Powered Trash Can Compactor

Brush Your Teeth with an Eco-Friendly Toothbrush

Brian Yalung — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:17:45 +0000

The Source Toothbrush

Normally we would find brushing our teeth as the last thing that can contribute to the environmental problems of the world. But as in everything else, we can always improve on them. For sure there will be one source material that can be replaced to a more socially responsible one and the Source Toothbrush is a best example to break it down further.

With its two piece design, you don’t need to throw away your toothbrush as a whole. Rather, with the Source toothbrush, you can retain the handle and just replace the brushing head which is important for cleaning your teeth. You save a lot on buying new toothbrushes and also limiting the waste of used toothbrushes that have resources such as plastic which can help improve the growing problem of waste and plastic.

You can buy this toothbrush and a packet of replacement heads at radiustoothbrush.com. The suggested retail price for the toothbrush is $6.95; a packet of three replacement heads also is $6.95.

(Source) Courier Journal

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Brush Your Teeth with an Eco-Friendly Toothbrush

Samsung Offers Eco-friendly Printers

Brian Yalung — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:34:54 +0000

Samsung is a brand known in the electronics world but not in printers. But while they may be known for monitors or even mobile phones, their product line also has a few of these printers in tow. In fact, to jumpstart their eco-friendly efforts, they are offering a new trade-in program (TIP) that will allow their customers to trade-in their old laser printers valued at most at $200 and then get a new one.

Not a bad deal if you want to get these new eco-friendly devices these days. A new printer may be the best bet to go eco-friendly through proper disposal of your old printer and get a new one in lieu of that.

The program began on July 1, and will run until September 30, 2008. First, the customer needs to purchase any new model Samsung printer, including laser models and MFPs. Then, visit www.samsung.com/tip to enter details about their old printer model. Results will be tabulated to determine how much the printer is worth.

Then, just fax or mail back the confirmation e-mail, along with the original proof of purchase receipt and the old product (a shipping label will be provided), and Samsung will send a cheque for the appropriate amount within 6-8 weeks once the product has been received and inspected.

(Source) Market News

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Potato Waste To Produce Electricity

Brian Yalung — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:50:46 +0000

We have seen various alternative ways to create energy and this one is something worth looking into. From the usual solar energy panels to hydrogen power, imagine energy being generated from potato waste. Now that is something.

In my previous post I already put out a post that some groups in the world today are looking to transform their trash to energy. While there were no specifics, this is because there are a lot of different waste categories to choose from. It is not solely from “trash” alone.

Potato Waste

Farmer Philip Johnson asked Durham County Council for permission to produce electricity – enough to heat 1,200 homes – from potato waste from the Walkers’ crisp factory, in Peterlee.

With the request granted, about 1,000 tonnes of potatoes a year will be pumped through an anaerobic digester, along with about 7,000 tonnes of agricultural crops and 2,000 tonnes of manure.

That will generate 500kw of electricity for the National Grid and 8,000 tonnes of fertiliser.

(Source) The Northern Echo

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Potato Waste To Produce Electricity

Ineos Plan to Turn Waste to Bioethanol

Brian Yalung — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:54:58 +0000

What do you do with excess garbage that landfills can no longer accommodate? For most, the immediate answer would be to recycle them. But for Ineos, turning waste into fuel is similar to turning trash to gold.

By 2011, this is what Ineos predicts to happen. They are planning to put up a large scale waste to energy facility which will ultimately produce bioethanol and help address the growing fuel problem the world is experiencing at the moment.

Ineos claims that its bioethanol, which can either be blended with petrol or replace it altogether, reduces greenhouse gases by 90% and avoids using food crops in the production process.

Mr Williams said: “The fact that we have been able to decouple second generation biofuel from food is a major breakthrough, and we expect our technology to provide cost competitive, sustainable, renewable fuels.

(Source) Lets Recycle

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Ineos Plan to Turn Waste to Bioethanol

Recycling Police on the Prowl

Brian Yalung — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:12:44 +0000

For most of us, recycling is as easy as being able to throw away used stuff such as cans or paper in the trash bin. But most countries today are also employing various measures to make sure that such practices as waste segregation to help the recycling and waste problem control process are met.

While we all know which materials can be recycled, our duties as concerned citizens sometimes tends to take a backseat. It is either we are doing it on purpose or are really lacking the understanding of what recycling really is. With the influx of Recycling police, a crackdown on erring people and the need to assist people who fail to realize what recycling does mean is a good way to help keep things in perspective.

With the launch of Manukau’s new recycling service this week the detectives have been going ahead of collection trucks checking recycling wheelie bins.

When they discover rubbish, plastic bags or anything else that can’t be recycled inside the wheelie bins, they slap a sticker on the bin so the truck doesn’t empty it.

They also leave a reminder about what can and can’t go in the recycling wheelie bins.

(Source) Stuff.co.Nz

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New Trash Bins to help Sort Recyclable Materials

Brian Yalung — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:23:10 +0000

In an effort to help sort out and identify the recyclable materials, blue trash bins have become a way to allow local citizens in Auckland in helping the recycling effort. They are now placed there so that people can help in the trash sorting process. Only recyclable materials are allowed to be placed there. Otherwise, they will not be collected.

But to date, many Auckland folks are still ignoring the real use of these blue trash bins. Stickers have been placed to remind them and should they continue, they will just find their trash piling up.

Perhaps this is a good example we can follow especially if we in our local areas are having trouble contributing to the entire green effort.

The city’s new collection service began on Monday, but blue crates still lined the kerbs alongside new 240-litre wheelie bins.

A council spokeswoman says recyclables put out in the old crates won’t be collected.

Instead a sticker is being put on the crates to remind residents to use the new bins.

“Rubbish detectives” have been going ahead of trucks this week to check for contaminants in the bins, and leaving notes for offending residents.

(Source) Stuff.co.nz

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New Trash Bins to help Sort Recyclable Materials

Home Depot Offers CFL Recycling Program

Brian Yalung — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:37:28 +0000

In case you haven’t noticed, proper disposal for CFL lighting has been advised to most people today since they pose a serious threat if they are simply thrown at a garbage can and allowed to spread the harmful mercury substance that can really affect human health.

Thanks to the efforts of groups such as Home Depot, leading the pack in the proper disposal of these harmful CFL bulbs will go a long way.

Home Depot customers can now bring in any expired, unbroken CFL bulbs, and hand them in at the returns desk. The bulbs will then be managed by an environmental management company who will coordinate CFL packaging, transportation and recycling to maximize safety and ensure environmental compliance, Home Depot said in a release.

In addition to the CFL recycling program, The Home Depot has also launched an in-store energy conservation program to switch Light Fixture Showrooms in U.S. stores from incandescent bulbs to CFLs by Fall 2008, a move that will save a projected $16 million annually in energy costs.

(Source) Sustainable Business

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The Eco-friendly Way to Handle E-Waste

Brian Yalung — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:00:55 +0000

Old computers and peripherals have become a growing concern for most people who want to dispose of these technology gadgets. While many try to get rid of them the natural way, like donating them to schools for the use of the youth, it just remains that they will still come to a point where definite disposal will be needed.

Computers and gadgets are no doubt rampant when it comes to demand and use. The fast changing times of having to upgrade and purchase new computer products in the market have relegated old ones to the trash bin which of course need the proper means of being disposed.

In Mumbai, here is a great way of disposing them with proper monitoring to make sure that they are indeed put to waste. It does include a little bit of manual labor but the fact is they have come up with a great alternative towards proper disposal of e-waste.

The discarded hardware is taken to a shredder at the company’s plant on a conveyor belt.

After that, its components are segregated through a metal extractor. Then, workers manually separate the plastic from the metal.

And if someone has issues with data security, the entire process is filmed in the mobile van and the CD is handed over to them.

The initiative is a hit with corporates and in just three months, Eco reco already has 50 clients.

”Earlier, we used to donate to schools thinking we have done charity but we were in turn putting our problem onto someone’s head,” says T R Doongaji, MD, Tata Services Limited.

If the 21st century is powering down the information superhighway, the least we can do is minimise our carbon footprint.

(Source) NDTV

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NATURE BABYCARE Eco-Friendly Diaper Disposal Bags

Brian Yalung — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:11:21 +0000

We cannot avoid having to use disposable diapers today. The manner of disposing them really needs further attention. We don’t just throw them away in the garbage chute after they have been used by a child.

We have been often advised to use coding and waste segregation but it would be lucky enough for us if we follow these religiously. To ease the problem a bit, Nature Babycare has developed a proper way to dispose diapers through their eco-friendly diapers disposal bags.

It comes in sets of 50 and costs only $3.99. Not a bad price for something that can help manage disposable diaper waste today.

Product features:

A perfect companion to Nature babycare diapers!

100% Compostable and Biodegradable

Film based on biodegradable material from nature – No oil-based plastics!

Fragrance Free

Consumer pack made of chlorine-free recyclable and renewable material

Keep in your diaper bag to handle any small waste disposal!

Features and Benefits of Nature babycare Disposal Bags:

Chlorine-free materials – does not contribute to dioxin pollution

100 % compostable consumer packaging – No plastic – reduce the greenhouse affect

No latex, fragrance, or TBT (tributyltin)

(Source) Diapers.com

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NATURE BABYCARE Eco-Friendly Diaper Disposal Bags

How Long Does Trash Really Last?

max — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:39:23 +0000

How long does trash last?

Well, I believe that glass bottle can be recycled easily but it does take 1 million years for it to dispose itself.

Anything plastic? Possibly 500 or more years.

Not recycling yet? Well, you should even if you don’t live in a city that poorly supports recycling.

Glass Bottle—One Million Years
Okay, we don’t really know whether a glass bottle takes a million years, two million years, or a million years and one day to degrade since no one has been monitoring them for that long. But suffice it to say, when a glass bottle isn’t recycled, it sticks around for a really, really long time. Glass is primarily of composed of silica—the same material as sand—and doesn’t break down even under the harshest environments. Given the relatively inert conditions of a landfill, it’s likely the bottle of beer our forefathers sipped is still at large

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How Long Does Trash Really Last?

The Vanishing Act of our World’s Natural Beauty

Brian Yalung — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:33:33 +0000

Have you ever wondered what ever happened to our world which used to have a wide open space of green and clean air? The blue lakes where we could go boating? Most of these can still be seen…at the movies. But outside of that we do not see them in real life anymore.

Here is a short video to show you what we had and destroyed. This is all we have left of a once lovely planet we called earth.

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Beads made from newspapers

David Allen — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:00:33 +0000

There must be mountains of newspapers that are around in various places doing nothing and just junking up the place, so what can be done with them?

Well for one thing these beads for one, at first it sounds like something that would be made a school because it would sound a bit like paper mache, but when you see the finished results they are something a bit better than a school project.

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Waste Management Itineraries Among Issues for Resolution

Brian Yalung — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:20:54 +0000

One thing that local governments have to address once a new year starts is the fact of making detailed itineraries of their plan for the coming year. The year has just started and for some counties, the best way to detail their projects for the year is how to manage and take out the trash.

Indeed, all countries have to deal with trash and waste management. It has been something that has been going on for years now. While some find the usual landfills and turn to advanced technology like incinerators and recycling to lessen the load, it still remains that they will forever be in the annals of government proceedings due to the growing issue surrounding them.

(Source) “I think what you’re going to see is a continuation of some programs and reviews and studies,” he said, citing waste management as another issue that has to be tackled because of the declining life expectancy at local municipal landfills.

Pickard, who is mayor of Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, said his own municipality is “in pretty good shape” with its landfill near Greenbush.

However, the life expectancy of landfill sites in many other municipalities has been reduced dramatically and council has been looking at various options for waste management on a regional basis.

Last month, the counties’ joint services committee, which includes Brockville, Prescott and Gananoque, agreed to hire a consultant to examine options such as gasification, incineration and other new technologies, as well as opening ED-19, a long-dormant site in Edwardsburgh-Cardinal once expected to support a countywide landfill.

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Swap With Zwaggle.com for Green

Brian Yalung — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:48:26 +0000

Baby clothes and other baby items would normally be grown out at some point when kids get bigger. While many parents are just thinking of buying and replacing outgrown clothes and apparels, there is a sight that can give you a good deal in exchange for old clothes.

Zwaggle.com offers a program to which people can donate their old clothes and baby accessories for some points which can later on be used for something they so desire. Not a bad deal considering most of these worn out things would just be stored in the attic and gather dust.

(Source) Zwaggle.com helps members donate a product like a crib or baby monitor, and in return, earn points to pick up something else that they might want for little cost. Members pay only for shipping for the desired item.

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Eco cooking in Kenya

David Allen — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:00:32 +0000

They know how to be at one with nature in Kenya, here is a guy, who using the eco oven that is run on garbage and old car oil, it reaches temperatures of around 930 F, but as you could imagine there is a slight odour issue there.

The residents of the village use to cook and heat up water, but the great thing is that they also get rid of all their garbage at the same time, garbage is a serious problem in Africa, as most places have no dumps or pick ups, so it is just discarded anywhere and everywhere.

Source [Gizmodo]

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