a marine biologist with Greenpeace USA. Of all the waste produced in 2017, only 8.4% of it eventually got recycled, according to theEnvironmental Protection Agency. It's not so much that consumers aren't motivated to recycle or that they don't have ready access to recycling programs; the ...
then recycled those bags at four different Wichita retail stores. One bag went on a long journey to Malaysia. One was being held at a local recycling center. The last two went to the landfill.
Recycling Hub ♻️ The landfill is big on recycling and reusing as much as they can. It's not always lucrative, "but it's the right thing to do" says my tour guide. You can find other recycling bins around town in Paradise Valley, Meals on Wheels, Blackmore by the mall, and Wy...
too, only I was not aware that it was known as recycling. I always flattened tin cans and bundled newspapers at home during my childhood. Then, every Saturday, my mom would put on apot of soupfrom the week's leftovers as if routine. Nothing ever went to waste in ...
Save one of the 1 billion toothbrushes thrown out every year by making aLitter Bug Bot. Craft someMath-FilledPaper Bag Rosesthat no one will believe came from trash. (Psstt... they're perfect for Mother's Day gifts!) Plus they can snack onGarbage Cookies, do somerecycling-themed offline...
Recycling paper is one of the oldest forms of recycling around, and we encounter recycled paper in lots of everyday products including cardboard, parcel paper, printer paper, food cartons and even greeting cards. We recycle around 80 per cent of paper in the UK, but if everyone recycled jus...
The brilliantRecycle Your Electricals– a UK-wide campaign to get the UK reusing and recycling old or unwanted electricals – says that anything with a plug, battery or cable can be reused or recycled. Its site has lots of advice on how to do this, including advice on battery r...
Recycling is far better than leaving the wood to decompose in a landfill. Because of the nature of most landfills, anaerobic conditions will ultimately exist, and decomposition will result in therelease of methane gas, which is many times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming the atmosp...
38% say they’d be most motivated to buy tech by discounts for recycling another electronic product they own. Egypt’s E-Tadweer app ticks these boxes by allowing users to dropold electronicsat delivery points in exchange for vouchers that can be used to buy new products, and Currys’Cash...
Currently, the world’s population consumes 15 terawatts of power from a combination of these energy sources [source: The Economist]. Just how much power is 15 terawatts? Let's think of it in smaller and more familiar terms: watts. Many of the lightbulbs in our homes consume 100 watts ...