Recycling news, articles and information:

Recycling not always an energy and resource saver, study finds 5/20/2011 - A recent study conducted by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that remanufacturing or recycling certain products actually uses more energy than simply using new products. Published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, the findings cast doubt on...

Food Recycling on the Rise in Japan 12/19/2008 - Rising food, fertilizer and fuel costs have led to a boom in Japan's food recycling industry, with formerly reluctant farmers turning to recycled animal feed in droves. Japan imports approximately 75 percent of all its animal feed, including more corn for that function than any other country. But...

Fluorescent lights release toxic mercury directly into the environment 2/11/2008 - There is an international campaign to ban the incandescent bulb in favor of alternative sources of lighting, most notably fluorescents. Unfortunately, fluorescents contain noxious chemicals including argon and mercury that are contaminating the environment, specifically through their accumulation in...

Coca-cola to build plastics recycling plant in effort to appear more green 10/10/2007 - The Coca-Cola Company has announced plans for a $60-million initiative to give itself a "greener" image, including the construction of a $44-million plastic-bottle recycling plant. The 30-acre plant, to be built in Spartanburg, S.C., will recycle old plastic beverage bottles into new bottles. It...

Wire clothes hangers now have eco-friendly, recyclable alternative: Eco-Hanger 2/9/2007 - The New York-based company HangerNetwork is taking its product — a disposable, biodegradable clothes hanger made from recycled paper — national. HangerNetwork has announced that its hangers will soon begin appearing in dry cleaners in San Francisco and other major cities, with the goal of expanding...

When old electronics meet their end, much ends up becoming toxic waste in China 2/8/2007 - Old computers and other used-up appliances are creating polluted environments in Asia, the final resting place for much of the world's electronic goods, reports the China Daily newspaper. Known as "e-waste," more than 75 percent of televisions, computers and other home electronics discarded by the...

The recycling contradiction: Why recycling alone fails to protect the environment 9/29/2006 - Here's some straight talk on recycling that you're unlikely to hear anywhere else. Once a week in my neighborhood, all the neighbors pull out their recycling bins and place them by the curb where recycling trucks can pick them up. Everybody talks about how recycling is good for the environment, but...

The one secret the oil industry doesn't want you to know: You don't have to change the oil in your car! 9/7/2006 - At CounterThink, you learn a lot of information that challenges your current view of reality, and this article is no exception to that. It's about changing your oil in your car. You might say, "What? Changing my oil? What could be controversial or earth-shattering about that?" Well, how about the idea...

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• North Korea may soon be able to strike USA with ultimate doomsday weapon that deactivates (nearly) all electronics
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• Stretchable silicon could be next wave in electronics (press release)
• Greenpeace Ranks Eco-Friendliness of Electronics Manufacturers; Nintendo Dead Last

• Digital cameras are good for the environment

• The great direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising con: how patients and doctors alike are easily influenced to demand dangerous drugs

• Timeline of FDA raids on raw milk farmers, dietary supplement makers and natural medicine practitioners

• Dell launches free e-waste recycling program covering all Dell computers

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• Toxic Chemicals Are Destroying Our Health - an Interview With Debra Lynn Dadd

• Climate change legislation benefits the elite, not the people

• Interview with Randall Fitzgerald, author of The Hundred-Year Lie, on the prevalence of toxic chemicals

• Interview with Alan Friedman from Good Cause Wellness about Antioxidants, Agave Nectar and Chia Seeds

• The great direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising con: how patients and doctors alike are easily influenced to demand dangerous drugs

• Mercury Fillings Shattered! FDA, ADA Conspiracy to Poison Children with Toxic Mercury Fillings Exposed in Groundbreaking Lawsuit

• Irish Voters Reject Lisbon Treaty in a Victory for Democracy in Europe

• 8,000 Toxic Waste Sites Ignored by EPA; Massive Lead Contamination at Shooting Ranges

• In wake of Giffords shooting, the mere act of questioning the government now being demonized

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