Recycled Plastics Make Environmental Sense
The study took a cradle-to-grave approach, scrutinizing the steps from raw material extraction through recycling and disposal…
West Virginia Joins EPA Program to Help Consumers Safely Dispose of Old Appliances
West Virginia is the first state to join forces with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program…
Dumpster designers: Creating fashion from recycled goods
Recycled clothing is nothing new. You can pick some up at Goodwill, Value Village or any number of local consignment shops…
High school girl discovers Styrofoam-eating bacterium
mealworm beetles isolate the single bacterium that allows the mealworm to digest the most troublesome forms of waste on the planet – plastic foam, such as Styrofoam…
How can I recycle my old mattress?
A typical mattress is a 23 cubic foot assembly of steel, wood, cotton and polyurethane foam. With a wide range of materials, mattresses are difficult to recycle…
What should I be doing with old pharmaceuticals?
Although reports of Prozac in our drinking water are sometimes dismissed as urban myth, by now most folks know that pharmaceuticals and personal care products are, indeed, detectable in almost all water systems…
