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Green Lifestyle News tagged with Waste

Land of Plenty: 50 Percent Rise in the Amount of Food Wasted in America Worsens Global Warming, Consumes Freshwater
Green Lifestyle  (tags: food, climatechange, resources, waste, society, ethics, culture, developed worldhumans, world, environment, food )

Cal
- 1 day ago - news.mongabay.com
Just before Thanksgiving a new study shows that Americans are throwing away more food than ever. Since 1974 the amount of food Americans water per capita has risen by approximately 50 percent, according to a new study
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"The Wasteland" [Where Our 'Old' Tech Schtuff Goes] [Inc.Video--Fr."60 Minutes"]
Green Lifestyle  (tags: children, technology, waste, ecosystems )

Janet
- 46 days ago - cbsnews.com
Where does all the electronic refuse our society generates end up? Some of it is shipped illegally from the U.S. to China, reports Scott Pelley, where it is harming the environment and people. [Gadzooks! does it EVER end?!?]
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Britain's Dirty Little Secret as a Dumper of Toxic Waste
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Great Britain, Toxic Waste, Toxic Waste Dumping, Toxic Waste Dumps, Waste, Green News )

Blue
- 131 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Britain was accused yesterday of dumping toxic household and industrial waste in developing countries on two continents in breach of an international convention.
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The Garbage Nightmare
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Environment, Greenhouse Gases, Landfills, Methane, Waste, Waste Management, Green News )

Teresa
- 134 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Over 52 tons of solid waste is landfilled per second on planet earth. This translates into 2.6 billion tons of landfilled waste per year, and over 3 billion tons of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions per year from landfilled waste.
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4 Radical Solutions to Packaging Waste
Green Lifestyle  (tags: consumeris, green packaging, recycled consumer goods, recycling, waste, zero waste )

Jollygirl
- 250 days ago - treehugger.com
As CEO of TerraCycle, I'm constantly thinking about how to solve problems with waste. From bottle bills to packaging taxes, nothing is too out-there to me. I've come up with four radical solutions that could help curb the problem.
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10 Ways to Trim Your Waste-Line in 2009
Green Lifestyle  (tags: recycle, green, waste, ecofriendly, home )

Anne Mari
- 329 days ago - amamasrant.com
10 tips to reduce waste and recycle more in 2009
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Waste-Free Lunches
Green Lifestyle  (tags: school, lunch, kids, waste, trash, landfill, disposable, reusable, eco-friendly, CoolStuff, environment, green, healthy, home, recycling, society )

Rebecca
- 477 days ago - wastefreelunches.org
As Americans we have come to depend on the many convenience products that are available to us, and nowhere is this more evident than in the school lunch room. You need two ingredients: a reusable lunch bag and refillable water bottle. Learn more!
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Where Does Your Recycling Really Go?
Green Lifestyle  (tags: recycling, landfill, waste, sustainability )

Jeremy
- 566 days ago - makewealthhistory.org
Good news: one third of UK households now recycle. Bad news: thousands of tons of collected recycling ends up in landfill anyway, and thousands of tons more is shipped for processing overseas as part of the little known global trade in recycled waste.
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How You and Your Pet Can Help the Earth
Green Lifestyle  (tags: pets, sustainable products, organic, recycled, waste, green )


- 579 days ago - nydailynews.com
Switching to sustainably produced and organic foods, using recycled pet products, and keeping as much pet waste out of the landfill as possible are simple ways your pet can help green the planet.
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Cities, States Testing Beet Juice Mixture on Roadways
Green Lifestyle  (tags: eco-friendly, waste )

Brian
- 642 days ago - usatoday.com
A concoction of beet juice and salt that is kinder to concrete and metal is getting mostly favorable reviews from a growing number of states and cities looking for more effective ways to treat ice- and snow-covered roads.
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`Community Cooker' Cleaning Up Kenya Streets
Green Lifestyle  (tags: pollution, recycling, waste, incinerator, ecosystem, over population )

Cindy
- 669 days ago - taipeitimes.com
In Africa's largest slum, uncollected waste has long posed an insurmountable health hazard but an ingenuous new energy-generating incineration program could help contain pollution. The UN-sponsored project in Kibera -- a sprawling shantytown in Nairobi
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Making the Transition
Green Lifestyle  (tags: environment, ecosystems, humans, wildlife, community, zero waste, energy, globalwarming, Sustainabililty, health, protection, greenliving, food, organic, architecture, waste, local, FoodSafety, eco, coolstuff )

Cindy
- 744 days ago - edro.wordpress.com
Creating a Sustainable Future (CASF), a small but diverse group of environmentalists, knowledgeable persons and concerned individuals from around the world, proposes to establish a series of research-led, sustainable communities...
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Recycling in Paradise
Green Lifestyle  (tags: eco-friendly, environment, waste, greenliving, recycling )

Klarabell
- 744 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The Isles of Scilly appear to be the stuff of dreams - white sands, exotic wildlife, year-round warm weather and a peace that comes only with being so remote.© By Marie Jackson BBC News
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Britain's Colossal Food Waste Is Stoking Climate Change
Green Lifestyle  (tags: ClimateChange, environment, greenhousegases, greenliving, food, waste )

Rosie
- 754 days ago - environment.independent.co.uk
Britons must swap their wasteful habits with food for the thrifty approach of previous generations by buying less and eating leftovers if the UK is to play its part in averting climate change, shoppers were warned yesterday.
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New York May Join Crackdown on Plastic Bags
Green Lifestyle  (tags: greenliving, environment, eco-friendly, humans, waste )

Jim
- 758 days ago - reuters.com
New York City may follow an international trend and crack down on plastic shopping bags, seeking to cut their use with a plan officials hope will be a model for other cities.
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