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BY JESS ZIMMERMAN 2 NOV 2011 9:30 AM The kitchen of Philips Design’s “Microbial Home” turns food waste into compost and cooking gas. Organic waste gets thrown in a “bio-digester,” where specialized bacteria processes it into methane gas to fuel … Continue reading →

BY JESS ZIMMERMAN 3 NOV 2011 9:30 AM This 90-foot bridge in Wales Scotland (whoops, the company is Welsh, not the bridge) is Europe’s first to be made entirely out of recycled plastic, not to mention the longest plastic bridge ever built. … Continue reading →

SAN DIEGO — A compromise has been reached in the eight-year legal battle regarding the Sycamore Landfill’s future expansion.The city of Santee was suing the city of San Diego claiming San Diego was using Santee as its dumping ground. Trash … Continue reading →

Meghalayas\’ Living Bridge

Since 2005, Patagonia has taken bake 45 tons of clothing for recycling through its Common Threads program. I’m a huge fan of Patagonia, from the brand’s warm outerwear and comfortable and stylish yoga clothing, to its concern about fair labor … Continue reading →

EarthTalk: Deposits on Beverage Containers Monday, October 31, 2011 :: Staff infoZine Dear EarthTalk: Why don’t more states mandate deposits on beverage bottles as incentives for people to return them? Most bottles I’ve seen only list a few states on them. … Continue reading →

by David Groves Many of us remember the first time we were introduced to the blue bin. Depending on where you lived in the late 1980s or 1990s, a curbside recycling program was probably established in your municipality (unless you’re … Continue reading →

I hope everyone has read Kees Van Der Leun’s post about the rapidly falling cost of solar PV. I want to draw out one quick point that Kees leaves implicit. He argues that PV will be the cheapest source of electricity … Continue reading →

BY SARAH LASKOW 13 OCT 2011 11:42 AM Chocolate lovers have two decades to consume all the Godiva they can before climate change drinks their milkshake. After that, global warming will cause production to dwindle in current cocoa-producing regions, like Ghana and … Continue reading →

Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Expand Recycling and Jobs. October 6, 2011 Governor Jerry Brown today signed legislation establishing the most ambitious recycling goal in the nation for California, at the same time enacting incentives aimed at increasing recycled material … Continue reading →