25
Apr
The recycling of hard plastics is now a whole lot easier in New York City
In perhaps the biggest push to bump New York City’s recycling rate to 30 percent by 2017, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces the immediate inclusion of rigid plastics in the city’s recycling program.
17
Apr
Colleges gather 90 million pounds of materials for recycling contest
Universities and colleges across the U.S. compete for the title of nation’s Top Recycler.
08
Apr
Recycled Orchestra turns trash into music and despair into hope in Paraguayan slums:
“In Cateura, Paraguay, residents essentially live on top of a landfill, and many of them make their living by sorting through the trash in order to find items to sell or refurbish. Poverty keeps kids at risk there for its handmaidens of crime, gangs, drugs, and violence, and hope is not an easy thing to come by.
“But when a passionate teacher in the Cateura begins music classes, and quickly ends up with more students than instruments for them to play, an incredible chain of events is put into motion, with trash being turned into instruments, and kids from the slums being turned into an orchestra.”
04
Apr
20 things you didn’t know you could recycle
From sandwich bags and bras to Crocs and crayons, there’s a whole lot more than bottles and cans that can be recycled.
24
Mar
Solar rubbish and recycling bins to grace garbage-y Times Square
Michael Bloomberg takes a breather from his health kick to introduce a small army of solar-powered waste and recycling stations that will be installed in the trash-generating heart of New York City.
12
Mar
Does recycling cause you to consume more?
A new study suggests that people who have the option to recycle may end up using more.
10
Mar
Houston landfill diversion scheme finalist for Mayors Challenge prize
Although Houstonites may be good at a lot of things, recycling is not one of them. And knowing that residents may never come around, the city proposes a technologically advanced solution dubbed One Bin for All.
08
Mar
So, there actually is a “National Cereal Day”?!
Not surprisingly, we say, “Reuse that packaging!,” and have rounded up some reuse ideas on this Unconsumption Pinterest board.Cerealist (artist) Michael Albert uses cereal boxes as art material. Pictured: Albert’s ”Cheerios on Black” collage, 1998.
via treehugger
via unconsumption