Archive for ‘recycling’
Judgment call : Should you choose a bottle or can when you need to quench your thirst?
February 17th, 2008
Judgment call : Should you choose a bottle or can when you need to quench your thirst?
Naples to burn rotting rubbish
January 10th, 2008
The Italian government is sending in troops to clear away plies of rubbish on Naples’ streets.
Shoppers: It’s BYO bag in China
January 9th, 2008
Declaring war on the “white pollution” choking its cities, farms and waterways, China is banning free plastic shopping bags and calling for a return to the cloth bags of old — steps largely welcomed by merchants and shoppers on Wednesday.
Muck makes money — Naples garbage is mafia gold
January 9th, 2008
“For us, rubbish is gold,” is how one Italian gangster explained the mafia’s involvement in waste trafficking to an investigating magistrate in Naples. Areas of the southern city have ground to a halt this week because of piles of rotting rubbish and sometimes violent protests about what to do with it, and Italians are questioning whether organised crime …
China launches surprise crackdown on plastic bags
January 8th, 2008
China launched a surprise crackdown on plastic bags on Tuesday, banning production of ultra-thin bags and forbidding its supermarkets and shops from handing out free carriers from June 1.
PM orders Naples schools to open despite garbage
January 7th, 2008
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi ordered Naples schools to reopen on Monday despite fears that stinking heaps of uncollected garbage in the streets could spread disease.
Christmas Trees Can Be Recycled Into Mulch Sunday
January 6th, 2008
Sharon Gibala reports Baltimore residents can recycle their Christmas trees into mulch at Baltimore Polytechnic School on Sunday.
Baltimore’s New Recycling Program Starts Tuesday
January 6th, 2008
Tim Williams and Jessica Kartalija talk to Celeste Amatto with the Baltimore City’s Recycling Program about how and what you can recycle.
Trashing The Holidays: Tips On Recycling
December 27th, 2007
How do you dispose of all that leftover food, paper, boxes, etc? Here are suggestions.
California Residents Recycling At Record Pace
December 24th, 2007
Recycling is up in the state of California, with many people getting money back on cans and bottles.
Couples Say ‘I Do’ To Environment With Green Gold
December 5th, 2007
More people are now asking about “green” gold. CBS 2’s Rob Johnson reports on just what it is, and if it should be on your wish list. .
Fashion project helps trash workers
November 30th, 2007
Ann Wizer, an American visual artist and environmentalist employs eight local craftsmen and outsources production to two other sites at her Jakarta-based project. Her business turns waste into bags for the environmentally conscious. The finished goods are sold in Indonesia, as well as foreign market…
Indonesia’s ‘Green Grandma’
November 30th, 2007
A woman living in one of the Indonesian capital’s poorest neighbourhoods incites her neighbours to recycle their garbage, save energy and grow plants to fight pollution. The area has turned into Jakarta’s cleanest neighbourhood, and is even becoming a tourist attraction.
