By Cathy Cockrell, UC Berkeley NewsCenter Berkeley students are wrapping up an intensive two-month recycling and waste-reduction blitz, spurred by the campus’s first-time participation in RecycleMania. The spirited yet “friendly” contest — involving colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada — takes place over an eight-week period each spring, as students compete to lower [...]

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Haathi Chaap means “prints of the elephant”.  In this case the trail left behind was covered with elephant dung which has now been converted to paper. Ecologically safe to make and use… Colours may come from vegetable and natural dyes…or the natural diet of the elephant. No bleach is needed and waste water can be [...]

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Technology + E-Waste + Recycling + Indigenous People = Art + Commerce It began when the “Creative Minds Team,” made up students from Penn State Berks, with their professor Dr. Sadan Kulturel-Konak, traveled to Kenya earlier this year to visit the Children and Youth Empowerment Center in Nyeri, Kenya.  Their goal: to teach youth a [...]

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The RecycleMania challenge is sparked by classic college rivalries to rally students, faculty and staff to increase on-campus recycling rates beyond their collegiate competitors.  Last year 630 colleges and universities in North America participated over eight weeks for honors and bragging rights. 91 million pounds of recyclables and organic materials were recovered, preventing the release [...]

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The shipment of e-waste from developed to developing countries, was prohibited in 1989 by the Basel Convention, but has not been ratified by Afghanistan, Haiti or the United States (the largest global producer of e-waste.) This rapidly expanding uncontrolled waste stream has major effects on developing states such as China and Nigeria.  Christine Cutting DISRES [...]

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Once upon a time, I used to buy 24 packs of bottled water from Costco before I learned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the exponential growth of landfills around the world. I too mistakenly threw away CFL bulbs in the garbage before understanding the health and environmental implications of the released mercury. I am beginning [...]

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Rachel Botsman writes and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing through network technologies, and on how it will transform business, consumerism and the way we live. She is the co-author of “What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption.” Tweet

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Graduates To Wear Gowns Made of Recycled Plastic Care2 Causes – Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux In an innovative new sustainability measure, the 4500 graduates of Florida International University will receive their diplomas while wearing caps and gowns made entirely of recycled plastic. E-Waste: What Percent of Your Laptop can be Recycled? Business Pundit New laptops have a [...]

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A Japanese company, Blest, has invented a small, safe and easy to use machine that can convert some plastic back into oil. If we burn the plastic, we generate toxins and a large amount of CO2. If we convert it into oil, we save CO2 and at the same time increase people’s awareness about the [...]

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