On the celebration of Earth day, Boulder residents named Matt Neidenberg and Oberreuter initiated a project to unite environment-conscious organizations throughout the world through a social media directory called the Greener50. Through this platform, the proprietors are attempting to share experiences and educate organizations about cost-effective and eco-friendly business practices. … [Read more...]

Biodegradable paper-made sleeves for electronic devices were introduced to the European market a few years ago by the Austrian company Papernomad. Now these sleeves have been brought to North America by Griffin. The sleeves are eco-friendly, and can be easily personalized with doodles or graffiti as they are paper-made. … [Read more...]

In order to promote eco-friendly habits among the residents, the officials from Target decided to distribute free custom printed reusable bags on Earth Day. According to reports, the company distributed close to 1.5 million reusable bags in various stores across the US. In addition to this, the company gave their customers free coupons on Earth Day as well.  … [Read more...]

Honest tea is the nation’s top organic tea company. This company, which deals with organic bottled tea, has taken recycling initiatives in the recent years. The Great Recycle initiative by the company is expected to boost up the recycling rates that have remained low at 30% in recent years. The confirmed dates and places for recycling in the month of April have been announced. … [Read more...]

In the past few years, college authorities have become conscious about their carbon footprint, and they have been making efforts to adopt eco-friendly features in their campuses as well. The Texas State University officials are very particular about their carbon footprint and they have devised a system of collecting student service fee that helps them in converting their campus green. … [Read more...]

The city council in Emporia recently took the decision to operate a curbside recycling system within the city. According to Mayor Rob Gilligan, the council decided to go for a new recycling system as it won't impact the recycling expenditure of the residents, and it will help in increasing the recycling rates within the city. … [Read more...]

The residents in Clawson are being encouraged by the city council to recycle more. The city council of Clawson is hosting a recycling competition with Hazel Park to motivate the residents to recycle more. This recycling competition is going to last for a span of one month, and the region with the highest recycling rate will win the contest. … [Read more...]

BaylorUniversity is revamping its recycling programs by introducing a project for glass recycling. This initiative is being started as a test project and it includes only a few buildings in the campus. If the project is successful, then the authorities plan to extend the recycling program to all campus buildings. … [Read more...]

The Clean-up, Pick-up, and Recycle event, or the CPR event – as more popularly known by the residents of Kingston, is one of the events that the residents look forward to the most. This two-week event helps the residents to get rid of unused items in their homes and clean their homes better.  … [Read more...]

Following the example of many other US states, the lawmakers in the state of Rhode Island are contemplating on whether or not they should ban the usage of plastic bags within the entire state. The residents in the state feel that the state authorities should implement this ban as soon as possible, so they have submitted a petition to the State House of Rhode Island.  … [Read more...]