The students of Cabrillo Elementary School, Fremont actively participated in the six-week recycling challenge “Ready Set Recycle” from March 28 to May 6, and successfully completed their recycling goals. The aim of this challenge was to sort out the recyclable materials from the trash, and reduce the amount of waste going to the landfills. … [Read more...]

A recent article in the newspapers covered the story of Abode Modern Lifestyle Developers to look at developing eco-friendly town homes in the Bay Village Area. It is a development corporation that has already completed luxury home projects in Little Italy, Cleveland, Lakewood, and Rocky River. As a result of the high construction costs involved, Andrew Brickman is also looking for tax abatements … [Read more...]

Tucson city residents are slowly adapting to the ordinance passed in the month of March 2013, which effectively bans the usage of plastic bags in the city. The ordinance is in full effect now and the residents are expected to keep a check on the plastic bags used daily. The groceries are supposed to check the use of plastic bags and provide eco bags for free or at a low price to the customers in … [Read more...]

To promote recycling among the residents, the Electronics Department of the Connellsville Area Career and Technical Center is planning to organize an electronics recycling event. The residents from the city will be allowed to dispose their old electronic appliances at the event. The students from the Department conducted a similar recycling event last year, and the response that they received … [Read more...]

An eco-friendly sewer in Harveston Baton Rouge will make it the first independent sewer district. This project is not yet approved. But if the Metro Council approves it, this sewer will be the first-of-its-kind in the East Baton Rouge Parish. The waste water in this parish is processed and treated in a plant before being drained in the river Mississippi.      … [Read more...]

With sustainability becoming a universal craze, Sweetbay is doing something unique this mother’s day. They are selling sustainable eco-friendly flowers at 72 Sweetbay stores in Florida. They are also selling flowers nationwide online. This could be a good mother’s day gift, along with being environmentally-friendly. … [Read more...]

The Wilton Go Green organization put together an eco-friendly event on the 5th of May, 2013. The organizers of this event organized several activities such as games and a 5K marathon. The primary purpose of this event was to encourage the eco-friendly behavior among the residents of Wilton, especially the young adults. … [Read more...]

It has been found that the various counties in the North Carolina region have mixed performance scores in terms of recycling. While there are many causes that can be attributed to these differences, experts feel that the slow growth of the economy might be a prominent cause behind the disparity in the recycling figures in these counties. … [Read more...]

To reduce the plastic waste in the city, the city council in Corpus Christi came up with an exciting recycling competition for school students in the city. During the competition, students from various schools had to collect single-use plastic bags or plastic waste from the streets of the city, and the school with the highest collection rate was awarded in the end. … [Read more...]