With the dawn of 2013, the spirit of environmentalism is spreading far and wide across the globe. Most colleges and universities are planning on bringing a green revolution and thus they all have green resolutions for the New Year. Over a thousand educational institutions across the USA have adopted campus sustainability programs for the upcoming academic year. … [Read more...]
Plastic Bag Ban in Alameda County
January 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The city officials of Alameda County have finally implemented the ban on the usage of plastic bags with the beginning of the new year. In the past three or four years, many cities within the U.S have taken up measures to curb the issue of plastic waste. Several cities have banned the usage of plastic bags within their limits, and with the start of 2013, Alameda County is joining this list as well. … [Read more...]
New Jersey Promotes Recycling of Electronic Waste
January 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Department of Environmental Protection at New Jersey has decided to promote the recycling of electronic products among the residents of the state. During the holiday season, people like to exchange electronics among their friends and family as gifts. Keeping this trend in mind, the department has decided to take up this initiative. The department is urging the residents to recycle their old … [Read more...]
Greensboro City Officials Promote Recycling Among the Residents
January 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The city council of Greensboro is starting off the year with a new recycling campaign named “Recycle More, Save More.” This campaign has been introduced to alleviate the level of recycling among the residents of the city. According to Sheldon Smith, the Manager at the Solid Waste Division in the city, residents will be able to dispose more items in the recycling carts with the implementation of … [Read more...]
Edible Cups That Will Help Reduce Waste Generation
January 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
With the increasing awareness of eco-friendly products, a small group of people have taken up the initiative to produce edible cups named Loliware. Food companies have become very particular about the materials that are used while packaging their food items, and have taken many steps to try and reduce their environmental footprint. Loliware is a perfect example of this; individuals can place their … [Read more...]
New Plastic Bag Policy in Corvallis
December 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Corvallis’ new policy on plastic bags will be effective from January 1, 2013. The city ordinance on this issue prohibits the use of single-use plastic bags. It will also charge a minimum of 5 cents on all the paper bags given to the customers during a sale. The City Council actually passed this ordinance some time back in July 2012. The ordinance will take effect in two different stages. The first … [Read more...]
Where and How to Recycle Christmas Trees
December 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Most people get Christmas tree into their homes and decorate it during the festive occasion. Once the holiday season is over, they are clueless about what to do with the Christmas tree. Well, the best thing you can do with the tree is to recycle it. This year, many organizations like Boy Scouts have come up with different methods to recycle Christmas trees. If you are a resident of Snohomish … [Read more...]
An Eco-friendly Bank in Farmingdale
December 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With the increasing awareness on the benefits of eco-friendly infrastructure, many businesses and residential spaces have made efforts to build eco-friendly buildings. The Kennebec Savings Bank has also joined this new trend, as the bank's latest branch building in the Farmingdale region is completely eco-friendly in nature. This building is made using eco friendly promotional items, and is known … [Read more...]
Rose Valley Sanitary District under Threat
December 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With the city councils becoming stricter about the environmental laws, the Rose Valley Sanitary District has been warned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on their unsanitary waste disposal. According to the warning, the district may be prone to a civil penalty if they don't rectify their disposal methods, especially for substances that consist of toxic materials. … [Read more...]
Officials in Philadelphia Promote Eco-friendly Architecture
December 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Keeping in mind the benefits of eco-friendly buildings, the Philadelphia Water Department, in collaboration with the Community Design and the EPA or the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, has decided to host a competition. This competition will focus on novel eco-friendly designs. The competition is titled ‘Infill Philadelphia: Soak It Up!’ The focus of this competition is to find out … [Read more...]