Sleeping Beauty’s fairy godmothers never said “make it green,” but eco-friendly options are all the rage these days. In fact, the concept is now showing up in the form of recycled homes. You can buy eco-friendly water...
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Kayleigh DeMace
Why Do Marine Animals Eat Plastic Debris?
Plastic has become the backbone of this modern age. This can be seen as both a good thing and a bad thing. Plastics are incredibly useful and are contained, in some way, in most of our consumer products: bottles and...
Sarah Simonovich
Plastic by Numbers: What Do the Recycling Codes Mean?
Advances in recycling technology mean that more and more materials are recyclable—including plastics. However, not all plastics are able to be reused or are easily recycled in every community, unfortunately. In the...
Trash vs. Treasure: Creatively Reusing Plastic Bottles
We all know the familiar idiom, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” The implication being, of course, that what one individual finds valueless could be of great value to someone else: one man throws away what...
The Problem With Petroleum — Crying Over Spilled Oil
It’s hurting both your profits and the earth – but as a natural substance, why do the various ecosystems of the globe (including our own society) respond so negatively to spilled oil? Oil waste – though, perennially, a...
JJ
Recycled Planes: Cool Ways Decommissioned Aircraft Have Really Taken Off
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Planes Aircraft innovation continues to trend throughout media outlets, whether it’s the detachable cabin concept we talked about in this post, or EasyJet’s design for a hydrogen hybrid plane...
Petrochemicals: Clearing the Name of Petroleum One Product at a Time
Planet Earth runs on Petrol It’s no exaggeration to say that the world runs on petroleum—and no, I don’t just mean automobiles. Petroleum is everywhere, even in places where you least expect it. And while new...
Blast the Weeds Away: One Man’s Approach to Organic Farming
Agricultural Sandblasting in the Age of Recycling You might be asking yourself, what does recycling have to do with sandblasting? And what does sandblasting have to do with agriculture? Historically speaking (since at...