recycling
Posted Mon, 02/09/2009 - 21:01 by muenda
I like to keep things positive around here, but sometimes it helps to point out mistakes rather than successes - we learn from our mistakes too, right? One of our first columns was Weekly Trashed, which was a photographic look at poor trash disposal activity.
Posted Wed, 01/28/2009 - 16:24 by muenda
Check out this inspiring video featuring Chris Fisher of Fisher Recycling. He is a great example of someone turning their love for sustainable living into a thriving business that is helping us all.
Posted Wed, 12/17/2008 - 00:56 by muenda
I’ve been getting conflicting emails and information about Waste Industries accepting plastics #1 though #7 for recycling in the Summerville area.
Posted Mon, 12/08/2008 - 16:03 by muenda
Posted Mon, 12/08/2008 - 13:24 by muenda
This post originally ran last holiday season, but I think it’s an important reminder to everyone…
Driving all around town shopping for holiday gifts is a resource hog - too much time, too much gas, too much hassle.
Posted Wed, 12/03/2008 - 13:07 by muenda
Foam packing peanuts have protected our shipped items since the seventies, but scientists are only now realizing their impact on the environment.
Posted Sun, 11/30/2008 - 21:49 by muenda
For the past five years, Mount Pleasant has opened their maintenance facility to residents for used motor oil and oyster shell recycling. I know a lot of DIY oil changers, and there’s an oyster roast around every corner, so it’s nice to know there is a recycling option for both activities.
Posted Mon, 11/17/2008 - 03:58 by muenda
Two articles in today's Post and Courier - Recycled Structures and Deconstruction Saves Money, Helps at Landfill. The first article features The Sustainable Warehouse, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit.
Posted Fri, 11/14/2008 - 14:20 by muenda
This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Charleston County Recycling will host an electronic recycling day at the Citadel Mall. Disposing of eWaste is an ever growing problem, and this is a great opportunity to act responsibly.
Posted Tue, 11/11/2008 - 15:28 by muenda
If you’re already composting, then you know this is the most bountiful time of year for your pile - the greens and browns are everywhere, especially if you carved pumpkins. If you don’t have a compost pile, then think about starting one - this is the best time!
Posted Thu, 10/23/2008 - 12:22 by muenda
While we’re trying to use fewer nasty chemicals around the house, we still end up with leftover paint, gas, cleaners, antifreeze, and other sludge that needs to be disposed of properly…which can sometimes be challenging.
Posted Wed, 10/22/2008 - 12:00 by muenda
Here at TreeHugger, we've covered the sustainable food movement consistently for years, but never pulled together a list of the greenest restaurants. Wait no more: Here are five outstanding green restaurants -- in no particular order -- sure to please your stomach and the earth.
A little disclaimer: We didn't necessarily expect that four out of five of our top picks would be U.S.-based.
Posted Mon, 10/20/2008 - 14:47 by muenda
Compost with a Little Help from our Friends
It seems my composting obsession is far from going away. Having moved my compost when moving house, and then composted my move, my wife and I still find ourselves short on compost for our planned veggie garden. So we hatched a perfect plan to acquire masses of good organic matter, and have fun while doing it.
Posted Sun, 10/19/2008 - 17:16 by muenda
This post points out the parallel risk of under-regulating the financial industry and undercutting established environment protections. You may not like it; but the analogy is apt. Both strategies have us headed over a cliff.
Twenty-plus years of aggressively deregulating the financial industry and the culture of consumerism, together, have led the world into an economic crisis that harms innocents and guilty alike.
Posted Fri, 10/17/2008 - 18:54 by muenda
Well thats up to a jury of your peers (or a peanut gallery, if you prefer) to decide. The new site SideTaker.com allows roommates, coworkers, neighbors, siblings, and those in relationships of any kind to air out their differences in front of a global audience. Beware of using this site at work, as reading about one train wreck after another can be addicting....
Posted Tue, 09/23/2008 - 04:07 by muenda
Yes, pop the organic champagne and fire up the fair trade jug band — the compost pile we began last fall is fruitful — literally. Our table scraps haven’t gone to Bee’s Ferry for months now, and instead their worm-riddled nutrient-rich remains are ready to be mixed back into our gardens and flowerbeds.
Posted Mon, 09/22/2008 - 13:26 by muenda
Well, Summer is over, and I’ve made it through without drinking bottled water yet again. Fifteen months ago, I began reading articles about the environmental impact of bottled water, so I decided to give it up. Similar to my decision to stop using disposable bags when shopping, giving up bottled water had been incredibly easy to do.
Posted Mon, 07/14/2008 - 15:17 by muenda
So we're back now from a conference in Stockholm and visiting family and touring in Norway. I have to say I was a bit surprised at the lack of ease of recycling in both countries. I expected to see recycling bins everywhere, but just like here, there were more trash than recycling bins.
Posted Tue, 04/08/2008 - 01:18 by muenda
A student provided a link with information about plastic recycling today and I found it quite interesting so I thought I'd share. You can see plastic bottle recycling rates. Rates have been going down. However they're going down only in percent of sales. That is, the actual amount of plastic bottle recycling is going up, but the sales of plastic bottles is going up even faster, as this image shows.
