BY SARAH LASKOW 13 OCT 2011 11:42 AM Chocolate lovers have two decades to consume all the Godiva they can before climate change drinks their milkshake. After that, global warming will cause production to dwindle in current cocoa-producing regions, like Ghana and Côte...

Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Expand Recycling and Jobs. October 6, 2011 Governor Jerry Brown today signed legislation establishing the most ambitious recycling goal in the nation for California, at the same time enacting incentives aimed at increasing recycled...

The UK's first ever plant for recycling nappies is to open today. The facility, which will also recycle feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products, is the first of five planned over four years byKnowaste, an organisation which specialises in absorbent hygiene...

I love reading about little innovations that make life easier for so many people with eco-friendly solutions. In the realm of water conservation, every drop is precious and rain water is one of the purest forms of water before it reaches the ground. It has long been...

If researchers at Tulane University have their way, old news could be a new fuel. The researchers have discovered a bacterial microbe that likes the taste of old newspapers — the cellulosic wood pulp that makes the paper, to be more exact. In the process of eating the...

The Sheraton Hotel on Harbor Island is joining the small group of large-scale facilities that compost food waste in San Diego. After years of work, the idea is starting to catch on will smaller sites such as grocery stores.   A garbage truck on Tuesday morning...

BY CHRISTOPHER MIMS 1 AUG 2011 11:58 AM In the 19th century, there were 150 glaciers in Glacier National Park, and now there are just 25. By 2020, even those will be gone, says Daniel Fagre, coordinator of climate change and glacial geology studies in the park. In...

Published: July 26, 2011 9:05 AM By The Associated Press VISTA, CA -- - (Marketwire) -- 07/26/11 -- E-World Online, a leading provider of electronics recycling solutions, and Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Earth911, Inc., operator of the nation's largest recycling directory,...

County officials say collection can reduce landfill waste by up to 23 percent Robyn Page and her daughters, 6-year-old Vivienne Page Gilmore, left, and Simone Page Gilmore, 9, center, eat watermelon. Afterward, they put the scraps in a container in their...

BY JESS ZIMMERMAN 13 JUL 2011 1:55 PM Finally, your dream of solar pants can come true! MIT researchers havedevised solar panels that can be printed directly onto fabric, plastic, or paper, as easily as printing from an inkjet. The result is a flexible, malleable...

By Felipe Cabrera/The Star-Ledger Frances Micklow/The Star-LedgerYvane Romelus, a house keeper at the Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel in Iselin, NJ, separates used soap and lotion to be donated, recycled and given out in places where there is need. When Shawn Seipler and...

ANDREW PRICE Web Editor Recession is the mother of invention. With transportation infrastructure in a sorry state in California—the proliferation of potholes in Los Angeles, for example, is incredible—more cities are turning to a method of repairing roads by recycling...

By Jeni Allison July 12, 2011 A “Dead Star” made of old batteries and a “Black Whole Conference” of chairs formed into a sphere are some of the thought-provoking creations of artist Michel de Broin. “Dead Star,” 2008 (batteries, urethane, polystyrene) All...

Nissan is busy coming up with a plan for giving its electric car batteries a second life in the power generation industry. When a conventional car reaches the end of its life through accident damage or just old age, major components are usually crushed and melted down...

BY JESS ZIMMERMAN 6 JUL 2011 12:03 PM Hippies have been fighting for awareness and action on global warming for a long time, but now yuppies and hipsters will have to join in. In the last week we've gotten news that bacon prices will soar and California wines will...

As any politician will tell you, it’s one thing to get someone to smile and shake your hand and quite another to convince him to pull out his wallet. And as any brand manager will tell you, this maxim also applies to environmental marketing. Lots of consumers say they...

by Cliff Champion, 07/06/11 filed under: News, Recycling initiatives, Water Issues News from the septic tank appears to be all the rage as of late, and it seems as though NASA is also on board. This Friday, their innovative design to recycle human urine into a “sugary...

BY ASK UMBRA 27 JUN 2011 6:25 AM Q. Dear Umbra, So, I always save my hair for the compost. But what about my friend’s hair that has been dyed or bleached? Is there any value in that? Thanks for the advice! Jane Bogner Vallejo, Calif. Talking trash: Dyed hair should...

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June 15, 2011 01:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Reaches Highest Level in More than a Decade At 58.1%, Can’s Recycling Rate is Nearly Double That of All Other Beverage Containers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. recycling rate for aluminum...

Bottle and can recycling represents a rare retail offering that everybody needs, and by which you actually get money; still, up until now, we’ve treated bottle and can recycling like that embarrassing uncle that you wish you didn’t have to invite over for...

Q. Dear Umbra, My sister recently posted a story about CFLs causing cancer to her Facebook feed. Is there anything to this latest attempt to vilify the little lamps? Brian Spokane, Wash. A. Dearest Brian, Those little lamps. They need defending again. I don't know...

by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 05.24.11 Photos: Wikipedia & Flickr, CC Mario & Luigi Would be Proud Sometimes, discovery is about putting things together in new ways. We know thatmushrooms can be great at breaking down pollutants, and we know...

24 May 2011 In 2010 California matched its best-ever recycling rate for beverage containers, with 82% of all containers recycled, according to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle). Recycling rates were strong for the three major material...

By Editorial Staff In coming years, unwanted Yellow Pages won't be left on the front stoops of homes lining the hilly boulevards of the City by the Bay, after the near-unanimous passage of legislation by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week. Sponsored by...

Ford Researching Rubber from Dandelions By Bart King Share May 12, 2011 - Ford vehicles might one day be made, in part, from dandelions. The automaker is working with Ohio State University to investigate the weeds as a new sustainable resource for rubber. The...

Fishing fleets offered cash to catch plastics PRW Posted May 5, 2011 BRUSSELS (May 5, 1:10 p.m. ET) -- The European Union commissioner for fisheries, Maria Damanaki, is set to unveil plans that will offer an alternative source of income to Europe’s fishing fleets --...