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My Recycled Bags.com
I fell in love with this crocheted ditty bag pattern when I first saw it. It’s so cute and has a handy strap that threads through the front of the bag. You may recognize this pattern by Dot Matthews that she created and used regular worst yarn to crochet her...
Recycled Valentine’s Day Craft Projects
Just in time for Valentine’s day, here are several recycled craft projects that you can make. First I want to share this cute Valentine’s bag that Carmen sent me a picture of. She crocheted this using my recycled Valentine’s bag pattern and added some red plastic bags to trim her...
Diagonal T-Shirt Yarn Baby Bib
I love crocheting with recycled t-shirts. I cut this t-shirt into 1/4 inch strips and curled it as shown in my tutorial for curled t-yarn or tarn. I was inspired by the diagonal dishcloth pattern when I crocheted this baby bib. I had to frog the bib several...
My blog is three years old today! Wow it is exciting to have made it this long and I look forward to many more years of recycled crafting and blogging. First and foremost I want to thank all my readers and fellow crafters who have inspired, shared, and otherwise supported me...
Bread Bags Upcycled into a Coaster
Here is a quick little crochet project using recycled plastic bread bags. I cut the bread bags into strips just as I do here in my tutorial to create what I call plarn (plastic bag yarn.) I used about 5 or 6 different colored bags to crochet this coaster. It’s...
I just have to share my pink baby hoodie sweater that I crocheted for my grandaughter. I enjoyed working the pattern and was very happy with how the sweater turned out. I used a free leaflet pattern from Bernat to crochet this cute little hoodie. The pattern is also available...
Blog On Smog
Student Saturday: Eco-Principles
With our global emphasis on green and sustainable living, many people are actively doing their part to engage in green acts. Whether its recycling, toting reusable grocery bags, there are a number of ways to engage yourself in balanced living. More... ...
Footprint Friday: Tankless Water Heaters
A tankless water heater is the perfect solution for those who want hot water and to save money. Tankless water heaters, which are also called instantaneous or demand water heaters, are becoming extremely popular these days because of their efficiency. More... ...
Student Saturday: Designing with Nature in Mind
Several decades ago, a few creative thinkers started redefining the traditional idea of home. From coast to coast, people started looking at their environment and began building with eco-inspired homes. Hawaii’s famous Onion House is one popular example of a creative idea. More... ...
New renewable energy articles/posts on the internet: Chinese polysilicon producer Daqo New Energy Corp has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. First Solar is diversifying its portfolio of utility-scale, thin film photovoltaic power projects by acquiring a number of solar power projects in California and the...
GPS coordinates may replace tombstones in Calgary as the city examines ways to make cemetaries more environmentally friendly. Is the compact fluorescent lightbulb dead? Meet the next generation lightbulb. Donors pay Ecuador to keep oil underground thus preserving rain forest and habitat for indigenous people. Six healthy...
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Making Renewable Energy Viable in Massachusetts
The four investor owned utilities in Massachusetts (National Grid, NStar, Western Massachusetts Electric Co., and Unitil Corp.) recently demonstrated their commitment to renewable energy as a viable alternative energy option in the Commonwealth. An article in today’s Boston Globe states that the utilities are seeking bids from producers of renewable...
Under the Radar Waste: Railroad Ties
Railroad ties (or “railway sleepers” outside of the U.S.) are the rectangular load-bearing objects that are used as a base for railroad tracks. Ties can be made of wood or concrete; wood railroad ties are the predominant type in the United States, while concrete railroad ties are used widely outside...
Why Start a Clean Energy Business in Massachusetts?
Tomorrow, Tuesday January 26th, the British American Business Council of New England’s (BABCNE) Environment and Energy Committee will host an event titled “Why Start a Clean Energy Business in Massachusetts?” Phil Giudice, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, will serve as the night’s speaker. Peter Watkinson’s blog,...
Scott Brown on Energy and the Environment
Scott Brown’s election to the United States Senate will not only influence the future of health care policy, but pending national energy legislation as well. During his electoral campaign, Brown made his stance clear on some aspects of the Senate’s current energy bill clear, in particular his view of cap-and-trade....
Innovative Waste & Energy Solutions for the Army: Trash-to-Diesel
Last Friday’s New York Times article Army Hopes Trash-To-Diesel Project Can Lower War-Zone Risks, Costs hits a number of interesting points related harnessing the energy value of waste. The management of energy and waste, in the military especially, poses significant challenges. If the Army Corps of Engineers and Covanta Energy...
Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of a new program “Energy Innovation Hubs.” The program is modeled after the DOE’s Bioenergy Research Centers which were established to accelerate the research and development of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels. The Energy Innovation Hubs are intended to foster...
The Daily Planet
Computer infected with a virus
I haven't been keeping up to date with my blogs because I'm trying to fight of a computer virus. I think I might have isolated it but I won't know for sure until I completely remove it and reboot my computer. I'm scanning it right now, and I hope this...
It's time for my Nintendo Wii Jillian Michaels workout. It's been about a week and a half since I started the Jillian Michaels workout. I'm trying to workout at least 3 times a week, but so far I've done it 4 times last week and 4 times this week.According to...
Tonight I'm going out with my best friend. We haven't gone out in a while, we've both been really busy with work, and other stuff.She's been trying to have a baby, but hasn't had any luck yet. I know she wants to tell me in person when she does get...
The Michael Jackson memorial today at the Staples center was so sad. I lost it when his daughter Paris said how much she missed him. It was so sad. He's really going to be missed by a lot of people....
Michael Jackson's Beat It Video
Here's a link to another one of my Michael Jackson favorites, Beat It, courtesy of Youtube:Beat It Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqxo1SKB0z8...
Recycling - Aluminum only = $8.16
Just because I haven't written about my recycling efforts recently, doesn't mean I haven't been doing it. I forgot to post the last few times, but I think I got around $15 or so, each time I recycled.Today, I brought my recyclables but they were only taking aluminum cans. They...
Reclaim Reuse Recycle
Would You Want to Work in a Recycling Facility?
Would You Want to Work in a Recycling Facility? While the recycling industry does provide real, living-wage jobs for many thousands of people, not all these jobs would be considered suitable by...
The Connection Between Recycling and Alternative Energy
The Connection Between Recycling and Alternative Energy One of the most exciting things about recycling as a social phenomena, is the ability of waste reduction schemes to help foster other "gr...
Automotive Battery Recycling: A Success Story
Automotive Battery Recycling: A Success Story Though most people don't think of it as such, the oldest and most often used type of rechargeable battery is found in automobiles. The lead-acid b...
All Computers Go to Heaven By the end of the 'aughts, nearly everyone has owned at least one computer. The only thing they all have in common is they they'll be effectively obsolete in just a...
Can Taxes Increase Recycling Rates?
Can Taxes Increase Recycling Rates? The use of taxation to influence behavior in the "free marketplace" has a very long track record. They are sort of like using economic sanctions at the int...
Are Plastic Bags Really That Bad?
Are Plastic Bags Really That Bad? The short answer is, "yes." No, they will not cause the sun to fall out of the sky, but when it comes to making recycling difficult and causing a massive amo...
Money….Do we Need to Be So Stressed About It?
Turn on the radio or put in a CD and you’ll hear it, songs about money – loving it, hating it, and worrying about it. Read a book, and characters are stressing out about it. Watch a movie and more likely than not you’ll see a plot completely centered...
Spring Forward with Better Business Recycling
Are you starting to notice it? As the days go by, they’re finally beginning to get just a little longer. It’s not pitch black at 5:00 anymore, and there’s just the smallest hint of sunlight on the horizon on your commute home. So what does it mean? It means winter...
Recycling is Booming, and You can Profit from it
Towns and cities across the country are beginning to embrace recycling as a solution to a number of problems. True— it may seem like a stretch, but recycling has a positive impact on more than just the environment. All of the cities and towns that have started to turn to...
Recycling is Easy– No matter Where you are.
In a recent story on Guardian.co.uk titled “Ethiopia firm recycling tyres into shoes does big business via internet” we learned that recycling really is possible anywhere, it can be done with much more than you think it can be, and it can even be creative and lucrative. An entrepreneur in...
The computer you’re reading this blog on, the television playing in the background, the piece of paper that’s sitting somewhere nearby, and most likely the chair that you’re sitting on are all most likely recycled. More of the everyday products we use are the products of recycling than you think,...
Stay Strong With Your Resolution: Make the Year TWENTY TEN a Green One
So we’re a couple weeks into the new year. How’s it going? By now you may have decided on a few things. Is it two thousand ten? Two thousand and ten? Or Twenty Ten? Well, according to the National Association of Good Grammar, aptly labeled “NAGG”, it really should be...
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Recycling st Worcester Cathedral
While on a visit to the beatifull Worcester Cathedral, I spotter this recycling bin near the South E...
At Long Last: Our Meeting With SL Green
After months of trying to schedule a meeting, the three captains from 38th Street finally secured on...
Pollution Control in Recycling Industry is most essential
Pollution Control in Recycling Industry: 1. Introduction - Recycling industry frequently causes poll...
When our family was in Laos, the people we stayed with had a sack full of coconuts. After they had u...
Update from Regina Waste Management
Here is the latest update email that I got from the Let’s Talk Trash people regarding Waste Pl...
Vancouver has proven to be a community-driven and environmentally-conscious city because of a few in...
Scrap Metal Prices and Scrap Metal Auctions
Japanese H2 Scrap Avg Price Still Rising
During the first week of February, Japanese H2 scrap average price in the Kanto region, Middle part and Kansai region was￥27,499/ton, up by ￥311/ton than the previous week. H2 scrap average price in the Kanto region was remained at ￥28,750/ton from the previous week; that in Middle part was... [[ This is...
Rebar Steel and Scrap Metal Prices Market Analysis
Rusmet.ru, Victor Tarnavskiy/ Rebar prices decrease from about $540 to $520-525 за т FOB, provided by Turkish companies in the end of Jan. allowed unlocking the market. The demand for rebar in Middle East markets, which almost vanished in mid. Jan. started growing again. This was caused by rolled... [[ This...
Scrap Metal Prices Holding Steady in Feb 2010
The Street.com just posted a good article on scrap metal prices in February at http://www.thestreet.com/story/10675222/1/february-steel-scrap-prices-go-sideways.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEFI . The article also discusses where scrap prices may go. Where do you think scrap prices will go? Comments on this... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content,...
Scrap Wire Stripping Machine Model 918-C
Here is as interesting copper wire stripping machine that may help you make more money in your recycling / scrap metal operations - Scrap Wire Stripping Machine Model 918-C NEW SPECIFICATIONS: Power supply: 110V 50-60Hz 2.2Kw 3hp motor Wire Range: .064″ (14AWG) – 1-3/4″... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
China Scrap Plastics Prices Feb 4 2010
Chinese plastic scrap prices as of February 4, 2010: PP: The latest quotation: PP varicolored bottle cap material—3,700RMB/ton around. ABS: The latest quotation: ABS/PC alloy material—4,500RMB/ton. LDPE: The latest quotation: PE/PA compound material—4,000~4,300RMB/ton, LDPE varicolored... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and...
ASIAN AVERAGE STAINLESS STEEL PRICES – LATEST FORECASTS FROM MEPS
Our Asian stainless steel forecasts are little changed from December 2009. An anticipated hike in alloy surcharges for February 2010 will, almost certainly, result in a significant hike in selling figures for all austenitic products this month. Sales volumes are expected to improve as distributors... [[ This is a content summary...
Look What I Found!
Meet our good friend Ed once more, here comfortably seated in our visitor’s faux suede easy chair in the BF’s apartment. We found it right in front of our door in mint condition without even the tiniest speck on it. There was one more plus the matching couch, be we...
If you crochet, have you ever tried this style? Or, if you were a kid or teenager in the Seventies perhaps the teacher forced it on you in craft class…I don’t often find craft books in the trash so my first reaction was ‘how cool’ when the BF spotted it...
Last week I had my face professionally photographed for a short interview I had with a women’s magazine (Vriendin). What about? About this here funny hobby of mine! Where this eclectic way of recycling eventually can lead to…As both the make-up artist and photographer’s assistant’s mouths fell open when I...
Sorry I haven’t written a New Year’s post, but it’s not too late though to wish all my readers a happy, healthy, green and crafty 2010!The thing is late December I got an invitation from a real gallery to exhibit my tea cozies in February. So the year is starting...
The HGTV Gift Exchange And My Easy Chair
I love the HGTV Knitting and Crocheting board’s holiday gift swap. The only rule to this exchange is that we create something with love for our swap buddies. Items are sent out directly to them so there are no extra costs involved and it’s up to you to decide how...
The Seventies are back in many ways. Aren’t we crafters terribly into crocheting granny squares and such? Bell bottoms and block soles have been back and gone again but are not yet totally ridiculous. Or some arty underground fashionable people stick to them deliberately. Yet it’s the design period everybody...
Recycling and eWaste news
'60 Minutes' examines the business of e-waste recycling
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10092317-54.html...
http://blog.altuse.com/2009/07/altusecom-worlds-largest-collection-of.html...
Car lovers seek green energy, not gas guzzlersStory Highlights
(CNN) -- Daniel Gray loves automobiles so much that it almost feels wrong to drive another vehicle: "I'll admit it. I love my car, but I cheat on it with a different car every week," he said.Car reviewer Daniel Gray loves to drive, but he decided to try getting around...
Wells fargo Greenest Big Bank in the country
https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/csr/ea/news/2008/02-13-08_go_green...
Tue morning: "1. Roll Me Away - Bob Seger"...
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ScienceDaily: Recycling and Waste News
Go easy on the environment -- and our wallets, says Generation Y
When it comes to saving the environment, Generation Y is all for it -- as long as it comes with an economic benefit, according to new research....
Scientists find amazing new pondlife on nature reserve
One year in to a project to save one of the UK's top sites for pondlife, amazing new species are being revealed for the first time. Scientists have discovered an astonishing variety of minute aquatic organisms, so small as to be invisible to the naked eye....
Could bamboo help in remediation of waste sites?
Scientists are studying whether the same characteristics that make bamboo annoying to homeowners also makes it a good vegetation to plant on caps over remediation sites....
Everything from simple tools to complete factories is available for export from the US and Europe to the developing world. At first site, such "recycling" of equipment sounds laudable, but a European research team argues that such exports are slowing the adoption of more environmentally friendly and non-polluting technology across...
New solvent technologies to replace use of harmful toxic acids
Scientists are developing new ways to replace harmful, carcinogenic, toxic acids and electrolytes which are currently used in many commercial metal finishing and energy storage processes....
Toxicants detected in Asian monkey hair may warn of environmental threats to people and wildlife
Testing hair from Asian monkeys in dense urban areas may provide early warnings of toxic threats to humans, especially children, and wildlife. A study of young macaques at the Swoyambhu Temple in Nepal revealed lead exposure. The monkeys live in close proximity to people in a location with discarded lead...
RecycleBlog by RecycleBill
Or, Back In Black? Looking for a low cost green business idea? Tonight RecycleBill adds #80 to our list of green start-up ideas with yet another idea for the industrious entrepreneur looking for ways to start his or her own green business....
Or, Crunch Time! Pirkle Inc, a 3rd generation metals recycling company in Atlanta, Georgia has a 2005 Vezzani Spa Bailer Model PM 7765 for sale. Buyer is to arrange for rigging & erecting of machine and transporting of the machine to the buyer's yard. Here's a photo:...
813 Recycle Recycling Tampa Bay
Or, I Wish I Was In Tampa Today While RecycleBill stays inside wishing the snow and freezing rain would go away I thought I'd let folks in Tampa, Florida know anout 813 Recycle, a service of... I donno, someone in Tampa I guess. 813 Recycle has lots of links to places...
Or, Green Inc? While many printing businesses across the nation and around the world are claiming to be greening their pressrooms, Coldwater, Ohio's Mercer Color is printing a new green map with their Ecolith process and showing others the way with Mercer Color's Guidelines for a Green Pressroom so that they...
Or, While The Boss Is Away? The snow is keeping business away today so RecycleBill decided to take a look at RecycleBill’s Blogroll to see what we can see....
Or, Watching Out For The Trees? Not long ago RecycleBill told you about the death of my pet rabbit, Buddy. This brief post is not about that. This is to let folks know that I've added Nervous Rabbit Dot Net to RecycleBill's Blogroll....
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Feb 5 - Need a Recycling Bin? Apply for Coca-Cola/ KAB Grant Program Today
The Coca-Cola/KAB Recycling Bin Grant Program supports local community recycling programs by providing bins to selected grant recipients for the collection of beverage container recyclables in public settings. Grants will be provided to a limited number of applicants who can demonstrate how their proposals will lead to sustainable recycling opportunities....
Feb 4 - DC Shoppers Bring Their Reusables
DC residents are responding the the District's new five cent fee on single-use bags by bringing their reusables, the Washington Post reports. DC's ordinance was the first bag fee to be enacted. Learn More about Plastic Bags ...
Feb 3 - Oregon Legislature Hears Plastic Bag Ban Bill
The Oregon Legislature is debating a bill that would ban plastic bags this month, and the Oregonian has reported that the Senate President may be supportive of the policy. Senator Mark Hassof Beaverton Oregon is the author of SB 1009 which would ban plastic bags statewide beginning Jan 1, 2012. ...
Feb 3 - Four States May Follow California's Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
Following California's lead, four more states take on energy efficiency requirements for television. Due to the recent approval by the California Energy Commission (CEC) of regulations that will set energy-efficiency limits on California for televisions sold on store shelves, four other states have introduced legislation aiming for the same goals....
Feb 1 - White Pages Opt-in Legislation Introduced
Senator Yee just recently introduced SB 920, White Pages Opt-in legislation that would stop the delivery Whites Pages to residents. Resident can still request the White Pages for free. Currently, 87,000 tons of paper telephone directories are delivered to California households - this represents an unnecessary waste of energy resources. With...
Jan 29 - Amazon To Expand Trade-In Range to Include Used Electronics
Amazon has announced plans to buy back more goods and sell them, including its own online trade-in platform for used consumer electronics. Currently, Amazon's trade-in service offers consumers an estimated trade-in value on products, and then send them a retailer's gift card for that value once the goods are received...
Lucy Danger's 3 Rs Recycling Blog
EMERGE - East Manchester based Charitable Enterprise Seeking:Customer Services AdministratorA resourceful hard working individual with experience delivering customer service at a high level to assist in delivery of recycling services to business customers; £12–14k/35 hr pw.P/T Sales Ledger & Credit Control ClerkExperienced, mature person required to support excellent customer services...
MRF = Mechanical Recovery Fallacy?
Greetings,Following on from my previous post about a local manchester waste boss making a stand against deceptive waste management companies, I thought I should probably do something to explain what the real issue is and why we are so incensed about it.There is quite a comprehensive article on Wikipedia which...
Manchester Waste Boss Makes A Stand
Greetings,I was really pleased to see a fellow local waste boss, Marcus Farmer is taking a stand against spurious claims made by waste contractors, many of whom are telling businesses that their waste is being recycled when in fact the majority of it is sent to landfill.Ever since EMERGE's inception...
Greetings,A slightly morbid topic today, but have you ever wondered what you could to to help reduce the environmental impact of your death? I read this article about an environmental alternative to cremation. According to the article, an average cremation can produce as much as 400Kg of Carbon Dioxide. This...
Small Businesses Refuse To Buy Green?
Greetings,I read an article the other day by freshbusinessthinking.com, normally they send me very useful articles about general business practice, written by someone well-informed in the industry.I was quite suprised when I received this article: Small Businesses Refuse To Go Green from them. The article describes how a study conducted...
Greetings,I read an article on the Times website about a way to run your car on recycled materials, it seems that one entrepreneur has discovered that by blasting waste with highly presurrised steam in a rotating drum it is possible to extract the high-calorific organic materials which can then be...
Pacebutler Recycling Blog
Algae Life Cycle Study Challenged
The trade organization representing the algae industry, Algal Biomass Organization (ABO), has issued a statement putting into question the results of a recent study on algae life cycle. Unsustainable greenhouse emissions The study, Environmental Life Cycle Comparison of Algae to Other Bioenergy Feedstocks, was recently published on the journal Environmental Science and...
Recycling an entire city – making Detroit bloom again
Quite possibly, Detroit is the city that took the hardest hit from the current economic recession. Detroit, the mighty symbol of the American car industry has floundered along with the industry that has employed generations of autoworkers in this city and its suburbs. How do you make a city that...
Houston Rockets Now Recycling With Republic Services
The Houston Rockets, the Toyota Center, and Republic Services have signed a five-year agreement designating the Phoenix-based solid waste management company as the official waste and recycling partner for the NBA franchise and their home stadium. The deal, as reported in Waste and Recycling News, covers co-branding on recycling and trash...
Apple and Google Tech War Equals A Deluge of E-Waste?
Last Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the much anticipated tablet computer he calls the iPad. The 9.7-inch multitouch tablet is priced at $499 for the 16GB model that uses WIFI, while the high end 64 GB version, which connects with both Wi-Fi and 3G, comes with a price tag...
How To Erase Data From Your Cell Phone Before Shipping It For Recycling
Related posts:How To Run A Cell Phone Collection Drive Using Twitter Twitter has been the focus of much attention lately...Cell Phone Dangers – Protecting Our Homes From Cell Phone Radiation There are over 4 billion cell phone users throughout... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts...
RecycleBank Reinvents Recycling
The traditional waste management 3r’s mantra: reduce, reuse, recycle has just gotten a makeover of sorts – thanks to RecycleBank, an internationally-recognized company that has taken a new approach to recycling. RecycleBank’s spin on the 3r’s? Recycle, redeem, reward! For many people to whom recycling has become a way of...