Plastic bags and recycling: A primer – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Q When it comes to plastic bags, is biodegradable or compostable better for the environment, or are they the same thing? A They aren’t the same, said Dianna Kennedy with Eureka Recycling. “Degradable” simply means that the product will break down …
Gold Coast security found bound, dead, in recycling plant – Brisbane Times
Gold Coast police are investigating a double murder after the body of a man, believed to be a security guard, was found at Burleigh Heads just hours before woman was found dead in her home at Robina. Police believe the two discoveries are linked. The …
Vancouver plan to prod citizens into behaving more green – Globe and Mail
VANCOUVER — Vancouver has come out with a 44-point plan to make you a better person and save the planet. In an effort to make Vancouver “the greenest city” in a crowded field of municipal competitors, the plan will give you more encouragement to …
Altitude helps design a better home recycling center – Abington Mariner
The following is from Altitude, Inc. of Somerville. Altitude, Inc., one of the country’s leading product innovation firms, was recently commissioned by Verde Home Products, Inc. to partner Verde’s internal team for the design of the Mode(tm) All-In …
Tips for fans of plastic grocery bags – The Chronicle Herald
BACK WHEN it was announced that we would have to pay for plastic grocery bags, I began to take notes on the subject. I jotted down interesting scraps of information, clipped articles, and eavesdropped on conversations that occur so often at grocery …
School recylcling program makes a difference – Rapid City Journal
You can’t solve a problem unless you’re aware there is one. So we were glad to see a recycling program get under way in the Rapid City School District that, in its first year at Rapid City Stevens, is already resulting in good participation …
Eartha Kitt on Piano Jazz
Strayhorn’s ?Lush Life.’ She and McPartland end the hour with ?You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To.’ Eartha Kitt passed away on Christmas day 2008. In addition to a legacy of great music and signature performances, she leaves behind a daughter, two
Simple Steps Toward a Healthy Lifestyle
many fruits and vegetables, including today’s ’super foods.”Because the seven Super Spices are commonly found in home pantries, they can be such an economical and convenient enhancement to a daily meal and snack routine,’ notes Bazilian. Simple Steps
Here’s to YOUR summer vacation … and my midterms
rest of North American college students are getting infected with Swine Flu … err … I mean packing up for home or wherever you plan on spending your summer, I’m writing midterm papers and studying for exams. I STILL HAVE 5 MORE WEEKS OF THIS CRAP!
St Leonards family scores victory over bank
watchdog. Peter and Marian Addyman, of Wittersham Rise, St Leonards, feared last Christmas that they would lose their home after NatWest demanded they pay off their entire mortgage, worth more than 200,000. But the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) this