While the number of electronic billboards is on the rise, most billboards are still comprised of a single banner. Neither type of billboard ranks high in terms of sustainability. Even the electronic ones that use LED lights to conserve energy are still using electricity where older banner style require huge inputs of materials, but do [...]
Archive for the ‘Recylcing’ Category
Billboard Ecology: Turning Old Billboards into Consumer Goods
May 3rd, 2012 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Green Products, Recylcing, Sustainability 
Tags: Colorado, Green Product, Landfill, LED Lights 
No Comments »Axion: Turning Bottles into Bridges
May 2nd, 2012 Justin Manger Using a technique developed at Rutgers Universtity, Axion International from New Providence, N.J. is building small bridges from recycled plastic bottles. Aside from reusing the bottles, the company says the I-beams, rail ties, and other structural building products it makes are rust and corrosion proof, cost competitive, and won’t become food for termites. Take their [...]
Posted in Business, Conservation, Green Building, Green Products, Justin Manger, News, Recylcing, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Green Product No Comments »75 Percent Recycling Rate at 2012 Consumer Electronics Show
April 26th, 2012 Chris DeArmond At the beginning of the year, I talked about some of the eco-friendly products that were featured at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). However, I didn’t go into great detail as to how sustainability was carried out as a major theme of the venue itself. Now that several months have passed since the event, [...]
Posted in Business, News, Recylcing, Sustainability Tags: Chris DeArmond, Video, Waste No Comments »CFL Bulb Recycling Around 2 Percent
April 11th, 2012 Chris DeArmond With all the attention compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) get for saving energy, it seems like the importance of recycling them has taken a back seat. A study by the Association of Lighting and Mercury Recyclers (ALMR) cited in a 2011 Consumer Reports article found that only 2 percent of consumers said they actually recycle their [...]
Posted in Behavior, Clean Technology, Energy Efficiency, Green Products, Recylcing Tags: CFL, Chris DeArmond, Energy Conservation, Green Product No Comments »Resourcefulness: A Lost Art
February 19th, 2012 Eric Wilson One could argue that I’ve overused the phrase “key to sustainability” by this point. An accurate accounting yields the following keys to sustainability: durability, resilience; one non-key; and a missing link. In that vein, I offer my latest addition to the seemingly ever expanding keychain: resourcefulness. In what seems like a trait that holds little [...]
Japan Has World’s Highest Plastic Bottle Recycling Rate; Puts the U.S. to Shame
February 15th, 2012 Justin Manger Quick, off the top of your head what percentage of plastic bottles do you think the U.S. collects for recycling? 50%? Nah, Europe doesn’t even reach that, coming in at 48.3%. For the U.S., try more like 30% (29.1% to be exact), according to a report released by the Council for PET Bottle Recycling. Japan, on [...]
Posted in Behavior, Green Economy, Japan, Justin Manger, News, Policy, Recylcing, Sustainability Tags: Environment, Plastic No Comments »HMSHost Diverts Food Waste at Tampa International Airport
February 8th, 2012 Chris DeArmond At nearly 14 percent, food waste in the U.S. now represents the single largest component in the municipal solid waste stream. In 2010, this amounted to 34 million tons of food, less than 3 percent of which was recovered or recycled. This staggering amount of food waste is driven not only by individual households, but [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Conservation, Green Economy, Local Energy/Food, News, Recylcing, Sustainability Tags: Biomass, Chris DeArmond, Composting, Environment, Food No Comments »RecycleMania 2012 Kicks Off
February 3rd, 2012 Eric Wilson One way to encourage progress on a goal like energy reduction is to have a competition. Many of these competitions take place in the education sector. The ongoing Green Cup Challenge is one example. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has organized a number of national competitions, including the Battle of the Buildings and [...]
“eBay for Rentals” Rentstuff Goes Nationwide
January 30th, 2012 Justin Manger Take a quick look in your closet. Or your attic. Or your garage. If you’re like most Americans, you’ve got tons of “stuff,” a lot of which you use rarely, if at all. It seems like someone, somewhere may be looking for something that you have. It sounds like there may be a trade waiting to [...]
Posted in Business, Conservation, Green Economy, Justin Manger, News, Recylcing Tags: Collaborative Consumption No Comments »Growing Up in LA
January 29th, 2012 Eric Wilson A few weeks ago I was talking with another transplant from Los Angeles who also became interested in environmental sustainability. She asked what it was that got me interested in the topic. I told her that I never was big on going outside – not like I am now at least. I’ve hypothesized before on [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Recylcing, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Environment, Los Angeles, Prius, Tesla 1 Comment »
