Nashville, Tennessee’s Evermore Recycling is North America’s largest purchaser of used aluminum cans for recycling. It is a joint venture between Novelis and Alcoa. 60 days = time period from when you recycle a can until it reappears on the store shelf 68% = the recycled content in every aluminum can 73% = the amount of aluminum that has ever [...]
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Five Friday Facts: Aluminum Recycling
December 30th, 2011 
Justin Manger 
Posted in Business, Economics, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger, Recylcing 
Tags: Energy Conservation 
No Comments »Apple Working on New Battery That Could Be Charged Once a Week
December 29th, 2011 Justin Manger News has surfaced again that Apple is planning to release a hydrogen fuel cell battery that could power iPhones, iPods, and iPads for at least a week without recharging. Submissions (below) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, first reported by Apple Insider in October, describe a lighter and more environmentally friendly battery that could keep [...]
2012 Light Bulb Efficiency Standards Delayed until September
December 28th, 2011 Chris DeArmond By passing the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, congress established efficiency standards for light bulbs that were slated to go into effect in at the beginning of 2012. However, due to a provision included in the massive year-end spending bill that eliminates funding to carry out the standards, the date has been [...]
Could “Green Routing” Play a Role in Our Future?
December 23rd, 2011 Chris DeArmond Though it’s alluring to think that electric and hydrogen vehicles may transform the way we travel, it is more likely that small, incremental changes like route optimization will play dominating roles in our future—at least until we run out of oil. Researchers from the University at Buffalo studying “green routing,” which is achieved when all [...]
Recent “Green” Developments in Japan
December 20th, 2011 Justin Manger From Japan for Sustainability come two quick news tidbits of note. First, a group of researchers at Chubu University has been developing superconducting wires that can minimize electricity loss in the transmission process. “In 2010, the group successfully completed the world’s first experiment aimed at sending direct current electricity through a 200-meter-long transmission line using superconductors.” This [...]
Starbucks Store Made from Recycled Shipping Containers
December 14th, 2011 Chris DeArmond Though it seems like you can get Starbucks coffee just about anywhere, only one store (located in Tukwila, WA) can serve it to you from inside old cargo containers. A little over a week ago, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that construction is underway to build a Starbucks out of four repurposed shipping containers (40′ long, 8′ [...]
What is the Difference Between a Kilowatt and Kilowatt-hour Anyway?
December 8th, 2011 Justin Manger I wish I knew. The energy economy can be confusing, especially for consumers. I, for example, still have no frame of reference for watts and kilowatts. If I’m told a plant produces X kilowatts of electricity or a solar panel produces Y amount of energy that doesn’t really mean much to me. I have no [...]
Posted in Behavior, Education, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: Electricity Generation, Energy Conservation No Comments »Save Money, Not the Planet
December 4th, 2011 Justin Manger How many times, in how many ways, and with how many examples do we need to say it? The focus on any green agenda should not be carbon reductions or global warming or – dare I say it – saving the planet. The planet will be fine. We may not be, but the earth will [...]
