Where Does Your Garbage Really Go?

by Terese Hartjoy @ Thorne's World

That is exactly what MIT researchers are attempting to discover in an effort to help Seattle residents understand the importance of recycling.

Using an electronic tracking device about the size of an iPod shuffle, MIT researchers are tagging about 3,000 pieces of Seattle trash to get people thinking about what they throw away and where it ends up. The public will be able to follow the trash migration at an exhibit that opens at Seattle's Central Library Sept. 18.

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Waste Un-Aware

by Terese Hartjoy @ Thorne's World

Community Recycling Network for Scotland (CRNS) and Waste Aware Scotland have launched a campaign to boost donations of furniture and common household items to assist low income and in transition from homelessness families. Statistics show a 43% drop in goods donated in the past year.

Ylva Haglund of Waste Aware Scotland says that, "Thousands of reusable items still end up in landfill sites, when there are community projects which could make good use of them." Please consider donating usable items rather than tossing them.

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The Earth's Biggest Dump

by Terese Hartjoy @ Thorne's World

...is in the middle of the ocean. The largest uniform climatic feature on earth creates an oceanic zone about the size of the continent of Africa, over ten million square miles, that is an accumulator of the debris of civilization. Unique weather patterns have conspired to drag tons of waste, primarily plastics, to this huge underwater dump.

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Garbage Photos Make A Statement

by Terese Hartjoy @ Thorne's World

These Photobloggers make observations on waste and garbage in stunning imagery at Last Night's Garbage, Gutter Envy, and Garbager. Look, learn, change.

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Trash Thursday - Apartment Tips

Apartment Recycling Tips

by Nina Seidl

According to a 2007 news story by the CBC, Ottawa’s apartment tenants throw out an astonishing 81 per cent of all materials that could be recycled!

While the routine behind garbage and recycling collection can certainly be different when you’re living in an apartment (compared to living in single-family house), just because you’re in a high-rise doesn’t mean you’re above recycling.