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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:04:00 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Trash Thursday</title><subtitle>Trash Thursday</subtitle><id>http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/atom.xml"/><updated>2011-12-08T13:00:46Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Mountain of Tires in South Carolina Visible from Space</title><category term="tires"/><category term="visible from space"/><id>http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/mountain-of-tires-in-south-carolina-visible-from-space.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/mountain-of-tires-in-south-carolina-visible-from-space.html"/><author><name>Chris Keenan</name></author><published>2011-12-08T13:00:46Z</published><updated>2011-12-08T13:00:46Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[There are a lot of places where it's appropriate, or at least expected, to see tires. They could be thrown in a landfill, on display at the repair shop, or even hidden behind <a href="http://www.solarhome.org/">solar panels</a> in a field. Even some of their more uncommon uses, as tire swings or pieces of <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/evil-mutant-recycled-tire-sculptures-by-yong-ho-ji-photos.html">modern art</a>, wouldn't make most people bat an eye.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Everglades</title><category term="Everglades"/><category term="Florida Everglades"/><category term="UNESCO"/><category term="conservation"/><category term="endangered sites"/><category term="garbage"/><category term="trash foundation"/><id>http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/everglades.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/everglades.html"/><author><name>Chris Keenan</name></author><published>2011-11-18T19:12:29Z</published><updated>2011-11-18T19:12:29Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Scientists studying the Florida Everglades have determined that portions of the elevated land, where vegetation and wildlife thrive, have grown from a foundation of garbage. An estimated 5,000 years ago, early settlers left piles of bones; scraps of food; and leather, charcoal, and tool fragments. When the organic waste decomposed, it released nutrients and phosphates into an ecosystem that typically didn’t have those elements. The resulting combination was enough to spur living, breathing, green islands into existence.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Oil Spill Containment</title><category term="EPA"/><category term="energy resources"/><category term="oil spill"/><category term="oil-eating microbes"/><id>http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/oil-spill-containment.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/oil-spill-containment.html"/><author><name>Steve Auger</name></author><published>2011-11-03T12:00:05Z</published><updated>2011-11-03T12:00:05Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Whether it's a tanker, oil rig, or offshore platform, all oil collection and transporting devices are susceptible to malfunction or human error. Since oil still accounts for a large portion of our energy resources, there is always potential for shorelines to get bombarded by an unexpected spill. While government agencies like the EPA and United States Coast Guard are often tasked with the primary response for oil spills, local responders are typically the first on the scene &ndash; and have the most to lose from an oil spill catastrophe.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Garbage, Garbage, Garbage</title><category term="garbage"/><id>http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/garbage-garbage-garbage.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/garbage-garbage-garbage.html"/><author><name>Steve Auger</name></author><published>2011-10-27T12:00:54Z</published><updated>2011-10-27T12:00:54Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[We as American&rsquo;s like to own things. We like to own our wardrobes, we like to own the latest technological gizmo that just came out, and most importantly we like to own things that inevitably produce a whole lot of garbage. Yep! Buy an iPod recently? What did you do with that beautiful packaging it came in? What about that cheap little instruction manual? I&rsquo;m guessing it was in your garbage can a week later.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Recycling Apps</title><category term="apps"/><category term="recycling"/><id>http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/recycling-apps.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/recycling-apps.html"/><author><name>Steve Auger</name></author><published>2011-10-06T16:41:13Z</published><updated>2011-10-06T16:41:13Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[In today's society, the name of the game is mobile technology. With nearly every aspect of our lives existing online and now on our phones, it seems almost anything imaginable can become a mobile application or device. With technology advancing in a way that makes it constantly on demand and constantly available, more and more aspects of our lives that were once static have become mobile.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Green Beer</title><category term="carbon dioxide"/><category term="eco-friendly"/><category term="green beer"/><category term="water"/><id>http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/green-beer.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/green-beer.html"/><author><name>Steve Auger</name></author><published>2011-03-17T12:00:59Z</published><updated>2011-03-17T12:00:59Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[In case the shamrocks and leprechauns haven&rsquo;t given it away, St. Patrick&rsquo;s day is here.&nbsp; If you&rsquo;re under the age of 10, you&rsquo;re probably rather excited about your schoolroom being bedazzled with gold treasure, and if you&rsquo;re over 21, you&rsquo;re probably mostly excited about drinking some good stout beer with a large helping of corned beef and cabbage.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Starbucks Trash Talk</title><category term="Starbucks"/><category term="cup"/><category term="polyethylene"/><category term="recyclable cup"/><category term="recycler's handbook"/><category term="styrofoam"/><category term="trash"/><id>http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/starbucks-trash-talk.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/starbucks-trash-talk.html"/><author><name>Steve Auger</name></author><published>2011-02-17T13:00:58Z</published><updated>2011-02-17T13:00:58Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Chances are good you&rsquo;ve had a cup of coffee to go a time or two in your life.&nbsp; Actually, according to statistics that recently stated coffee shops to be the fastest growing segment in the entire restaurant business and that Americans are now drinking 400 million cups of coffee a day, it&rsquo;s likely that you&rsquo;ve had a cup to go more than once or twice.&nbsp; To put it more bluntly: if we, as Americans, consume 400 million cups of coffee, then we are consuming some 146,000,000,0000 (146 billion) cups of coffee per year.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Working together for e-waste issues</title><category term="cell phone"/><category term="e-waste"/><category term="tv"/><id>http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/working-together-for-e-waste-issues.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/working-together-for-e-waste-issues.html"/><author><name>Steve Auger</name></author><published>2010-11-04T12:00:03Z</published><updated>2010-11-04T12:00:03Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Electronic waste, also know as e-waste is the fastest growing trend in American landfills, with an estimated growth of 18% annually. Currently we&rsquo; re dumping up to 50 million metric tons a year! Your old TV&rsquo; s, cell phones, batteries, printers, computers and other electronic toys all leak toxic chemical into the landfills and in turn our planet, when they are simply thrown out with the trash. Each tv can leak up to 8 lbs of lead.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Living with Recycled Furniture</title><category term="old furniture"/><category term="recycling"/><category term="save money"/><category term="sofa cover"/><id>http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/living-with-recycled-furniture.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/living-with-recycled-furniture.html"/><author><name>Steve Auger</name></author><published>2010-09-02T11:33:00Z</published><updated>2010-09-02T11:33:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[When I moved into my first home, I was enthused about making it warm and comfortable. I soon found, however, that good quality furnishings for the home were way beyond my meagre budget.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>E-Waste and What To Do About It</title><category term="DIY"/><category term="cell phone"/><category term="e-scrap"/><category term="e-waste"/><category term="video console"/><id>http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/e-waste-and-what-to-do-about-it.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogonsmog.com/trash-thursday/e-waste-and-what-to-do-about-it.html"/><author><name>Steve Auger</name></author><published>2010-05-20T12:01:29Z</published><updated>2010-05-20T12:01:29Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The problem surrounding waste in this country is an obvious one, so enormous that various issues surrounding the disposal of waste often get overlooked. One of the fastest rising in terms of economic opportunity and overall exposure is the issue of electronic waste (e-waste).]]></summary></entry></feed>
