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Follow me	bobferris
	by bobferris

The Plastic Gods Must be Crazy!

I tend to like the bushman’s view and I like to apply it to “disposable” items where possible.

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Follow me	GoGreenbeans
	by gogreenbeans

Science Fiction, eh? Nah. It’s Plasma baby, and It’s Now.

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Maybe there’s something in the water up there? Maybe it’s the Ice Roads? Or the geese? Whatever the case may be, our Canadian neighbors are leading the way with innovative environmental pollution solutions!

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Follow me	Magnifeco
	by Magnifeco

I Used To Be A Plastic Bottle: Recycling Is Fashionable

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A few facts:

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Follow me	derekmarkham
	by derekmarkham

Vac from the Sea: Building Vacuum Cleaners from Plastic Ocean Debris

To help raise awareness of plastic waste, an appliance maker is making vacuum cleaners from plastic debris “harvested” from the sea.

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Follow me	FRheannon
	by FRheannon

Save The Oceans - Slash Your Plastic Footprint

Have you ever heard of the North Pacific Gyre? AKA the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” it’s a rotating pinwheel of pollution that stretches over a gigantic area of the Pacific, bracketing Hawaii.

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Follow me	Joe Laur
	by Joe Laur

Recycling: Inside the Black Hole...

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“Reducing Unsustainability is not the same thing as creating Sustainability”- John Ehrenfeld

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	by The Green Groove

Pack Your Lunch in Reusable Sandwich and Snack Bags from Eco Green Bags

Reduce your plastic consumption with these colorful and fully washable fabric sandwich and snack bags!

LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01
Image from etsy.com

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Follow me	derekmarkham
	by derekmarkham

8bottles Turns Recycled PET Bottles into Eco-Friendly Shirts

A husband and wife team turn potential waste items, drink bottles, into truly green shirts.

According to the Container Recycling Institute, the number of beverage bottles and cans that have been landfilled, littered, or incinerated in the US in this year alone is almost 6 billion. Let me repeat that: Almost 6 billion beverage containers have been trashed so far this year. That's a lot of waste.

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Follow me	Miked
	by Miked

Ten Stories You May Have Missed This Week

Once again, it was another great week of stories on Greenopolis

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Follow me	Joe Laur
	by Joe Laur

Drive Over Plastic Trash and Old Tires!

My old man was in the concrete business. I was learning how to use (or at least hold) a trowel when I was 4 years old, working on a concrete driveway with him. Concrete is energy intensive, accounting for roughly 8% of all waste CO2 worldwide. But concrete is durable- what else holds up so well?

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