Feb 24 2011

U.S. Nuclear Waste Never Sees Its Full Potential

Tag: Energy,Energy Efficiency,Nuclear Science,Reuse,Saving Energy,Waste and Recycling — Amy Dusto @ 4:12 pm
Compared to other countries, America is 40 years behind reprocessing radioactive materials.

Feb 22 2011

Surgeons: Green Your Operating Rooms, STAT!

Tag: Carbon Footprint,Green Science,Healthcare System,Modern Medicine,Reuse,Saving Energy,Waste and Recycling — Amy Dusto @ 2:36 pm
Notoriously wasteful, it's time for OR's to get eco-friendly.

Jan 24 2011

Immortal Computers Never Grow Old

Tag: Computer Networking,Computers,Desktop Computers,EWaste,Green Tech,Recycling,Reuse,Waste and Recycling,Zero Waste — Amy Dusto @ 2:54 pm
A novel cloud-based system aims to teach old hardware new tricks, virtually.

Jan 02 2011

E-waste Laws Make Everyone Recycle

Tag: Computer Monitors,Desktop Computers,Electronics,Energy Efficiency,EWaste,Gadgets,Green Electronics,Issues and Ethics,Pollution,Recycling,Reuse,Saving Energy,Waste and Recycling — Amy Dusto @ 3:17 pm
In many states, it's unlawful to toss out your old electronics.

Dec 31 2010

E-waste Laws Make Everyone Recycle

Tag: Computer Monitors,Desktop Computers,Electronics,Energy Efficiency,EWaste,Gadgets,Green Electronics,Issues and Ethics,Pollution,Recycling,Reuse,Saving Energy,Waste and Recycling — Amy Dusto @ 4:09 pm
In many states, it's unlawful to toss out your old electronics.

Dec 27 2010

Is Recycling Worth It?

Tag: Alternative Fuels,Green Science,Materials,Pollution,Recycling,Reuse,Waste and Recycling — Cristen Conger @ 6:29 pm
Recycling doesn’t come free. It costs millions of dollars to pickup, sort and process all those plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard pizza boxes.

Dec 27 2010

A Way to Recycle Every Bit of Plastic

Tag: Green Tech,Materials,Plastic,Polymers,Recycling,Waste and Recycling — Alyssa Danigelis @ 3:09 pm
Kiss plastic trash goodbye. British engineers have new tech to recycle it all.

Dec 21 2010

Robotic Dustball Cleans the Floor

Tag: Autonomous Robots,Design,Robotics,Smart Homes,Waste and Recycling — Amy Dusto @ 12:28 pm
If tumbleweeds were vacuums rolling around indoors, you might think they were the Dustball.

Dec 18 2010

Tech to End Tire Burning

Tag: Green Tech,Materials,Recycling,Vehicles and Equipment,Waste and Recycling — Alyssa Danigelis @ 2:11 pm
True tire recycling has long been close to impossible, but a Malaysian startup thinks they have the tech to finally make it work.

Nov 24 2010

What Are Green Jobs?

Tag: Green Science,Green Tech,Public Transportation,Renewable Energy,Saving Energy,Solar Power,Take Action,Waste and Recycling — Cristen Conger @ 4:08 pm
There are many different shades of "green" when it comes to jobs, but for the 9 percent of Americans out of work, the definition matters less than the availability of work.
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