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Composting that cuppa: PG Tips launches tea bag recycling initiative
Thu, May 24 2012 at 3:59 PM EST

The manufacturer of the U.K.'s most guzzled tea, PG Tips, launches a pilot tea bag composting campaign in an effort to curb the millions of pounds of tea-related waste landfilled each year.

Calif. kids petition Crayola to take back markers
Thu, May 17 2012 at 12:00 PM EST

Green Team's Change.org petition has more than 54,000 signatures asking Crayola to create a marker recycling program.

Former RecycleBank honcho appointed as NYC recycling czar
Mon, May 07 2012 at 1:30 PM EST

Recycling-challenged New York City gets its first deputy commissioner for recycling and sustainability in the form of RecycleBank co-founder Ron Gonen.

Mind your textile waste: Infographic
Mon, Apr 30 2012 at 5:53 PM EST

Here's the skinny on trash trends: Of the roughly 13 million tons of textiles tossed each year, only about 15% are recovered for reuse or recycling.

Spring Back Recycling: Saving mattresses from being thrown away while creating jobs
Mon, Apr 23 2012 at 1:58 PM EST

Spring Back Recycling combines environmentalism with social justice by hiring previously incarcerated people to recycle used mattresses.

Turn a hoodie into a laptop carrier -- no cutting or sewing required
Sun, Apr 22 2012 at 5:50 PM EST

Creative reuse that can make lugging a laptop even easier.

Paper, plastic, prefab: El Cerrito gets LEED Platinum recycling center
Wed, Apr 18 2012 at 8:21 PM EST

Is the coolest new green prefab project in the Bay Area a recycling facility? From the looks of the soon-to-open El Cerrito Recycling and Environmental Resource Center, I'm leaning towards 'yes.'

Alternative uses for fast food products
Fri, Apr 13 2012 at 1:05 PM EST

We don't condone eating fast food, but if you find yourself in possession of it, you might as well have some fun.

Rahm the recycler: Chicago mayor promises citywide recycling in 2013
Wed, Apr 11 2012 at 8:00 PM EST

Thanks to a little healthy competition between city sanitation workers and two private firms, the roughly 320,000 Chicago households without curbside recycling could be getting blue bins to call their own.

Make and be merry with DIY design contest
Wed, Apr 11 2012 at 12:53 PM EST

Been waiting patiently for the chance to show off your mad upcycling skills? Enter Project ReMAKE, a DIY design contest in which entrants have the chance to win 3-D printers and a trip to World Maker Faire.

6 handmade and recycled notebooks for warm weather jottings
Fri, Apr 06 2012 at 10:52 AM EST

Writing things out in long hand can be a good way to get in touch with what's going on in your life — and where you want to go.

Wind turbines recycled into Dutch playground
Wed, Apr 04 2012 at 3:52 PM EST

Turbines provided raw materials for mazes, slides and towers for the playground.

8 uses for yogurt containers
Tue, Mar 20 2012 at 6:31 AM EST

Don't put those handy cups in the recycling bin just yet.

Follow the 'poticrete' road: City sidewalk made from crushed commodes
Tue, Mar 06 2012 at 1:53 PM EST

Four-hundred previously loved toilets are transformed (ground into porcelain bits and mixed with gravel and asphalt) into a new 'poticrete' sidewalk in Bellingham, Wash.

Can Mardi Gras beads be recycled?
Mon, Feb 27 2012 at 5:56 PM EST

Those mountains of discarded trinkets can be repurposed for other festive occasions or used in some crazy DIY crafts. Just make sure they're clean.

10 ways to repurpose newspaper at home
Thu, Feb 23 2012 at 3:52 PM EST

Here are some practical ways to reuse all that newsprint.

Winning bins: NYC's textile recycling scheme a success
Wed, Feb 22 2012 at 10:00 PM EST

The New York City Department of Sanitation deems the re-fashioNYC textile recycling initiative a success with 50 tons of last season's sweaters and stained-beyond-repair towels being donated in a six month period.

10 uses for plastic pill bottles
Fri, Feb 03 2012 at 8:36 AM EST

Put your old pill bottles to good use around the house. Here are a few fun ideas.

Zumbox joins Recyclebank Ecosystem
Thu, Feb 02 2012 at 1:39 PM EST

Customers can receive rewards points for using online service to receive mail.

Madison offers alternative to plastic bag ban
Mon, Jan 23 2012 at 4:57 PM EST

In lieu of tacking on a fee for plastic shopping bags or banning them altogether, the city of Madison, Wis., will start to offer curbside recycling for the landfill-clogging buggers.

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