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It may have become the penance of choice for the environmentally conscious individual, but planting trees to offset carbon emissions could contribute to global warming if they are planted outside the tropics, scientists believe. The Guardian reports that they argue that most forests do not have any overall effect on …

Starting next year, drivers in Taiwan will be required to add biodiesel in addition to gasoline to their vehicles to reduce air pollution, following revision of the Energy Administration Law by a committee of the Legislative Yuan. The China Post reports that economics Minister Steve R. L. Chen said Taoyuan …

In a move aimed at lessening pollution in the city, Los Angeles officials decided Tuesday to investigate alternatives to plastic bags, including possibly banning plastic bags in the city altogether. The Daily Bruin reports that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works will conduct a study to look into …

This is a long piece from New Scientist, but interesting if you want to learn how to landfill less the 5 kg household waste per family per year! I LOST 2 pounds the week I gave up packaging. Among aisles and aisles of neatly wrapped goods almost everything at my …

“President‘‘s Choice” launches an expanded “PC GREEN” product range, including the introduction of the Reusable Shopping Bag – “Canada‘‘s Greenest Shopping Bag” Made from 85-per-cent post-consumer recycled materials, it is the greenest reusable shopping bag available in Canada. The sale of the bag is expected to divert at least one-billion …

Os pneus europeus, identificados tecnicamente como sendo as melhores matrizes para o reuso ou reutilização através dos modernos processos de remoldagem, ainda não tiveram o reconhecimento pelo movimento ambientalista brasileiro, de modo especial àquele que se tem dedicado aos projetos e implantação de sistemas de reciclagem, reutilização e aproveitamento de …

Somente dois das centenas de milhares de quilômetros asfaltados de nossas rodovias são diferentes dos outros. São ecológicos, feitos a partir de pneus reciclados. Esse é o mote para comentar um dos grandes problemas ambientais modernos – a reutilização de pneus e câmaras de ar velhos. Em uma experiência inédita …

Italian inventor Alberto Volcan has created a type of paper made from apples and through regional funding has expanded to other office products as well. While the engineer from northern Italy has already supplied regional offices with 60,000 envelopes and 7,000 notepads made out of his apple-paper, the Italian news …

Even garbage in San Francisco is going green – with the announcement that the city‘‘s entire fleet of garbage and recycling trucks are running on alternative fuel. CBS reports that as of March 19, more than 400 garbage collection vehicles were running on alternative fuels, according to Norcal Waste System …

The ends of carrots from salads, food scraps from vegetables in tacos, coffee grounds, soggy lettuce, and beets and peas from the residence hall food service all have a new life under a programme by a collaboration of departments at Chico State University, Caifornia, according to a report in the …