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Archive for April, 2007

Recycling Polystyrene Foam?

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

This is where I need to be a chemist, which I’m not, to understand if this REALLY works!
Immortal Polystyrene Foam Meets its Enemy/By Robert Roy Britt/LiveScience Managing Editor
There’s an old joke that if you were reincarnated, you might want to come back as a polystyrene foam cup. Why? Because they last forever. Ba-dum-bum. […]

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Recyling Automotive Foams? On the Horizon.

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

The United States Council for Automotive Research’s Vehicle Recycling Partnership is evaluating a process that could potentially divert 250,000 tons of post-consumer shredder residue foams from landfills annually.
The VRP – composed of researchers from DaimlerChrysler AG, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation – is evaluating a glycolysis process that converts post-consumer shredder residue foam […]

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The U.S. Tapwater Quality Database…

Monday, April 16th, 2007

This is interesting. http://www.ewg.org/tapwater/index.php

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Thinking about renovating your home?

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Check out Eco Design Resources at http://www.ecodesignresources.com/contact.html

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Bioprospecting in National Parks?

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Humm…you make up your own mind.
Getting Rich on Public Land
Commercial “Bioprospecting” in the National Parks
By Brita Belli
The hot springs at Yellowstone National Park are worth billions. Commercial researchers have only begun to examine the multitude of heat-loving microorganisms or “thermophiles” living in Yellowstone’s 10,000 highly acidic geysers, hot-springs and boiling mudpots, but private companies […]

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Going, Going….GoingGreen 2007 Sept. 10-12. UC Davis.

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/6393
GoingGreen GoingGreen 2007 will take place September 10th-12th at the University of California, Davis.
GoingGreen is where cutting-edge greentech CEOs meet the movers and shakers from the biggest industries on earth. Green technology innovators are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and resource recovery establishments - trillion dollar industries. This two-and-a-half-day […]

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Overview & Comparison of Conventional, and Nano-Based Water Treatment Technologies

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

How much do YOU know about water technologies?
Test your knowledge…watertechpaper1.pdf

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NREL Releases ‘top 10′ Utility Green Power Program Rankings

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/resources/tables/topten.shtml

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Did you hear? SF’s Banning Plastic Bags.

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Finally. Did you know the Germans were doing this at least 10 years ago? Yep.
And just to get you thinking a bit…in the grand scheme of things…http://worldonfire.ca/

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