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Cardboard Boxes. 100 Degrees. 4 More Days Left.

What in the world am I talking about? Well, those of you who have been reading the site for the last couple of months have heard about our trip to New Mexico, our stay in an Earthship, and our final decision to pack up and move from Los Angeles to Taos, NM. And [...]

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Eco-Cell: Keep Old Cellphones & Accessories Out Of Our Landfills.

In response to my post about the amount of cellphones discarded in this country each day, Paige from The Budget Ecoist wrote to me about a cellphone recycling service she came across called Eco-Cell. I am so glad she let me know about this because it is so important that our used phones get [...]

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Britain Is Going To Burn Trash for Energy.

From Time.com:

“For all its fervent advocates, recycling has come nowhere close to allaying the world’s burgeoning production of garbage. Now Britain’s Isle of Wight is presenting what proponents hope will be a parade example of how to deal with the megatons of waste that can’t be reclaimed. This summer, a $16 million, 2.3MW gasification plant [...]

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The Packaging For 1-800-Contacts Shipments Is So Wasteful.

My wife wears contact lenses and orders them from 1-800-Contacts because it seems to be the least expensive option for whatever version she needs for her eyes. But a box of them just showed up the other day, and this is all that was in the box:

The box was huge and all that was in [...]

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