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- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 1, 2011
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Take the challenge: Go plastic-free in February!
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jan 25, 2011
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RippleLife.org offers the world's first cigarette butt redemption and recycling program (video)
RippleLife is a grassroots project offering the first ever cigarette butt trade-in, Butt Redemption Value (BRV), to incentivize the collection of cigarette butts. Basically, you collect cigarette butts and they give you cash for them, just like you'd do with bottles, cans, and other recyclables.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Oct 20, 2010
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Have a soul, give a sole, save a sole: Recycle your shoes while giving back to the community
One more way to keep products out of the landfill and remove harmful toxins from our atmosphere.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Sep 30, 2010
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Trash facts: Do you know where your household garbage ends up?
But why, if incinerators can create power, are some counties burning their trash while others are using landfills?
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jul 14, 2010
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Eco beauty: The green way to shave (video)
Here are some eco-friendly alternatives to plastic and electric razors.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jun 14, 2010
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Help the Citizens Preservation Fund stop a landfill
The Citizens Preservation Fund is seeking donations to help with all legal aspects of fighting this hazardous landfill. Although they have made a lot of progress, there is more work to be done.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 24, 2010
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The Story of Bottled Water: Take back the tap (video)
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 17, 2010
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Welsh company unveils modular homes made out of recycled plastic
Welsh housing company Affresol has developed a material to build their modular homes that's cheap, readily available and doesn't involve chopping down tons of trees - from recycled plastic.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Aug 9, 2009
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The Green Community week in review: CL office gets green makeover, Living sustainably in Tampa Bay, best organic smoothie, and more
Read what you might've missed last week in the Green Community!
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Aug 3, 2009
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St. Petersburg College’s new Natural Science, Mathematics and College of Education building is certified LEED® Gold
St. Petersburg College recently announced that for the second time in as many months, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded LEED Gold certification for one of its new campus buildings.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Aug 2, 2009
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The Green Community week in review: Tampa green biz program, cypress mulch protest, harmful water bottles and more
Read what you might've missed last week in Green: Tampa's Green Business Designation Program, the Earth Charter, local protest over cypress mulch, Pecha Kucha, why plastic bottles are harmul and more.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jul 30, 2009
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The environmental impacts of bottled water
Plastic bottles are manufactured from non-renewable petroleum and natural gas. Annually, Americans dispose of 29-billion water bottles, requiring 1.5-million barrels of crude oil (enough oil to keep 100,000 cars running for one year), resulting in the release of 2.5-million tons of carbon dioxide. In addition, scientists have found that over time, plastic bottles can leach chemicals linked to birth defects, miscarriage and prostate cancer into the water.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 17, 2009
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Make recycling popular by making it easier
What we don't know about recycling can make it frustrating, inefficient, and more costly. Here are some tips to make it an easier and more viable process.
