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SAVE WATER BRICK made from leaves and discarded plastic absorbs water

Posted by DeshRaj on 21/11/2009

Providing a sensible solution to the green waste and the plastic trash, the Korean designers Jin-young Yoon and Jeongwoong Kwon have come up with their highly absorptive SAVE WATER BRICK. Their design process involves the subjection of waste through..

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Whirlpool Cuts Water Use by Nearly 22% from 2004 to 2008

Posted by Environmental Leader on 20/11/2009

Whirlpool Corp. is on track to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 6.6 percent by 2012, according to the company’s first global sustainability report. The company also cut water use by 21.5 percent and overall waste generated per unit decreased by nearly 4 percent from 2004 to 2008. T ...

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Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’

Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2009

As the U.S. House of Representatives considers how far the EPA should go in regulating chemicals used in everyday products, trade groups are cautioning against over-regulation.The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection took comments on the EPA’s proposed overhaul the 1976 T ...

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MIT researchers set to defy Carnot Limit in reusing 90% of waste-energy

Posted by DeshRaj on 18/11/2009

Peter Hagelstein, an associate professor of electrical engineering at MIT, suggests how close realistic technology could achieve the theoretical limits for energy conversion efficiency called the Carnot Limit. Since the surplus energy from gadgets...

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E-Waste Rising, Electronics Makers Boost Recycling

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/11/2009

Transboundary movement of hazardous waste shows a disastrous accumulation of e-waste, roughly about 6 billion tons, according to an upcoming report from the Basel Convention, reports RedOrbit. Part of the accumulation is attributed to increasing demand for electronic gaming, high definition TVs a ...

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