GM to recycle Gulf oil booms into parts for the Chevrolet Volt
General Motors is upping the ante in the green car sweepstakes by recycling oil-soaked plastic booms deployed in…
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TerraCycle, Walmart Want You to Recycle Your Snack Packaging
If you choose prepackaged snacks, do the right thing when you have finished. Everyone loves snack food. Whether…
Why Recycling Used Electronics Could Help Build Electric Cars
Recycling old electronics isn’t necessarily something most Americans do. Many of us, it turns out, just stash our…
Japan Recycles Minerals from Used Electronics
Two decades after global competition drove the mines in this corner of Japan to extinction, Kosaka is again…
Urban Mining’s Hidden Find: Phosphorus
Are we running out of naturally occurring phosphorus, or do we just have to untap a potentially hidden…
Reclaiming Aluminum from Buildings
The nation's housing supply provides plenty of opportunities for urban miners. Houses both long unoccupied and damaged beyond…
Striking Gold in Cell Phones
In an age of "new every two" cellular device upgrading (if you can even hold out that long),…