Burning Plastic for Fuel a Win-Win Situation: Doing so Could Keep More Than 10,000 Tons of Material Out of Landfills Each Year.
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By Kurt Blumenau, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Jun. 2--The material Vince Martin held in his palm Friday morning looked like something swept from under a child's bed -- lint-like strands mixed with tiny chips of broken plastic.
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Conservation measures may lead to most fuel savings since 1970s.
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China's massive capacity to recycle paper is preventing many forests from being destroyed, a report says.
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Consumer electronics aren't exactly easy on the environment Â they consume electricity that contributes to global warming, and toxins leach out of them when they end up in landfills.
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By Reid Magney, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 19--Last week, Daniel Flaherty had a letter to the editor published complaining that the city of La Crosse doesn't recycle plastic, which is true. However, his letter also said plastic ends up in the landfill, which isn't true.
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Goats can help keep wildfires from springing up - by eating away brush prone to fueling them.
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By Traci Watson  Never mind solar panels and windmills. Communities across the nation are turning to an unlikely source of clean energy: garbage.
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This scrap recycler won't buy just any junk.
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A Brazilian garbage dump could be a trailblazer for thousands of projects in developing nations under a U.N. plan to battle global warming, a Norwegian company said Wednesday.
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Here's a way to benefit from an increase in the global demand for oil.
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Chemists unveil a type of material that could eventually help power plants generate electricity without emissions.
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Using wind to make clean water could be a winning combination.
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There are many ways to invest in a sustainable future.
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By Geoffrey Lean  Take one of the world's greatest waste problems, and turn it into one of the planet's most precious habitats. It seems a classic green win-win. But dumping used tyres in the sea to make artificial coral reefs has proved to be an environmental disaster.
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A German-led study has discovered chemical catalysts that might lead to the use of stranded natural gas, large quantities of which is burned as waste.  Johannes Lercher and colleagues at the Technical University of Munich and the Dow Chemical Co.
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Recycling of consumer electronics may get a boost in the U.S. through a planned legislative mandate supported by HP, Dell and Sony.
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New materials provide a potentially cheaper way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.