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According to the Carpet America Recover Effort or CARE, approximately 5 billion pounds of carpet is disposed of in landfills each year. To avoid this, it is challenging but possible to recycle carpet and reduce the number of landfills required.
Portable solar panels may be used to charge a variety of technological devices. Portable solar devices may be used while traveling. The device may be used as a back up when you cannot reach an outlet or may be used...
Green innovations and technology have come a long way in the past few years. Some of these innovations that have come out of the green movement are odd or simply unbelievable. Some of these are real, and others are merely...
The world is very rapidly changing in many ways, and one of the hottest debates going on right now is exactly what is causing these rapid changes. All over the world communities are experiencing hotter temperatures, more severe storms, shifting...
The latter part of the 20th century and the start of the 21st century have seen some of the strongest hurricanes in the history of hurricanes in the Atlantic. A hurricane is the term used for tropical cyclone originating above...
The introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials into the atmosphere that cause harm or irritate living organism or damage the natural environment is known as air pollution. The major causes of air pollution can be in the form...
There are many common sights in cities that are shocking to rural visitors. One of the most jarring is the almost ubiquitous presence of city light pollution. Away from large cities, the dark nights and the ability to see even...
An environmental refugee is an individual who is displaced from their homeland because of the degradation of that environment, making it less hospitable for people. China, for example, may experience an environmental refugee problem in the near future because of...
The melting of the polar ice caps and global warming are getting more and more attention lately. Scientists are warning with increasing alarm of the rate at which these ice caps are dissolving into the oceans surrounding them. It has...
Environmentally friendly technologies are advancing each day. More companies are switching to eco-friendly models and developing products that work through a variety of alternative energies. Laptops are being made from recycled materials, while electronics are able to work with solar...
Coral reefs, one of the most important elements in the marine ecosystem, is increasingly polluted by chemical hazards. The reason for the coral reef pollution may well be your chemical based, non-biodegradable sunscreen. Surprised? You might think that your tiny...
As if we haven’t faced enough oil spill problems in the past few months, on July 26, 2010, Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. saw a 30 inch pipeline burst releasing thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River in Marchall,