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How can I reuse or recycle tuna cans?
While we’ve covered food cans in general before, Danielle emailed asking tuna cans in particular: i have so many, what can i do with them? There’s a wide variety of uses for tuna cans: I know some...
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How can I reuse or recycle chocolate/sweet tins?
After seeing Judith Williamson’s wonderful jewellery made from old sweet tins the other week, I’ve been thinking about what else could be done with them. T’is approaching the season for big tins of...
View ArticleAir Duster Alternative Ditches Cans, Chemicals
For years, gas dusters have been marketed under the name “compressed air,” when in actuality, the keyboard-cleaning canisters are packed with environmentally harmful chemicals that, if inhaled, can...
View ArticleThrowback Beer Cans are Recycle-Ready
Written by Michael d’Estries, Mother Nature Network Nestled in the overgrown back corner of my farm is a small reminder of the past: a personal landfill started by a long-gone previous owner. Such...
View ArticleSteel Recycling Rates at All-Time High
In 2011, more than 85 million tons of steel was recycled, an increase of nearly 10 million net tons from the previous year. View post: Steel Recycling Rates at All-Time High
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Tiny Tin Nanocrystals Help Form the Lithium-Ion Battery of the Future
From cell phones to electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries are the power pack of choice. They are capable of keeping large amounts of energy in a small space with relatively little weight, making...
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Scientists Develop a Long-Lasting and Environmentally Friendly Battery Made...
Photo via Shutterstock When searching for inspiration to create an environmentally friendly battery, University of Maryland researchers Liangbing Hu, Teng Li and their team looked to the trees. Their...
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Jeff Koons’s Over-Sized Chia Pet Rises at Rockefeller Center
Ch-ch-ch-chia! Those of us familiar with the popular jingle will be excited to learn that acclaimed artist Jeff Koons will soon be unveiling what looks like a sort of over-sized Chia pet at...
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Lessons from the Chesapeake Bay: How to Save Buzzards Bay from Nitrogen...
The Chesapeake Bay was formed eighteen thousand years ago when glacial melting generated sea level rise that flooded the Susquehanna River Valley . Today, it is the largest estuary in the USA,...
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Revolutionary U.K. project is experimenting with algae to turn toxic mine...
Combining pollution cleanup, green energy, and recycling, a new project in the U.K. investigates the potential of using algae to clean up an old mine site, while producing both biofuels and metals...
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