recycling

Making The Operating Room More Green

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:10:58 +0000

Reduce, reuse, recycle? Not in the medical profession. While recycling has become the aspiration or even the norm in most areas of our daily lives, an operating room is the one place where recycling feels like a dangerous practice. Recent studies provide staggering statistics of the amount of waste produced by hospitals on a daily basis; one conservative estimate puts annual hospital waste at five point nine million tons, with operating rooms accounting for twenty to thirty percent of that total. In light of these numbers, there is a growing effort to bring sustainability into the health care sector while still maintaining the highest level of hygiene.

Zero-Waste Home

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:38:17 +0000

Many of us have good intentions when it comes to reducing household waste – but too often those canvas totes get left in the closet, food scraps avoid the compost pile, and product packaging fills the trash-bag. One head of household has found the motivation and creativity needed to take home-waste reduction to a whole other level. Bea Johnson is the blogger behind Zero-Waste Home, and now author of a book by the same name. She and her family produce only one quart of garbage per year.

Has Recycling Lived Up To Its Promises?

New Media Intern — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:48:37 +0000

EarthTalk®
E - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: Has recycling lived up to its promise to reduce waste and pollution, save energy and provide jobs in our ailing economy?

Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash (REBROADCAST)

Laura Knoy — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:51:36 +0000

Author Edward Humes explores why we make so much garbage and how it impacts our lives, as well as what we can do to solve the problem.