In Promoting Green Behaviors, Pride Beats Guilt
New research suggests a shift in pro-environmental messaging.
Recycling
How the Chinese Could Disrupt Global Recycling Markets
Most Western nations send their unwanted scrap materials to China for reuse, but what happens if China stops accepting the waste?
Recycling Won't Cut It
Timid textbooks and government guidelines largely fail to discuss the most effective ways individuals can fight climate change.
The Rise of the Trash-Picker Collective Worldwide
Millions around the world are improving their financial lot by sifting recycling—and they're saving their towns in the process.
The Plastic Problem
Plastic-pouch food packaging is showing up everywhere—except at recycling facilities.
How Juneau Handles Its Garbage
Alaska's capital city is surrounded by ocean and glaciers, with no roads in or out. Waste management? It's complicated.
Time-as-Money Mindset Decreases Green Behaviors
New research finds paying people an hourly wage, or otherwise getting them to think in time-as-money terms, makes them less likely to act in environmentally friendly ways.
Stop Hoarding All of That Hazardous Waste
Nail polish, batteries, hand sanitizer: You may not think of these regular household items as toxic, but they are, and they’re poisoning our water and food supplies.
Paying It Forward: Who Should Pay for Recycling Wasteful Plastic?
You make it, you pay. Why should taxpayers foot the bill for recycling all of that wasteful plastic?
Feds Appear Clueless About Their Own E-Waste
Despite a decade of good intentions, the U.S. government has a poor understanding of how best to dispose of its used electronics.
U.S. Pledges to Reform Electronics Recycling
The U.S. announced a new plan for electronics stewardship, with the goal of less waste, voluntary cooperation by industry and less hazardous materials in landfills both here and in developing countries.
Why E-Waste Should Be Kept, Recycled in U.S.
Rather than shipping unloved laptops and TVs to the Third World for a dirty form of salvage, advocates call for keeping e-waste at home for recycling.
Can Cigarette Butts Be Recycled?
A San Diego innovator pays $3 a pound for cigarette butts. But whatever can you recycle them into?
'Bag It' DVD Packaged With Message in Mind
Because of its message, the documentary "Bag It" required filmmakers to say both "Do what I do" and "Do what I show." A shrink-wrapped DVD was out of the question.
Maine Leads the Way in 'Responsible Recycling'
Bipartisan effort promotes manufacturer 'take-backs' of discarded goods
Product Stewardship Bills Shift Recycling Cost To Manufacturers
Recycling is leveling off, trash is piling up and cities are broke. In a throwaway society, who should pay for waste disposal?
From Sewage to Artichokes
Wastewater recycling and other water-efficiency programs are saving aquifers and helping a famed produce industry thrive.
Reducing Carbon One Garbage Can at a Time
With a clear cash incentive to reduce garbage, the 'one-can' concept gains ground.
Off the Grid Housing That's Cool (and Warm)
Michael Reynolds has been building his variety of low-consumption, off-the-grid housing for decades. Now, though, the Earthship is taking off.