Green4Life

An article about a great recycling effort in Greenville, SC and an example picture.

Ever-Green Recycling

A new Chinese law requires power grid operators to buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy generators, in a move that will increase the proportion of energy that comes from renewable sources in coal-dependent China.  Rest at Reuters.

Forcing power companies to buy renewable energy will increase energy prices in the short-run but it will also shorten the “hump” in the price curve as increased use of renewables will continue the inexorable process of driving down the cost of producing such renewable energy.

We certainly are not there yet, but the opportunities are growing.  Would you pay 15% more for a house if it helps to keep our planet from some of the worst outcomes of global warming?  Interesting article in the WSJ a few weeks back entitled Builders Zero In on New Goal Of Energy-Neutral Housing.

Green tech finds a friend in Washington

MIT has improved on the bicycle wheel.  Check out the CNET article and video here.

Green chemistry, also known as sustainable chemistry, is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry applies across the life cycle of a chemical product, including its design, manufacture, and use.  Read more at the EPA Green Chemistry Home page.

If you are looking for information on connections between buyers and sellers of recyclable plastics, you might want to try PlasticsMarkets.org.  They say that the site is NOT intended for the general public or household plastics, but if enough folks show an interest in that kind of information they may realize that they need to move in that direction.  The site is developed and hosted by Moore Recycling Associates.

Mike Baird and Cassidy Carlile, Milliken & Company

By Stefanie Caraviello

More than half-a-century of experience exists between these two men, who work for a company that has devoted more than 100 years in finding alternative uses for manufacturing waste, and is a certified carbon-negative manufacturer.  (rest at the SC Chamber)

Tucked away in a three-acre former vacant lot in Rosewood between an empty warehouse and an industrial laundry is an odd sight: an organic farm and fish hatchery.

This is no backyard garden. It is a completely sustainable farm – within the city limits. (rest at TheState.com)

Paying for costly ink jet cartridges often ticks off consumers because the expense can quickly exceed the price of the printer. But the machine is useless without them. You can reduce the cost for ink, which is among the priciest liquids you buy at about $5,000 per gallon. Here’s how: (rest at TheState.com)