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As our little contribution to make this economics of recycling more appealing, LivePaths blogs about people and companies that make money selling recycled or reused items, provide gr Site statistics:Click here
Squeeze Water out of Rocks. Myth or Magic? 2008-06-25 01:27:00 Water resources in the world are scarce and unevenly distributed. In deserts, the only source of water is groundwater, often saline and of poor quality. This limits agricultural activities. In those places where farming does occur, groundwater levels have dropped dangerously due to overexploitation. However, a group of European scientists has come up with a method to green deserts. Gypsum, a rocky Read more:Squeeze
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Beauty from Garbage: a Great Business Model 2008-07-16 02:56:14 Product designer Ryan Frank is a perfect example of creating furniture from junk. Working out of his studio in east London, he salvages wasted surfaces such as old wood, industrial hooks, burlap bags and even tagged surfaces and morphs them into stunning home products and furniture. Read more:Beauty
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Turn Waste Heat into Electricity and Save Big Bucks 2008-07-14 01:41:00 Many sources of energy are being wasted. This can be in the form of building air conditioners or refrigeration units that vent heat to the atmosphere, or even the heat given off automobile engines. The U.S. Department of Energy reports that the available seven quadrillion Btu of waste heat sources exceeds the current production of all other U.S. renewable power sources combined. This includes hydr
Save the World...One Joke at a Time 2008-07-11 01:57:55 Q: How many people does it take to screw in a light bulb at a Sierra Club meeting?
A: Five to talk about in committee, one to argue that we shouldn't be wasting the electricity, and one to screw the damn thing in! Read more:World
Turn Discarded Cardboard into Profit 2008-08-01 01:30:33 Cardboard is a generic non-specific term for a heavy duty paper based
product, which are primarily used for packaging goods and materials. It is a
bulky, highly recyclable waste and keeping this material out of the waste stream
will mean saving landfill space in areas where disposed materials are land
filled and reducing pollution through avoided incineration where waste is
incinerated. Busin Read more:Cardboard
Great Green Investments 2008-07-30 01:41:49 Green investments are traditional investment vehicles (such as stocks, exchange-traded funds and mutual funds) in which the underlying businesses are involved in operations aimed at improving the environment. This can range from companies that are developing alternative energy technology to companies that have the best environmental practices. Read more:Great
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Fish Pedicure: The New Sensation of the Spa World 2008-07-28 01:46:28 What would you do to beautify your feet? The scenario is common across America. You walk into the nail shop or spa, request a pedicure and take your seat. Shortly thereafter, you are escorted to the massage chair and your feet are placed a warm tub of scented water while your lower back receives much deserved attention. Read more:Pedicure
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All About Green Loyalty Cards 2008-08-15 01:36:21 In retailing, a loyalty card, rewards card, points card, advantage card, or club card is a plastic card, visually similar to a credit card that identifies the holder as a member in a loyalty program. By presenting the card, the purchaser is typically entitled to either a discount on the current purchase, or an allotment of points that can be used for future purchases. Read more:Green
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Profiting from Recycled Junk Mail 2008-08-13 01:49:28 Junk mail is advertising of one sort or another that arrives in your postal mailbox along with the mail you really want or need. It's impossible to eliminate all of it. They're ugly and a waste of ink and paper and we toss them in the trash at the first chance (some 4 million tons, nearly half of which is never opened).
Even if you recycle there are still enormous environmental costs in terms of Read more:Recycled
Promoting Green: The Priceless Gifts 2008-08-11 01:39:32 Promotional benefits are a popular marketing tactic used across almost every industry and marketers like offering such benefits as they can greatly increase acquisition rates or drive repeat purchases over time. It should come as no surprise then, that the use of promotional benefits has been extended to the green space. Today, being a “Green
” company can be as good for business as it is for Read more:Priceless
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