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  • The Future of... Packaging

    Packing material is no friend to the environment. Energy intensive to produce, it often ends up in landfill after a single use. SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das looks at some greener compostable...

    Blog posts | July 28, 2010 2:22am PDT

  • The Future Of... Packaging

    Packing material is no friend to the environment. It takes significant energy to produce and often ends up in the landfill after a single use. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das looks at some greener...

    Videos | July 23, 2010 11:38am PDT

  • Hey Greenpeace; my cloud runs on your garbage!

    If you really want energy from a seemingly inexhaustable supply, how about taking out the trash?

    Blog posts | April 1, 2010 6:48am PDT

  • UK envisions zero waste: What about computers?

    Recycling is part of our daily lives. We do it everyday with plastics, newspapers and other general household things. Cars are now recycled throughout North America and Europe at high efficiency...

    Blog posts | October 18, 2009 7:57pm PDT

  • Ethanol, our trash and our economy

    This story has everything: suspense, victory, tragedy and a cliff-hanger. We still can't be sure how it's going to turn out. It all turns on Blue Fire, a California company aiming to build...

    Blog posts | April 14, 2009 2:45pm PDT

  • Landfill trash to methane to ethanol--a fuel cycle

    There are now three landfills in America that supply methane to a nearby ethanol refinery. The newest is in Sious Falls, South Dakota. Methane is pumped ten miles from the city landfill to an...

    Blog posts | March 29, 2009 9:35pm PDT

  • What should we do with Tennessee and West Virginia when we're done?

    I've blogged on the recent coal ash flood around a TVA power plant. No body died and a few homes got wrecked from waste after decades of cheap coal-fired electricity. So what's the big deal?...

    Blog posts | January 7, 2009 6:05pm PST

  • BigBelly, a solar-powered trash compactor

    The National Public Radio (NPR) recently reported that the Chicago Park District has installed 25 solar-powered trash compactors to keep the beaches clean and safe. The BigBelly units look like...

    Blog posts | July 18, 2007 10:03am PDT

  • A look back at the 1906 S.F. quake

    When the 1906 quake hit Northern California, author Jack London covered the damage for a magazine. The quake killed untold numbers, but it also gave rise to modern seismology in America. Here's...

    Videos | April 17, 2006 6:34pm PDT

  • Is a PC landfill tax inevitable?

    CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh digs into a proposal to clean up a landfill mess caused by electronic junk.

    News items | February 21, 2005 4:00am PST

Additional Results

  • Five Ways Businesses Can Ruin Twitter for the Rest of Us

    My multi-column keyword search setup on Tweetdeck is now starting to look like a freakin' landfill of algorithmic chaos.

    Blog posts | November 18, 2010 7:06am PST

  • The Future of... Packaging

    Packing material is no friend to the environment. Energy intensive to produce, it often ends up in landfill after a single use. SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das looks at some greener compostable...

    Blog posts | July 28, 2010 2:22am PDT

  • The Future Of... Packaging

    Packing material is no friend to the environment. It takes significant energy to produce and often ends up in the landfill after a single use. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das looks at some greener...

    Videos | July 23, 2010 11:38am PDT

  • Hey Greenpeace; my cloud runs on your garbage!

    If you really want energy from a seemingly inexhaustable supply, how about taking out the trash?

    Blog posts | April 1, 2010 6:48am PDT

  • UK envisions zero waste: What about computers?

    Recycling is part of our daily lives. We do it everyday with plastics, newspapers and other general household things. Cars are now recycled throughout North America and Europe at high efficiency...

    Blog posts | October 18, 2009 7:57pm PDT

  • Ethanol, our trash and our economy

    This story has everything: suspense, victory, tragedy and a cliff-hanger. We still can't be sure how it's going to turn out. It all turns on Blue Fire, a California company aiming to build...

    Blog posts | April 14, 2009 2:45pm PDT

  • Landfill trash to methane to ethanol--a fuel cycle

    There are now three landfills in America that supply methane to a nearby ethanol refinery. The newest is in Sious Falls, South Dakota. Methane is pumped ten miles from the city landfill to an...

    Blog posts | March 29, 2009 9:35pm PDT

  • What should we do with Tennessee and West Virginia when we're done?

    I've blogged on the recent coal ash flood around a TVA power plant. No body died and a few homes got wrecked from waste after decades of cheap coal-fired electricity. So what's the big deal?...

    Blog posts | January 7, 2009 6:05pm PST

  • Ecobloggers bring the landfill home

    "Garbloggers" seeking to lessen their ecological impact refuse to throw things away.Photos: Green bloggers stash trash

    News items | February 7, 2008 9:26pm PST

  • BigBelly, a solar-powered trash compactor

    The National Public Radio (NPR) recently reported that the Chicago Park District has installed 25 solar-powered trash compactors to keep the beaches clean and safe. The BigBelly units look like...

    Blog posts | July 18, 2007 10:03am PDT

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