EcoScraps’ Waste-Cutting Potting Soil Now Available At Target

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Target will divert a portion of its grocery stores' own expired produce to be turned into eco-friendly gardening products. Read more →

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Your Vote Helps A Green Small Business Win $5K!

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Green America needs your vote to decide which sustainable small business will take home the $5,000 prize. Read more →

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Building Better Barns: Two Innovative Japanese Designs

The experimental Même "House of the Future" (left) and sustainable Barn House concept sit side by side on a Hokkaido field. Image via co+labo.

Two side-by-side green building experiments in Hokkaido, Japan, attempt to merge passive designs with ancient methods to align with the rhythms of nature. Read more →

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Re-Nuble Turns Community Compost Into Clean Electricity

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Re-Nuble seeks to provide clean energy collecting and recycling organic materials from food producers and eating establishments. Read more →

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Seattle Mariners Pitch Ballgame Peanuts In A Compostable Bag

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A compostable snack bag for peanuts could help the Mariners ballpark achieve zero waste. Read more →

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Recycling Camp Helps Burning Man Community ‘Leave No Trace’

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Using his engineering expertise, Burning Man veteran Joseph Lombardi designed a multi-tiered system where the motto is “Recycle Everything.” Read more →

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Toxic Waste No Match For The Composting Earthworm

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Researchers at Pondicherry University, in Puducherry, India, say three species of this pink wrigglers could be used to extract toxic heavy metals, including cadmium and lead, from solid waste. Read more →

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Student Compost To Heat Chilly Vermont Greenhouses

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Students this year at the University of Vermont chose to see if they can heat their greenhouses with their dining-hall's composted food scraps. Read more →

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