Recycling-Greek and Roman Times
Recycling is not new at all, even if it is new to us in its present incarnation. Whether done at home or as part of a larger, a organized recycling program, has far-reaching consequences for a society. It is important to recycle to bring our society back into balance due to overstepping its boundaries over the years due to [...]
Recycling:Glass Bottle Bill-Its History in the United States
The State of Oregon’s landmark 1971 legislation that established the “first bottle bill” was the first law regarding any form of container waste in the United States. It beginnings were the result of hikers and backpackers who were constantly seeing container waste in the forests of Oregon. Even though British Columbia enacted their very first such bill a [...]
Recycling and Alternative Energy-Their Connection
The most exciting thing about recycling as a social phenomena, is the ability of waste reduction schemes to help grow other “green” technologies and programs. The serious social, climatological and political ramifications of reliance upon fossil fuels in the world, anything that helps encourage the use of alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, tidal, geothermal and [...]