| |
Millions of dollars are wasted each year in unused travel tickets. However, about 40 percent of all airline tickets are transferable, generally requiring simply that passengers pay a fee o to get them reissued in a new name. Now there are options for people lo re-sell these tickets on an online marketplace.
 Impressions:167
| The Suwa Basin, in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan is home to mineral springs as well as to precision machining companies and metal plating facilities. All of these are thought to contribute to the high concentration of gold in their wastewater sludge. The sewage treatment plant is a modern day urban mine extracting more than 4 pounds of gold from each ton of the fly ash that it produces from processing wastewater!
Impressions:143
| Finding clean drinking water is increasingly difficult and communities are already engaged in nasty legal battles over water rights. California has estimated it may run out of clean drinking water within 20 years. Plus, a new awareness of the bacteria and parasites that currently contaminate our drinking water and the environmental cost of bottled water are also fueling intense debate.
Impressions:157
| McDonald's is one of several chains exploring green store design. Wal-Mart and Target are revamping their stores to conserve energy. Subway has opened its first stand-alone LEED-certified restaurant in the state in Chapel Hill. A brand-new McDonald's restaurant about to open in North Carolina will be the chain's first in the nation to offer free car charging in its parking garage.
Impressions:144
| As we all know, batteries don't last forever. And when the flashlight dims you may be left with a double handful of toxic heavy metals to get rid of somehow. Until very recently mercury has been the main villain, but in addition to mercury, other hazardous metals such as lead, cadmium, chromium, and silver lurk in those little cylinders.
Impressions:154
| There are plenty of reasons for people to try to reduce their carbon footprint, ranging from savings on their energy bills to doing the right thing to save the planet. Working on the premise that there's nothing quite so persuasive as cold, hard cash, a new website aims to add a financial incentive by awarding consumers credits for their reductions and then converting those credits into cash.
Impressions:189
| Clothes rental services have been around for some time now, often focusing on the short-term needs of those preparing for special occasions. Now, a new Singapore company is setting its sights squarely on fashionistas and others who would rather not wear the same outfit twice. You can save tons of money, curb spending on clothes while maintaining a glamorous lifestyle with an infinite amount of clothes to wear. Avoid consumerism and the millions of excess clothes dumped in landfills.
Impressions:209
| Each single day, enough energy is being produced to light up half a million homes. But sadly, that energy is wasted because there is no technology to capture it. The energy is the kinetic energy produced by the 250 million vehicles traveling U.S. roads daily. One company is developing an exciting new technology that will help capture a portion of that valuable energy.
Impressions:211
| Thousands of trees are cut down every year to produce the paper that makes books. Publishers have been announcing initiative after initiative aimed at making their book production environmentally friendly. One of the best so far is a program that allow you to contribute to a more sustainable book industry and earn money in the process.
Impressions:327
| Bioplastics (also called organic plastics) are a form of plastics derived from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable oil, corn starch, pea starch or microorganisms, rather than fossil fuel plastics which are derived from petroleum. Because of their biological degradability, their use is especially popular for disposable items, such as packaging and catering items (crockery, cutlery, pots, bowls, straws).
Impressions:212
| Looking to get drunk, but afraid of all the chemicals that might make it into your Margarita? Maybe you should think about getting yourself some organic booze - sometimes it's a little more expensive, but you can drink all you want without your typical fear of drinking a chemical cocktail.
Impressions:150
| A septic tank, the key component of a septic system, is a small scale sewage treatment system common in areas with no connection to main sewage pipes provided by private corporations or local governments. In the US, approximately 25% of the population relies on septic tanks; this can include suburbs and small towns as well as rural areas. (Indianapolis is an example of a large city where much of the city's neighborhoods are still on separate septic systems) In Europe they are generally limited to rural areas only.
Impressions:218
| Commuters weary of stuffy journeys aboard buses and subways have a better way to get to work, buy groceries and meet for a Saturday matinee. Bike-sharing programs transformed Europeans into two-wheeled travelers. It is a decades-old concept that offers urbanites and tourists low-cost access to bicycles within the inner city to ease traffic congestion, curb pollution and boost physical activity.
Impressions:169
| Laundry detergent, toilet paper and toothpaste are not items consumers typically buy online, as the grocery stores, Wal-Marts and big box outlets of the world can attest. A new e-commerce site aims to change all that, however, by providing free shipping, streamlined reordering and a platform that allows consumers and manufacturers to connect.
Impressions:240
|
|
