Tag Archives: Environment

Man, that’s gonna stink (and probably while I’m there)

By Phi | Published: 25 Feb 08
This is what Naples has become through a combination of mismanagement and a complete lack of any sort of recycling system. (Apparently GreenPeace came in and set up a demonstration recycling system in one neighborhood had showed that over 70% of the trash there could be recycled if people would just get it together.) And [...]
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Remember to recycle old electronics!

By Phi | Published: 25 Dec 07
As folks collapse on the sofa, full of roast beast and replete with the goodies of the season, it’s worth thinking a bit about recycling as much as we can of the waste this whole business generates. If you were lucky enough to score some electronic goodies (cell phones, iPods, etc., etc.) that will orphan [...]
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It would be helpful if our hot water heater produced black balloons

By Phi | Published: 2 Dec 07
I keep going on about how hard it is for well meaning people to make good decisions without accurate feedback, and this video has a nice way of visualizing the problem. Now if I could just get all our appliances to make balloons like that… Coin operated gas meters were common in the UK for [...]
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