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eBay has long been a go to place to sell off old gadgets, but up until last week that required waiting for a winning bid and sometimes a longer wait for buyers to pay. With the launch of eBay Instant, that's all changed. eBay Instant is a new way to sell your old gadgets without waiting for a buyer...
Office Workers Dumping Own Trash to Cut Costs
6:45AM 11/01/2010
Thousands of office workers are taking out their own trash, as employers seek to save money and boost recycling efforts.
In Texas, 20,000 state workers now haul their own garbage and recyclables to common receptacles, The Wall Street Journal reported. In the past, that was a duty for the night...
The battle over bottled water moves to YouTube
10:00AM 8/06/2010
The battle over whether bottled water is a blight on the environment or an upstanding consumer choice has moved to YouTube, where the two sides are dueling it out via video.
It's no trivial issue. Americans drink 500 million bottles of water every week. (Put end to end, the containers would circle...
The national anti-littering group Keep America Beautiful (KAB) recently announced that it was teaming up with the world's largest beverage company, Coca-Cola, to hand out 82 Recycling Bin Grants to community groups and local governments. "We hope this program will encourage communities to expand...
The best part about getting a new gadget is unboxing it and reveling in the pristine condition it is currently. Next comes that little bit of joy when you see the logo appear on screen and hear the first startup chime.
Normally for the next month you'll baby the device, but eventually you'll get...
Still time for cash for appliances rebate in California
9:00AM 5/08/2010
A new California state program exchanges washers, refrigerators and room air conditioners for cash. The program launched on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, Thursday, April 22 and ends Sunday, May 23. So far, 21,000 applications await a rebate from the California Energy Commission and there is...
Books@DailyFinance: Turning Scrap into Gold in the Far East
9:00AM 5/07/2010
After failing to land a Wall Street job, Stephen Greer sought his fortune in China and found it in the business of scrap metal. He recounts his experiences, and shares some of his hard-won knowledge about developing-world capitalism, in his book "Starting From Scrap: An Entrepreneurial Success Story."
Has our recyclable waste become one of the U.S.'s biggest exports? It's definitely starting to seem that way. The U.S. Department of Commerce says U.S. companies exported $6.8 billion worth of waste, scrap paper and paperboard in 2009, up from $5.2 billion in 2005. But not all of those materials are actually getting recycled, creating a virtual wasteland in third-world countries.
When I was young, the only way to get paid for recycling was to collect enough aluminum cans to fill up my dad's truck; and even then I was lucky to get $25. Now, 15 years later, as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, it is easier than ever to get paid to recycle. Municipal recycling...
Starbucks Is Trashing Its Green Image
9:00AM 4/22/2010
No, Seattle-based Starbucks won't be adopting a comprehensive recycling plan -- only 11% of shareholders voted for that. The global coffee shop chain, which has been spending much of its marketing money on promoting its "Shared Planet" initiatives lately, believes it's doing enough.
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