recycling

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...

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.

Get $5 off a pair of Haggar pants at Sears as part of an Earth Day "pantcycling" celebration that starts today, April 16 and runs until April 25, 2010. You can get the discount when you donate any pair of gently-used pants to charity. Sears is partnering with the non-profit Assistance League for...

Earth Day just around the corner and don't have a thing to wear? DIY designer, Erica Domesek has teamed up with Dasani to create eco-friendly accessories you can make at home -- from all those plastic water bottles cluttering up your recycling bin. The NY-based, DIY style expert and founder of...

Annie Haven's manure tea bags might appear steeped in novelty, but when it comes to brewing up business, the woman knows her you-know-what. "I didn't just look at my cows and say I'm going to sell manure," Haven, a rancher in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., told WalletPop. Just for clarification:...

A New York Times blogger argues that wasting food is worse for the environment than a bit of plastic packaging that extends its shelf life, since the methane food produces when it decays. But composting and buying locally would better solve the problem.

Longing to forget about that wretched boyfriend who was estranged from the words "romance" and "good grooming"? Put a beloved sports team's lousy year behind you? Vanquish those credit-card bills with their nasty 29% interest charges? New Yorkers got that chance at the third annual Good Riddance...

Consider the disposable diaper. It's part engineering marvel, a mechanism that takes one of the most foul side effects of parenthood and absorbs it into a small, manageable, plastic-wrapped package. But it's also part environmental catastrophe. The average baby makes nearly 6,000 diapers dirty...

Recycling is a great way to save money, and in Denmark, some crematoriums have a new idea they want to try -- recycling crematorium heat. While finding that "burning granny especially to warm radiators would be indecent and illegal," the Danish Council of Ethics found no ethical reason to oppose...

We've all heard about the promise of green technology in regards to carbon emissions, the ozone layer and polar bears up on the ice cap. But, it could also save your portfolio. Recent private investment activity in this sector stands out in a depressed marketplace, suggesting that there is...