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  1. Do Recycled Battery Parts Just Go Underground? by iso-cop · · Score: 1 · on Environmental Cost of Hybrids' Battery Recycling?

    A couple of informative sites on battery recycling and the real good it can do as opposed to stuffing them in the landfill... http://www.batteryrecycling.com/Battery+Recycling+Process http://earth911.org/blog/2007/07/05/how-to-recycle-and-properly-dispose-of-batteries/

  2. Re:pie in the sky by mengel · · Score: 1 · on Tech That Will Save Our Species - Solar Thermal Power
    Well, considering that we recycle 54 billion aluminum cans a year, (pretty much just to drink soda pop that is mostly bad for our health anyway), we could instead use that aluminum to make mirrors for solar power collection. Lets see, two cans is about a square foot, unrolled, so 1 sqare mile is 5280 * 5280 * 2 = 55 million cans, so thats about 1000 square miles of aluminum, which we already make, every year.

    So if we devoted half of that production to mirrors, it would take 17 years of our current recycled sheet aluminum processing to make the mirrors to cover a 92 x 92 mile grid (= 8464 square miles), more or less. And it would take probably that long to actually set it all up... But each year during that time, we could have a major increase in our solar power production.

    Now as to transmission loss, long distance transmission is considered "cost effective" up to 4000 miles, and it's only 2462 miles from New York to LA, so anywhere between those two places would have cost effective power transmission to all the major cities in the US.

    Now there is the potential for serious environmental impact of putting all of those mirrors in one place, but I expect we could setup some preserves to maintain the desert ecosystems in that area.

  3. In most cases... by Amerist · · Score: 2, Informative · on Can CDs Be Recycled?

    Yes.

    Electronic waste is a huge part of our community in the United States and as a result a lot of recycling centers and other facilities have cropped up to try to handle it. Since I work for them, the first place I'd check to locate a facility near me is EARTH911, there is even a computer recycling section being floated right now: Computer Components Recycling.

    In many cases they will be reuse and donation centers, or something like ACT; in the end anything that gives these items a longer lifespan in the community or puts them to different use than ending up in a landfill is a step in good direction.

  4. In most cases... by Amerist · · Score: 2, Informative · on Can CDs Be Recycled?

    Yes.

    Electronic waste is a huge part of our community in the United States and as a result a lot of recycling centers and other facilities have cropped up to try to handle it. Since I work for them, the first place I'd check to locate a facility near me is EARTH911, there is even a computer recycling section being floated right now: Computer Components Recycling.

    In many cases they will be reuse and donation centers, or something like ACT; in the end anything that gives these items a longer lifespan in the community or puts them to different use than ending up in a landfill is a step in good direction.

  5. Where to recycle by Kelson · · Score: 1 · on Australia Outlaws Incandescent Light Bulb

    LampRecycle.org has information for the US and Canada. Surf around a bit and you'll probably end up on Earth 911, which has a database of local recycling centers.

    There's at least one household hazardous waste collection facility in my area where you put whatever you want to recycle -- dead CF bulbs, old computer monitors, paint, whatever -- in the trunk of your car, drive up, pop the trunk, then fill out a form that swears you're only dropping off stuff from a home, not a business. They remove the waste from your trunk, close it, and you drive off.

  6. Mercury hazard: Keep CFLs out of your trash by 1ione1 · · Score: 1 · on The Light Bulb That Can Change the World
    Each CFL contains a small amount of mercury. According to the EPA reference below, 4mg per tube. Increasing numbers of spent CFLs going to incinerators and landfills put mercury back into the environment. While these lamps are still an overall environmental benefit in areas where electricity is generated from coal (which poisons the environment with lots of mercury), it is a net pollutant when the energy is coming from cleaner sources.


    The important thing to remember is that CFLs need to be disposed of properly. Here are some links to help you out before you discard your next CFL:



  7. Re:Non-removable batteries by Panaflex · · Score: 1 · on EU Proposing Mandatory Battery Recycling

    *grumble grumble slashdot bugs*

    HERE for more info

  8. earth911.org by comeonpilgrim · · Score: 2, Informative · on Proper Disposal Of Old PCs?

    I used http://www.earth911.org/ to find local places that would take my old (non-working) parts for free. They even took old laserdisc players and walkmans.