Tag: recycle

  • Who Is the Best Movie President?

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    On Presidents Day, Ringer staffers gave their nominations for the best commander in chief to grace the silver screen It’s Presidents Day, so we asked Ringer staffers to write about their favorite movie presidents. Before you get started: Martin Sheen’s Jed Bartlet from The West Wing was a television president, so that’s why he doesn’t […]

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  • Plastic bags, pizza boxes and other ways you may be messing up your recycling

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    I am big on recycling. It’s part of my family’s weekly routine. But come to find out, a lot of what we’ve been doing is wrong — and we have been contaminating entire bins of recyclables. Metro Public Works has started auditing recycling routes to help reduce contamination from people like me. Ricky Lloyd, a Public Works […]

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  • America has a recycling problem. Here’s how to solve it.

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    Last year, America’s recycling system broke down. Ostensibly, China did the breaking. For years, China was home base for most of the world’s recycling, importing two-thirds of global plastic waste in 2016. Over the last 30 years, America and other countries have shipped more than 10 million metric tons of plastic to China. That came […]

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  • How much are you spending this Valentine’s Day? We look at the price of a dinner in each state

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    Valentine’s Day is an ancient holiday, believed to have roots as far back as the third century in Rome. Though the holiday’s precise origin has been lost to history, Valentine’s Day is a cultural touchstone in many countries around the world. In the United States, Valentine’s Day is a multi-billion dollar boon for retailers and […]

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  • 7 MORE Eco-Friendly Valentine’s Day Gifts!

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    Valentine’s Day is TOMORROW and that means it is time to really find a gift for your sweetie! Check out 7 more gift ideas here and see if these ideas help you pick a great gift! 1: Edible Body Candle Scented candles are nice and all, but things will really heat up when your sweetie […]

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  • 7 Eco-Friendly Valentine’s Day Gifts

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    Valentine’s Day is a time to give to the ones you love, celebrate friendship, and remind those special in your life that you are thinking of them but that doesn’t mean you have to buy things that will harm the environment! Check out these 7 great gifts that will show your love as well as […]

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  • #10YearChallenge from an Environmental Point of View

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  • Climate change could make corals go it alone

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    Climate change is bad news for coral reefs around the world, with high ocean temperatures causing widespread bleaching events that weaken and kill corals. However, new research from The University of Texas at Austin has found that corals with a solitary streak — preferring to live alone instead of in reef communities — could fare […]

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  • Did someone kill the Shasta Pack, California’s mysterious wolf family?

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    Nearly four years ago in the forests of California’s rugged northeast corner, two black and brown wolves had a litter of five pups in the shadow of Mount Shasta. They became known as the Shasta Pack – the first known gray wolves to have offspring on California soil in nearly a century. The pups, shown […]

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  • Rosewood to Reopen Hawaii’s Kona Village Resort

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    Shuttered in 2011 after sustaining heavy damage from a tsunami, Kona Village Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii will reopen under Rosewood Hotels and Resorts. Located on the Kona Coast, the iconic Hawaiian retreat was best known for its free-standing, palm thatch roof hales. The 81-acre property was first developed in the early 1906s […]

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