Overall the blame for plastic pollution rests on you and me.
Category: recycling
recycling
Life-time side-by-side comparison: Electric vs. gasoline automobiles
Over a similar lifetime, electric vehicles emit about 10-24% less greenhouse warming potential than conventional vehicles
Bill Schlesinger
air pollution, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, recycling, waste, water, water pollution
air pollution, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, recycling, waste, water, water pollution
Poop
Poop is a resource that should be used more efficiently.
Holiday Lights
An LED may cost a little more, but they last longer and use much less energy.
Oh Tannenbaum
Buy a live Christmas tree and plant it in the early spring when it can resume its role to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Bill Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, energy, environmental economics, faculty, recycling, renewable energy, waste
biogeochemistry, energy, environmental economics, faculty, recycling, renewable energy, waste
Lithium: It’s not just for bad moods anymore
Are lithium resources in short supply?
E-Waste
When we cast a blind eye to the exposure of people to toxics during the disassembly of our products, we are ignoring the true cost of those products to the environment—what economists call an externality.
Kitchen Disposals
Composting kitchen waste helps “close the loop” to achieve a sustainable human society where wastes are recycled back into the production of useful goods.