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The New Green Amplifier
No batteries or adapters necessary for this green sound amplifier compatible with iPhones, most recently the iPhone4. This may not seem like break-through technology, but I’m thinking this is a small taste of what’s to come. To read more visit … Continue reading
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Best Gifts of 2010
The NY Times has recently featured the 2010 Holiday Gift Guide! http://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2010/categories.html?ref=technology While the majority of the most popular gifts are electronics, Intercon would like to remind you to recycle your old and unused electronics with us this season!
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Can You Handle The Truth?
If you’ve ever been to Europe you’ve more than likely noticed the cigarette packaging screaming ‘Smoking Kills’ and ‘Smokers Die Younger’. If you thought these were ruthless, wait till you see what the U.S. has planned. The … Continue reading
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Easier Than Ever to Recycle
…at least for Champaign, IL residents. City officials expect to diver 2,600 tons of trash from landfills annually with their new requirements for at-home recycling pickups. Shouldn’t this be a requirement in every city? If it’s not in yours, campaign … Continue reading
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Don’t Trash That Eggshell!
Eggshells fighting climate change? Yup! According to a recent study, the membrane that lines an eggshell has the ability to absorb almost seven times its own weight of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere! Read more at ScienceDaily.com
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Happy HalloGREEN!
Happy Halloween Everyone!!!
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Halloween Candy…Wrappers?
Halloween is approaching and while the colors orange and black are on your mind, green should be as well. All those candy wrappers can be recycled! Toss them in with your usual recycling and feel a little better about all … Continue reading
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Walking Away from the Walkman
Over 30 years ago, the first walkman was produced. Today, production ends. Sony shipped it’s last batch of walkmen this April and has since then ceased it’s Japanese production. Most of us have made the switch to iPods already, but … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, electronic recycling, green, iPod, landfills, recycle, recycling, tape player, walkman
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Styrofoam!
Just one Styrofoam cup can take five hundred years to decompose in landfills. And since polystyrene (more widely known as Styrofoam) is the material most commonly used in packing product in the U.S., its presence in landfills is pervasive. That’s … Continue reading
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Aerosolv Nation
“With Aerosolv Nation we ask students, teachers, community leaders, university sustainability staffers, artists and other creative, committed individuals to join with us to promote proper aerosol can disposal,” said Michael Campbell, inventor of the Aerosolv technology and president of Katec … Continue reading
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