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- Chicago’s New Mayor Makes Major Headway for the City’s Recycling Program Mon, 25 Jul 11, 11:57pmIt’s hard to believe, but less than half of Chicago‘s residents currently have access to the city’s recycling service. A program initiated in 2008 gave blue carts to a third of city residents for weekly roadside...
- Edmonton, Alberta to Turn 90% of Their Trash into Biofuel Sat, 11 Sep 10, 1:35amOh, Canada! What wonderful green things you do! Edmonton, Alberta is about to get the world’s first municipal scale gas to biofuel plant and when it is up and running they’ll be recycling 90% of their non-reusable...
- NYC Rolls Out Real-Time Water Metering Sat, 17 Jul 10, 7:45amThis past Monday, New York City’s Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Environmental Protection Commissioner Cas Holloway initiated a city-wide tracking system that will help consumers and businesses monitor their water usage...
- NYC Assemblyman Proposes City-Wide Cigarette Recycling Program Thu, 3 Jun 10, 7:00amApproximately 176 million pounds of cigarette butts are discarded in the United States every year. Usually they end up on the ground or in a landfill and leach their toxic chemicals into the water table. Assemblyman Michael...
- UN-HABITAT Selects Chicago as One of the World’s Greenest Cities Wed, 14 Apr 10, 8:15amRecently the city of Chicago was honored as one of two exceptionally green US cities to be shortlisted for UN-Habitat’s 100 Cities Initiative. The project aims to give cities, governments, and even individuals a voice...