Restart Extends!

By Bernie Bell. I’ve written about Restart Orkney a few times. It’s A GOOD THING The premises next door, which had been Orkney PC, was standing empty, so the decision was made to make something a bit special in that space. The ‘old‘ Restart is still very much in operation, selling larger items of furniture, books, […]

How the West Could Turn a Trickle of Water Into an Endless Supply

Hotter, drier weather, poor planning and a ballooning population are putting enormous pressure on the American West’s water supply. So, to get more out of every drop, some cities and counties are beginning to recycle their water — collecting what goes down the drain, removing the icky stuff and then...

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The pen that thinks it’s saving the ocean

Pick up a pack of BIC Ecolutions Ocean-Bound Plastic Gel Pens and you're holding a well-designed piece of contemporary marketing. The pen is real. The recycled content is real. The environmental crisis it invokes is very real. What's missing is the part where any of it meaningfully addresses the problem. This is an economics-first look at how ocean plastic marketing works, why it falls short, and…

Your ‘Widely Recyclable’ Starbucks Cup Is Still Trash

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Frappuccino lovers, rejoice: Your plastic to-go cups are now “widely recyclable.” That’s according to an announcement made in February by Starbucks, the waste hauler WM (formerly known as Waste Management), and three recycling groups called The Recycling Partnership, GreenBlue, and Closed […]

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