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Americans Encouraged to Recycle Cell Phones

The EPA is launching National Cell Phone Recycling Week as part of its efforts to celebrate Earth Day the entire month of April

6 Apr 2009

Environment Inspires New PPG Flooring

PPG Industries recently introduced its latest wood flooring color trends and technologies to more than 100 flooring manufacturers and buyers during a seminar in Shanghai

6 Apr 2009

Environmentally Friendly System Developed For Painting Aircraft

A new "green" exterior aircraft painting system in development by PPG Industries' aerospace coatings business has shown corrosion resistance comparable to processes using chromated pretreatment and primers as well as easier application than for alternative environmentally responsible systems

3 Apr 2009

Eliminate Waste, Recycling and Food Miles by Precycling and Making Drinks at Home

PRECYCLING - eliminating waste at its source - is the new trend and it's even better for the environment than recycling. By making soda at home, you can eliminate the roughly 600 bottles and cans of carbonated beverages the average American consumes each year

2 Apr 2009

Ecobins Binoculars From Nikon Made From Environmentally Friendly Friendly Materials

Nikon introduces ecobins binoculars. Designed from top to bottom with the latest eco friendly features, ecobins maintains the highest level of optics that make Nikon world-famous

2 Apr 2009

Rubber Technology From Dow Corning Helps Save Water on Plantations

Less is more as the world seeks to find solutions to global warming and rapidly depleting water levels, Dow Corning develops rubber silicone technology to help control water efficiency on plantations by at least 40 percent

2 Apr 2009

New Study Shows Ecosystems Influence Species Evolution

Scientists have come to agree that different environments impact the evolution of new species. Now experiments conducted at the University of British Columbia are showing for the first time that the reverse is also true

1 Apr 2009

First Accurate Test Developed to Determine Arsenic in Soil

Analytical chemists have developed the first accurate test for arsenic compounds in soil, providing improved environmental and health impact assessment for children playing on treated wood, cats and dogs under the deck, and for detecting high arsenic levels in some Asian rice supplies, for example

1 Apr 2009

New Research into Climate Change in California Points to Severe Impacts Across The State

A biennial report released today by a team of experts that advises California’s governor suggests that climate changes are poised to affect virtually every sector of the state’s economy and most of its ecosystems

1 Apr 2009