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Recycling Is A Good Thing, Right? It Depends.

11:06 am in apple, green building, materials, recycled by TreeHugger

macbook slice image Image credit Apple Canada Three years ago Warren wrote a glorious rant, Enough, Already. 'Recyclable' is Not Recycling, in which he complained about companies (like Apple) using the word "recyclable."
To my mind this is hypocrisy. It is "do as I say, not do as I do." Recycling is a complete loop. A joined circle. You are only recycling when you are buying recycled....Products touting 'recyclable' materials are eco-poseurs, unless those materials are also already recycled.
Warren made the case that Apple should be using recycled aluminum in thei...Read the full story on TreeHugger

American Airlines Switching From Paper to iPads, Will Save $1.2 million In Fuel

11:17 am in apple, electronics, energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, gadgets, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

american airlines photo Photo by lrargerich via Flickr CC American Airlines is eyeballing iPads as a light-weight way to carry flight charts. And the company guesses the change will save it over a million dollars a year in fuel costs. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

ExxonMobil Has Shiny New Green Headquarters Plans Too!

1:40 pm in apple, architects, Design & Architecture, designers, exxon by TreeHugger

pickard chilton exxon mobil head office image Images credit Pickard Chilton Life isn't fair. Steve Jobs shows up with a crappy video of his Norman Foster designed spaceship and gets front page on every blog and design website on the planet, and on the same day Exxon Mobil unveils its new corporate complex in Houston, to a big yawn. Architects Pickard Chilton says that " the office complex has been designed to high standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. The new campus will pro...Read the full story on TreeHugger