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ROCK REUSE RECYCLE at Rock-A-Field Festival

3:22 am in 100 mile diet, alternative energy, bottled water, concerts, Culture & Celebrity, europe, events, luxembourg, music, public transportation, Take Action, waste by TreeHugger

Rock-a-field festival photo Last weekend I experienced what was for me the greenest music festival so far. And not only because at Rock-A-Field in Luxembourg you actually get to rock a lush green field surrounded by dense forest. The organisers of RAF also set an example of how to lower the environmental impact of 18,000-plus festival goers and 15 bands (amongst which Arcade Fire and the Arctic Monkeys) without s...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Confusion Reigns Over Plant-Based Bottles, Which Is Exactly What Coke And Pepsi Want

2:39 pm in bottled water, plastic by TreeHugger

plantbottle-manufacture.jpg Amy Westervelt of Slate tries to get to the bottom of Coke and Pepsi's plant-based bottles, concluding that they "still damaged the environment." But she also caused some confusion and had a few mistakes, some of which have been corrected. She notes:
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo's plant-based bottles are still very much plastic.The companies have merely replaced the fossil fuels (petroleum and natural gas) traditionally used to make their plastic bottles with ethanol from renewable sources (plant waste in Pepsi's case and Brazilian sugar cane in Coke's).
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Why Recycling Plastic Bottles Doesn’t Help The Problem (Video)

10:30 am in bottled water, plastics, recycling, Science & Technology, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

plastic bottles photo Photo by stephendepolo via Flickr CC Plastic bottles always suck, even if they're being recycled. That's because the energy it takes to recycle them is mind-boggling. It's no simple task to melt down all those bottles, and the plastic is usually degraded in the process and can't be used for food-grade products again. Take a tour of a plastic bottle recycling facility in this video and be amazed. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Spin the Water Bottle (Cartoon)

1:23 pm in bottled water, cartoon, TH Exclusives by TreeHugger

spin the water bottle cartoon Click to enlarge "Spin the Water Bottle" by Option-G This the latest in a series of daily cartoons on TreeHugger, exploring a variety of green themes and ideas through visual art....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Crowd-sourced Drinking Fountain App Coming to Android Phones

12:36 pm in activism, bottled water, Culture & Celebrity, drinking water, Science & Technology, Take Action by TreeHugger

drinking fountain photo Photo by laffy4k A new project between Google and the Pacific Institute will help you find public drinking fountains in a jiff using your smart phone. The duo is building a new app for Android-powered phones that crowd-sources the locations of fountains in an effort to combat bottled water consumption. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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