Whether you head a secret organization, run a large company, or you simply don’t trust throwing away old hardware with sensitive data, Data Killers can help. They will destroy tapes, hard drives, and other items to protect you from people who may want the information on your old electronics. I recently asked Elizabeth Wilmot a […]
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Courier-Life: Holmen businessman Mike Niles calls his new business venture Computer Plastics Recycled, or CPR, a name that fittingly describes what Niles is doing with discarded computer and television cases — breathing new life into old plastic. In the present computer-based world, people buy many different versions of personal computers during their lifetimes. Many people
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With the introduction of the CompoKeeper, diverting kitchen scraps from going to the landï¬ll is now a piece of cake. As communities become increasingly concerned with climate change, greenhouse gases, and overflowing landï¬lls, recycling organic material is an obvious solution. Unfortunately, the “ick factor†– the fear that decomposing food scraps leading to foul odors,
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BottleHood makes glassware from used wine, beer, liquor and soda bottles recycled from restaurants, bars, homes and events in the community.
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The World: Advances in medical technology, combined with the fact that people are living longer, means that more and more of us pass away with some kind of surgical implant. Maybe it’s a steel pin here, or a titanium hip there. Have you ever wondered what happens to those metal implants after die? For almost
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First it was the milk bottle that went green, now the same company is turning to paper for wine bottles! The first question that I’m sure immediately comes to everyone’s mind is how a paper bottle full of wine doesn’t just turn to mush moments after being filled. And the simple answer is by using
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Recycling isn’t only good for the planet, it can be good for your wallet, too. Just ask My Digital FC. As an entrepreneur one of the easiest ways of making money is by collecting old newspapers and waste, and sell them to a recycling plant in your locality. By collecting and selling paper this way,
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Recycling goes well past plastic bottles and newspaper. Empty casing that litter the ground at a shooting range have the potential to be reused because they often keep their shape after being shot. However, sorting through all of the shells can be tedious. That lead one inventor to find a way to make the process
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Fast Company reports that Genomatica, a startup best known for figuring out how to make spandex from sugar cane and E.coli, has a new trick up its sleeve: producing chemicals from trash. The startup, which relies on microbes to turn renewable feedstocks into major market chemicals, recently patented a method to use synthetic gas as
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According to Fast Company, Walmart generates a lot of recyclable waste. So instead of sending it all to recycling plants, the retail giant has decided to divert some of it to Worldwise, a sustainable pet products company. Worldwise will take Walmart’s waste for free –including bottles, hangers, bags, and corrugated cardboard– and convert it into
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