http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/06/clothing-and-textile-recycling-in-new-york-city/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/06/clothing-and-textile-recycling-in-new-york-city/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:45:04 +0000 CERC Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=27669 Many of us have clothing, accessories, and linens that we haven’t used in years. Instead of letting them take up valuable storage space in your home, help them find a second home through recycling.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/06/clothing-and-textile-recycling-in-new-york-city/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/10/composter-puts-college-food-waste-in-its-place/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/10/composter-puts-college-food-waste-in-its-place/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:26:39 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24897 Columbia has welcomed a composting machine to campus, a first at a New York City university. Accepting food scraps, such as banana peels, coffee grounds and egg shells, the composter will provide a way to recycle the urban campus's food waste while also serving as an educational tool. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/10/composter-puts-college-food-waste-in-its-place/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/31/what-happens-to-all-that-plastic/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/31/what-happens-to-all-that-plastic/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:14:21 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=22369 Today Americans discard about 33.6 million tons of plastic each year, but only 6.5 percent of it is recycled and 7.7 percent is combusted in waste-to-energy facilities. What happens to all the rest of it?]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/31/what-happens-to-all-that-plastic/feed/ 14 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/10/e-waste-recycling-day/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/10/e-waste-recycling-day/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:30:17 +0000 CERC Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=21539 Join the E-Waste Recycling event on January 22, 2012 from 10:00am-4:00pm at two west side locations near Central Park.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/10/e-waste-recycling-day/feed/ 2