Good News Notes: “More than 2,000 community volunteers removed hundreds of bags of litter from Grand Cayman’s roads, beaches and coastlines on Saturday 24th April as part of the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce’s annual Earth Day’s clean-up. Now in its 25th year, the Earth Day Clean-up is one of the Chamber’s signature community initiatives, in…
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Missoula duo forms nonprofit to haul tons of trash from surrounding woods
Good News Notes: “Luke Jovin and Gennadiy Lemeza have lived in Missoula almost their entire lives, and have always seen trash in the forests where they like to spend time. They usually pick up as much garbage as they can, but last spring during the pandemic they decided to get serious and form a 501(c)(3)…
TerraCycle wants to recycle everything in your life
Good News Notes: “Have you ever felt guilty about tossing your old Teva sandals, or Colgate toothbrush, or Etch A Sketch into the trash, where they will clog up a landfill for hundreds of years? I have good news for you. All of those items—and many more—are now recyclable thanks to TerraCycle, a company that…
River Clean Up still set to collect debris, beautify environment
Good News Notes: “Hundreds of volunteers are expected to fan out by land and by sea to collect litter from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 9, when the annual Mississippi River Clean Up La Crosse strives to beat a longstanding record in collecting debris. The 27th annual event will operate with safety guidelines,…
22-year-old runs from ocean to ocean for Clean Seas
Good News Notes: “On 26 July 2019, 22-year-old Sam Bencheghib asked the crowd of friends, supporters and media gathered around him, to take two deep breaths as a reminder of the importance that the oceans have in giving life. Bencheghib was about to embark upon a 3,100-mile run across the United States of America from coast…
Students Develop Recycling Robot at MakeHarvard
Good News Notes: “A trash recycling robot named GARI was recently developed by a team of Illinois Wesleyan University students during MakeHarvard, a 24-hour engineering make-a-thon hosted by Harvard University.” View the whole story here: https://www.iwu.edu/news/2020/students-develop-recycling-robot-at-makeharvard.html
Nike’s New Vegan ‘Space Hippie’ Sneakers Are Made From Trash | LIVEKINDLY
Good News Notes: “The Space Hippie’s flyknit-based uppers use at least 85 percent rPoly—primarily recycled plastic water bottles, t-shirts, and yarn scraps. The sole uses 15 percent Nike Grind Rubber, combined with 100 percent recycled foam materials. ‘I’d say Space Hippie attacks the villain of trash,’ adds Hoke. ‘It’s changed the way we look at materials,…
Vals Valiants Cleans Up Local Highway, Notices Less Litter
Good News Notes: “On Sunday, December 15, 2019, Val’s Valiants braved the cold, grabbed some reinforced gloves, and picked up litter along South Avenue (State Route 28) for the approximately 1 mile stretch between South Martine Avenue and Jersey Avenue in Scotch Plains as part of New Jersey’s Adopt-A-Highway program. Val’s Valiants adopted this particular…
New landfill technology turns trash into savings
Good News Notes: “A new piece of equipment is helping turn trash in landfills into money.” “The wood grinder has become an integral piece in Kern County landfills.” “The grinder is used to take unprocessed materials like brush and tree trimmings and grind them up into smaller pieces. This is important because the pieces no…
Tech Company Free Meals Beget a Lot of Leftovers. Meet the Man on a Mission to Rescue Them.
Good News Notes: “I meet Les Tso on a corner in San Francisco’s SoMa district on a wet Thursday afternoon. He pulls his silver Isuzu SUV into an alley.” “Tso works as a driver for Food Runners, a nonprofit that picks up leftover food from grocery stores, companies, events, and restaurants and brings it to…