Archive for April 30th, 2010

As oil slick drifts near to the Louisiana coast efforts continue to clear spill and shut off the flow of new oil

Sourced from New Scientist – Energy and Fuels, click here to visit

As oil slick drifts near to the Louisiana coast efforts continue to clear spill and shut off the flow of new oil

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Plants remain an effective way of tackling global warming despite emitting small amounts of an important greenhouse gas, a study has shown.
Sourced from EarthWire Climate, click here to visit

Plants remain an effective way of tackling global warming despite emitting small amounts of an important greenhouse gas, a study has shown.
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Scientists have discovered that changes in the amount of ice floating in the polar oceans are causing sea levels to rise — by a mere hair’s breadth today, but possibly much more if melting trends continue.
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Scientists have discovered that changes in the amount of ice floating in the polar oceans are causing sea levels to rise — by a mere hair’s breadth today, but possibly much more if melting trends continue.
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Ice cubes don’t increase the water level in your cup as they melt, so why are melting icebergs raising the oceans?

Sourced from New Scientist – Climate Change, click here to visit

Ice cubes don’t increase the water level in your cup as they melt, so why are melting icebergs raising the oceans?

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We’ve had an email from friend of Recycle This and frequent commenter Bobbie:

I’m attaching a photo of a medication shipment I get every 3 months. The medicine has to be refrigerated and so that in itself creates all this waste. Please ignore the bookmark though, it is used to cover some private information. The syringe does not have ml markings on it, so I can’t use it for other things that have to be measured.

Of course, I want to know everyone’s idea(s) of how I can repurpose all this packaging into something useable. I already use the styrofoam boxes for other things and given many away, but frankly the size inside is pretty small 6″Wx8″Lx6″D (about 15cmWx20cm Lx15cmD) and can’t hold anything but tiny bottled drinks. I have used it as a lunch pail though.

Many creative people read your blog and I can’t wait for their ideas to pour in. I really like the useful ideas. Thank you very much and hugs to you for all the wonderful posts.

(Click on the picture to see a bigger version.)

My first idea for the styrofoam was a mini-cool box for picnics but it sounds like they might be too small to be much good for that — and how many of those would you need anyway? Any other suggestions?

A syringe could be used for refilling hand cream/moisturiser tubes from bigger tubes (as we discussed here) or tabasco sauce bottles – but again, you’d only need one or two for that – so what can be done with the rest?

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We’ve had an email from friend of Recycle This and frequent commenter Bobbie:

I’m attaching a photo of a medication shipment I get every 3 months. The medicine has to be refrigerated and so that in itself creates all this waste. Please ignore the bookmark though, it is used to cover some private information. The syringe does not have ml markings on it, so I can’t use it for other things that have to be measured.

Of course, I want to know everyone’s idea(s) of how I can repurpose all this packaging into something useable. I already use the styrofoam boxes for other things and given many away, but frankly the size inside is pretty small 6″Wx8″Lx6″D (about 15cmWx20cm Lx15cmD) and can’t hold anything but tiny bottled drinks. I have used it as a lunch pail though.

Many creative people read your blog and I can’t wait for their ideas to pour in. I really like the useful ideas. Thank you very much and hugs to you for all the wonderful posts.

(Click on the picture to see a bigger version.)

My first idea for the styrofoam was a mini-cool box for picnics but it sounds like they might be too small to be much good for that — and how many of those would you need anyway? Any other suggestions?

A syringe could be used for refilling hand cream/moisturiser tubes from bigger tubes (as we discussed here) or tabasco sauce bottles – but again, you’d only need one or two for that – so what can be done with the rest?

Sourced from How can I recycle this?, click here to visit