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Solar Panel Recycling in 2019: How it Works

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 16, 2020 by stlaneOctober 28, 2020

October 16, 2020 Update: America’s Largest Solar Panel-Maker Leads the World in Panel Recycling–Recovering 95% of Materials Solar panel recycling is important for the future of solar. Solar panels have a lifetime of about 30 years. With the increasing number … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Circular Economy, Doing Something, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Reduce Reuse & Recycle, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Energy | Leave a reply

What’s Worrying the Plastics Industry? Your Reaction to All That Waste, for One

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 20, 2019 by stlaneJune 20, 2019

HOUSTON — One by one, they stepped to a clear plastic lectern at the Global Plastics Summit here and talked about what their companies were doing in response to the world’s crisis in plastics waste. Representing businesses all along the … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Reduce Reuse & Recycle, Resilience, Security, Sustainability | Leave a reply

What Laws Work Best to Cut Plastic Pollution?

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 22, 2019 by stlaneMarch 22, 2019

Experts have recommended how the United States can drastically curb the use of throwaway plastics with new federal legislation. Read more about how do you solve a problem this big? What Works There are currently no federal laws restricting single-use … Continue reading →

Posted in City Planning & Urban Development, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Plastic Pollution, Reduce Reuse & Recycle, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability | Leave a reply

Where Will Your Plastic Trash Go Now That China Doesn’t Want It?

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 15, 2019 by stlaneMarch 15, 2019

What should wealthy countries do with their plastic waste now that China no longer is buying it? For years, America sold millions of tons of used yogurt cups, juice containers, shampoo bottles and other kinds of plastic trash to China … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, New Tech, Plastic Pollution, Reduce Reuse & Recycle, Resilience, Sustainability | Leave a reply

An Open Letter To Be the Change and Lead the Change

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 3, 2019 by stlaneMarch 3, 2019

Whale blubber and buggy whips were once fine industries, but progress moved us away. And today we know the days are over of a false choice between environmental protection and economic growth. Since when did the simple concept of leaving … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Earthen Construction, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fianance & Fundraising, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Investing & Finance, Job Creation, Living Wage, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

In the Deepest Ocean Trenches, Animals Eat Plastic

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 2, 2019 by stlaneMarch 2, 2019

Alan Jamieson remembers seeing it for the first time: a small, black fiber floating in a tube of liquid. It resembled a hair, but when Jamieson examined it under a microscope, he realized that the fiber was clearly synthetic—a piece … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Going plastic-free: The rise of zero-waste shops – BBC News

SustainableSA.com Posted on January 8, 2019 by stlaneJanuary 8, 2019

How long until this concept crosses the pond? Packaging-free refill shops are on the rise in Wales as the backlash against plastic gathers pace. Last year saw "zero waste" shops open in Crickhowell in Powys, Tenby in Pembrokeshire and in … Continue reading →

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San Antonio’s Compost Queens taking food out of landfills to replenish the land – ExpressNews.com

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 22, 2018 by stlaneOctober 22, 2018

A small San Antonio family business is trying to combat the dangers of decaying banana peels and the gaseous gore of yesterday’s lunch scraps. Betsy Gruy and daughter Kate Gruy Jaceldo started Compost Queens to keep food waste out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Carbon, Circular Economy, Climate Change, Doing Something, Fertilizers, Food, Farms & Gardens, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, Permaculture, Resilience, Smart Growth | Leave a reply

Designer Talks About Eco Positive Environmental Impact

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 2, 2017 by stlaneApril 9, 2019

Elegant design and engineering goes beyond being sustainable to being eco positive. New vocabulary, additional data collection and working with scientists is needed to most effectively stimulate and manage a circular economy, making the means by which we live to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Biomimicry, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Pollution, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Sustainability Metrics, Transportaton, Water, Wildlife | 2 Replies

Power Move: How On-Site Energy Solutions Can Help Save the Grid

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 7, 2017 by stlaneNovember 7, 2017

Across the U.S., energy users of all sizes are taking control of their power supply and relieving stress from the grid. That’s the idea behind distributed energy. Atlantic Re:think and Siemens partnered to explore this burgeoning energy revolution in 360º … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Commercial Building, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Solar Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Janine Benyus: What Can Today’s Designers Learn From Nature?

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 22, 2016 by stlaneMay 22, 2016

Science writer Janine Benyus believes innovators should look to nature when solving a design problem. She says the natural world is full of ideas for making things waterproof, solar-powered and more. Source: Janine Benyus: What Can Today's Designers Learn From … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Biomimicry, Building, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, Net Zero Buiilding, Permaculture, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Retrofits | Leave a reply

From Oregon to Johannesburg, micro-hydropower offers a solution for drought hit cities | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian

SustainableSA.com Posted on September 19, 2015 by stlaneSeptember 20, 2015

How quickly will SAWS and CPS use micro-hydropower to be more profitable and increase their value to San Antonio residents? To see how closely water and energy are linked, you only have to look at the west coast of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, New Tech, Permaculture, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water

France to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities | World news | The Guardian

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 16, 2015 by stlaneJune 16, 2015

French supermarkets will be banned from throwing away or destroying unsold food and must instead donate it to charities or for animal feed, under a law set to crack down on food waste.The French national assembly voted unanimously to pass … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Circular Economy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food, Food Security, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Pollution, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water | Leave a reply

What if companies and their buildings actually enhanced ecosystems? | GreenBiz

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 14, 2015 by stlaneApril 14, 2015

What if building codes actually required new projects to enhance a certain number of ecosystem services — such as sequestering carbon, building topsoil, enhancing pollination, increasing biodiversity or purifying water and air? Is it possible that a city could be … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fertilizers, Food, Farms & Gardens, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Permaculture, Residential Building, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

▶ Distributed Urban Agriculture | Mitch Hagney | TEDxSanAntonio – YouTube

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 17, 2014 by stlaneNovember 17, 2014

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. While the majority of the population now lives in urban areas, the vast majority of our food still comes from far distant rural farms using … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, City Planning & Urban Development, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fertilizers, Food, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water | Leave a reply

Reinventing Fire: Electricity – YouTube

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 14, 2014 by stlaneNovember 14, 2014

Reinventing Fire: Electricity – YouTube.

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Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Fossil Fuels, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Investing & Finance, Isothermal Compressed Air Storage, Job Creation, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Retrofits, Rocky Mountain Institute, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

VVWRA to unveil biogas facility – News – HesperiaStar.com – Hesperia, CA

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 14, 2014 by stlaneNovember 14, 2014

VICTORVILLE — Renewable-energy enthusiasts from all reaches of the nation will visit Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority’s main treatment plant later this week to witness the first carbon-neutral facility of its kind in North America. Teaming with Anaergia Inc. of … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, City Planning & Urban Development, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, New Tech, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Transparency About Fracking Chemicals Remains Elusive | WSKG

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 14, 2014 by stlaneNovember 14, 2014

By Katie Colaneri Listen to this 5 minute 28 second report Transparency about tracking chemicals remains elusive. This is a story about a place where Big Drilling meets Big Data in website called “FracFocus.” The site is run by an … Continue reading →

Posted in CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Greenwashing, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

AACOG hears proposal for moderating water concerns in Eagle Ford Shale

SustainableSA.com Posted on August 1, 2014 by stlaneAugust 1, 2014

SAN ANTONIO – The Alamo Area Council of Governments is mulling over a proposal from the Texas A&M Water Conservation and Technology Center for the center to become a neutral agent in addressing water concerns in the Eagle Ford shale … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Fossil Fuels, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Fracking flowback could indirectly pollute groundwater | Cornell Chronicle

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 25, 2014 by stlaneJune 26, 2014

The chemical makeup of wastewater generated by “hydrofracking” could cause the release of tiny particles in soils that often strongly bind heavy metals and pollutants, exacerbating the environmental risks during accidental spills, Cornell researchers have found. Previous research has shown … Continue reading →

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