Tag: post-consumer waste

Pete – polyethylene terephthalate

A strong, shatter-resistant recyclable plastic that is inexpensive to produce. It is made into bottles for soda, water…

May be recycled into fleece, clothing, fiberfill…

PETE is lightweight and poses a low risk of leaching toxic chemicals into contents. It’s petroleum-based.

1 Comment January 6, 2010

Fly Ash

A solid byproduct of electric power generation often added to concrete and cement that improves durability, and reduces the need for other materials by making use of a byproduct.

3 Comments January 2, 2010

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Wishing you a most joyous, prosperous, green 2010!

Leave a Comment December 28, 2009

Runoff

The waste water that flows from our gardens, lawns, driveways, and streets into our sewer systems carries various pollutants, including fertilizers and pesticides from our yards that eventually finds its way into our rivers and oceans.

Leave a Comment December 6, 2009

Blackwater

The wastewater generated by toilets.

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Biodiesel

A cleaner-burning diesel fuel made from natural, renewable sources such as vegetable oils.

Biodiesel is meant to be used in standard diesel engines and is thus distinct from the vegetable oils used to fuel converted diesel engines. Biodiesel can be used alone, or blended with petrodiesel.


Leave a Comment November 15, 2009

Post-Consumer Waste

A waste  produced by the end consumer of a material stream; that is, where the waste-producing use did not involve the production of another product.

Quite commonly, it is simply the garbage that individuals routinely discard, either in a waste receptacle or a dump, or by littering, incinerating, or pouring down the drain.

Leave a Comment November 12, 2009


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