Recently, the Town of Smithfield received an inquiry about where residents can recycle cell phones. We wanted to let you know that there are two places that we know of:
DAV Thrift Store
Smithfield Square
1937 S. Church Street
Smithfield, VA 23430
757-365-9555
Smithfield Police Department
1613 South Church Street
Smithfield, VA 23430
757-357-3247
If you know [...]

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20 July 2010 Last updated at 06:29 ET
BBC Mobile
Statues of giant birds made from scrap metal have been erected at new recycling centre in Essex.
The birds are the work of artist Ptolemy Elrington who made his name producing nature-related metal art.
He made an owl, sparrow-hawk, kestrel, woodpecker and a tree-creeper and mounted them at [...]

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13NEWS / WVEC.com
Posted on July 13, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Updated yesterday at 9:54 AM
SUFFOLK —  The Suffolk Clean Community Commission is sponsoring a Recycling Drive on August 14, 2010, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. at Creekside Elementary School. The school is located at 1000 Bennett’s Creek Park Rd. in North Suffolk.
Shred-it will be on hand to [...]

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McDonnell reverses bottled-water ban

by admin on July 15, 2010

The Washington Post
Gov. Bob McDonnell’s decision to reverse his predecessor’s ban on the state’s purchase of individual-sized bottled water is coming under fire from those who claim that he might have made the decision at the request of his friends in the industry, the Virginia Politics blog reports.
Former Republican delegate Chris Saxman, board member of [...]

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Mon Jul 12, 10:10PM PT – KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland, Ore. 1:42

A couple in Dallas, Oregon has been trying to live trash free for an entire year. KGW first told you about Amy and Adam Korst last year.They started July 6th, 2009 and goal was to use no more than a…
View the story here.

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THE LIVING PAVILION

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by admin on July 9, 2010

Courtesy of FIGMENT
The winner of the City of Dreams Pavilion Competition 2010, the sustainable design of Ann Ha and Behrang Behin’s Living Pavilion, has been installed on Governors Island for the summer 2010 season as a temporary central gathering and assembly point for arts activity on the island.
The competition sponsors (FIGMENT, The Emerging New York [...]

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A Dollar Bill for the Oil Spill

by admin on July 7, 2010

From Envirosax…
The Gulf Coast Oil Spill has become the worst oil spill in America’s history and Envirosax wants to help! Envirosax has teamed up with The Greater New Orleans Foundation, the largest and oldest philanthropic community foundation in the region. They will serve as a conduit between nonprofit partners to help the victims, animals [...]

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By Jedd Ferris • June 28, 2010
Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine
Change starts from the ground up. That’s the attitude of these four innovative entrepreneurs who are looking beyond the bottom line to build community.
MARK LILLY
mobile farmers market
If you live in the city gridlock, it’s often hard to make it to the farmer’s market. But if [...]

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Ever heard of Breezesta?
From their website…
Breezesta is part of the environmental solution. 20 Vibrant Colors and Every One is Green.
Breezesta is made of plastic milk jugs and water bottles that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Until Breezesta Poly Outdoor Furniture, the great outdoors wasn’t so great on outdoor furniture. Metal rusted. Wood splintered. [...]

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City to look at cost of plastic bags

by admin on June 28, 2010

by STEVE ALBERTS KVUE News
kvue.com
Posted on June 26, 2010 at 6:25 PM
Updated Saturday, Jun 26 at 10:18 PM
California could become the first state in the nation to slap a ban on one-time use of plastic bags in stores.  A bill outlawing them passed the State Assembly, and is expected to pass the State Senate. Could [...]

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