» Environment Recycling
Cash Cows: Farm Converts Cattle Manure into Electricity
A Vermont dairy farm is producing something other than milk. Earlier this month, state officials were on hand to visit Vermont’s newest methane facility. Westminster Farms Inc., along with Green Mountain Power (GMP), have been working together in an on-site plant that converts methane gas released from cow manure into electricity. Cow manure is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gasses and the runoff from manure pollutes water.. » read more
How To Rid The Sea Of an Ocean Of Plastic
It is estimated that between seven and ten million tons of floating plastic garbage are polluting and choking an area the size of Texas in the central Pacific Ocean. This is one of several such areas around the world, known as gyres, where ocean currents naturally concentrate the trash. The enormity of the plastic is a seemingly insurmountable problem because it cannot be removed and taken to land for disposal. It cannot be incinerated due to the toxicity of the smoke. It cannot be ignored because the plastic is being eaten by fish, birds and mammals.. » read more
Spy chips hidden in 2.5 MILLION dustbins: 60pc rise in electronic bugs as council snoopers plan pay-as-you-throw tax
. » read more
The Hidden Life of Garbage (with video)
. » read more
Toxic Wastes and Haiti
Jan. 23, 2010 Two decades ago, the garbage barge, the Khian Sea, with no place in the U.S. willing to accept its garbage, left the territorial waters of the United States and began circling the oceans in search of a country willing to accept its cargo: 14,000 tons of toxic incinerator ash. First it went to the Bahamas, then to the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Bermuda, Guinea Bissau and the Netherlands Antilles.. » read more
Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic (with video)
Jan. 12, 2010 Mar 12 2009: First solution: complete redesign of the worlds drainage systems. It's high time we realised as a species many of our current systems are dumb. We failed. That's ok, but lets change and lets get on it.. » read more
H&M and Wal-Mart destroy and trash unsold goods
Jan. 7, 2010 This week the New York Times reported a disheartening story about two of the largest retail chains. You see, instead of taking unsold items to sample sales or donating them to people in need, H&M and Wal-Mart have been throwing them out in giant trash bags. And in the case that someone may stumble on these bags and try to keep or re-sell the items, these companies have gone ahead and slashed up garments, cut off the sleeves of coats, and sliced holes in shoes so they are unwearable. Cynthia Magnus holds up unworn, destroyed clothing she found in the garbage.. » read more
Indigent Burials Are on the Rise
Oct. 11, 2009 Coroners and medical examiners across the country are reporting spikes in the number of unclaimed bodies and indigent burials, with states, counties and private funeral homes having to foot the bill when families cannot. The increase comes as governments short on cash are cutting other social service programs, with some municipalities dipping into emergency and reserve funds to help cover the costs of burials or cremations. Mark Lyons for The New York Times Don Catchen, a funeral director, wiping off a small marker after a recent burial in Kentucky. Oregon, for example, has seen a 50 percent increase in the number of unclaimed bodies over the past few years, the majority left by families who say they cannot afford services.. » read more
Detroit: Too Broke to Bury Their Dead
Money to bury Detroit's poor has dried up, forcing struggling families to abandon their loved ones in the morgue freezer. Oct. 1, 2009 DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) -- At 1300 E. Warren St.. » read more
Story of Stuff, Full Version; How Things Work, About Stuff
. » read more
Section Navigation
Advertisement
Support Four Winds
Your contribution is vital in maintaining the fourwinds10.com website. With extensive costs associated with this website, your donations are very much appreciated.
