Reduce, Re-use, Recycle With Earth 911

[bananas]

This looks pretty good - put in your zip code and what you want to recycle,
and it gives you a list of places to take it.

From the Live Earth blog:
http://www.liveearth.org/?p=196

Reduce, Re-use, Recycle With Earth 911

Earth 911 is helping Live Earth to provide citizenry with “community-specific” information on how to recycle, reduce and re-use in their own backyards.

Earth 911 delivers actionable local information on the environment that empowers people to act locally, live responsibly and contribute to sustainability.

By simply entering your location or zip-code at the www.Earth911.org environmental portal or 1-800-CLEANUP, users can access the leading comprehensive resource for community-specific “actionable” information about:

· Recycling Centers;
· Green Shopping;
· How to Live Green;
· Energy Conservation;
· Beach Water Quality and Alerting;
· Household Hazardous Waste;
· Programs for Children;
· Environmental Education
· Composting; and
· much more…

These resources are provided at no cost to the user or taxpayer. Earth 911 centralizes information and resources into single user-friendly, neutral and non-governmental network. This Public and Private Sector Partnership combines the strength and action of America’s marketplace with local, current, and high quality information to achieve economies of scale and scope and contribute significantly to sustainability through public service.

As Americans become increasingly engaged in environmental causes and responsible lifestyle, it is critical that local information empowering awareness, education, and action be made easily accessible and widely available. Earth 911 delivers these resources and in doing so, establishes a proactive and unparalleled solution to today’s environmental challenges.

Earth 911 Factoids
· 16 years in business providing a comprehensive environmental network for recycling resources and actionable content
· Powering content for TV network environmental campaigns reaching up to 66M Households
· 11,000 federal, state and community coordinators entering community specific content
· US Environmental website & Hotline listing over 74,000 recycling centers and more than 400,000 recycling services
· Over a million monthly visitors to the Earth 911 website
· Over 35,000 call per month to the 1800Cleanup environmental hotline
· Links to the Earth 911 website from over 100,000 websites
· The #1 Google result for the search term “recycle”, “prevent global warming”, just to name a few environmental key words…
· Over 5 Billion consumer product labels include Earth 911 and 1-800-CLEANUP call to action to learn how to properly dispose
· National Beach Water status and alerting for 22 coastal states and 2,221 beaches

[Rene]

1. I saw an article recently about a sailor in the South Pacific coming across a humongous amount of

plastic floating in the sea.....all ensnarled. It took hours to sail around it all. Nothing in the press since. Did anyone else see that? Know anything about it?

[bananas]

2. Was it one of these?

Our oceans are turning into plastic -- Are we?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x98732

Oceanographer - Plastic Toy Ducks May Reach Britain This Summer After Crossing Arctic Ocean
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x101911