Category Archives: Waste

Do your part, even if industry doesn’t

By Elijah Sarver | Published: July 12, 2009
It doesn't matter what you do to reduce your environmental impact in the world. Keep doing it.
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King Corn

By Elijah Sarver | Published: June 13, 2009
Part review of King Corn, part expansion of the narrative it provides. Sometimes efficiency can lead to great abundance, but we should be careful how far we take it, especially in agriculture.
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Using psychology to increase recycling

By Elijah Sarver | Published: June 8, 2009
We can harness the power of psychology to ‘trick’ people into recycling more. From removing personal waste-baskets at desks to putting holes in recycling bins, little tricks increase people’s tendency to recycle.
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Target Australia is Banning Plastic Bags

By Elijah Sarver | Published: June 1, 2009
Not exactly on topic for Efficienting, but there is a lot of waste involved with plastic bags… manufacturing, distribution and trashing of bags is totally wasteful, and I see this as a step in the right direction: Instead of issuing plastic bags to shoppers at checkouts, from June 1 Target will require shoppers to either bring [...]
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