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‘America Recycles Day’. This day is being recognized in the US with the aim to recycle electronic spares, goods and accessories. And if you have dumped used or unwanted cellular phones, PDA’s, iPods, pagers, ink cartridges and other small electronic…

It was their inquisitiveness that led them to the dump. And, that in return provided them with a missing ancestor. Missing ancestor! And that too in a dump? Yes. Palaeontologists excavating a dump outside Barcelona have found a skull dating back 14m…

Paving with rubber and that too with the recycled ones! Sounds eco-friendly and stylish too. Cement pavers seem a drab now. These rubber pavers will add color to the traditional cement concepts. Not only beauty, these recycled rubber pavers are more…

If global warming can deepen misery across Asia, it is not expected to spare even other parts of the world. Doesn’t matter how equipped you are to tackle the rising calamities, it is not possible to handle a global collapse of the eco-system….

Many countries across the globe are trying hard to combat carbon emissions and global warming. And for this, individual countries have taken up various eco-friendly schemes. The Government too turned concerned towards the Yorkshire environmental…

This November 14 the technology market will witness a new next-generation nickel metal hydride battery. It is named ‘eneloop’. This is announced by the world leader in rechargeable batteries SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. This is the first product based on…

It takes one lush to devastate. But years, rather centuries to recover. So is with the panoramic ocean floors. The coral reefs. A fragile coral reef off the coast of Mexico ‘s Yucatan Peninsula could take more than a century to recover from a thrashing…

Asia’s 120mn people are already threatened by the severity of climate change, as two of the world’s mightiest rivers are at the brink of collapse. To aggravate the situation, climate change will not only create epidemic but also deepen the misery of…

After fuel, its now turn of the lubricants to contribute to the environmental causes. Claimed to be eco-friendly and non-carcinogenic in nature, a new range of lubricants is coming in the market. Thanks and congratulations Sah Petroleums Ltd. It…

Europeans should begin moving away from reliance on the Kyoto treaty to meet the goal of curbing greenhouse emissions. This idea was hinted by the British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the first day of a summit of energy and environment ministers. Should..