If you’re planning to start a home-based recycling business, you might want to consider cell phone recycling as a viable option. Here are some reasons why cell phones are far better than any other material to collect and recycle, at the moment:

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The 3G dataphones of today were the stuff of science fiction 40 years ago. Today, they are so commonplace, we hardly think about the brilliant flashes of inspiration that their inventors had to come up with these clever devices. What would our buildings and cities look like 40 years from now? Chilean urban architect and designer Orlando De Urrutia gives us a glimpse of our future habitat with his beautiful Eco-Cybernetic City of the future design.

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Only two things are certain in life and neither one is an ideal topic for a blog post. But April is just around the corner, and now would be a good time as any to talk about taxes, particularly, your energy tax credits.

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In 2009, Texans recycled a total of 12,478,301 lbs. of used computer equipment, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

The number was collated from the annual reports submitted by electronics manufacturers participating in the Texas Computer Equipment Recycling Program.

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The trade organization representing the algae industry, Algal Biomass Organization (ABO), has issued a statement putting into question the results of a recent study on algae life cycle.

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Quite possibly, Detroit is the city that took the hardest hit from the current economic recession. Detroit, the mighty symbol of the American car industry has floundered along with the industry that has employed generations of autoworkers in this city and its suburbs. How do you make a city that has been on a steady decline long before the current crisis bloom again?

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The Houston Rockets, the Toyota Center, and Republic Services have signed a five-year agreement designating the Phoenix-based solid waste management company as the official waste and recycling partner for the NBA franchise and their home stadium.

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Last Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the much anticipated tablet computer he calls the iPad. The 9.7-inch multitouch tablet is priced at $499 for the 16GB model that uses WIFI, while the high end 64 GB version, which connects with both Wi-Fi and 3G, comes with a price tag of $829.

The war between erstwhile allies Apple and Google is just heating up – I’m certain we will see each side come up with different products targeted at different computing niches in the coming months and years. The iPad, Apple’s new addition to its formidable arsenal of high-tech devices, straddles the space between a notebook (Macbookor netbook) and a smartphone (iPhone or Android).

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The traditional waste management 3r’s mantra: reduce, reuse, recycle has just gotten a makeover of sorts – thanks to RecycleBank, an internationally-recognized company that has taken a new approach to recycling. RecycleBank’s spin on the 3r’s? Recycle, redeem, reward!

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