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"Scientists say that it is possible to produce a new class of plastics that will not degrade as quickly when recycled, according to a paper published in the journal Macromolecules."

"That amount of waste reduction is the equivalent of simply not producing 15 million pairs of shoes. And Nike's overall use of recycled polyester, like for the World Cup jersey, doubled between 2009 and 2010, and has now taken 82 million plastic bottles out of landfills and back into the product stream."

"Some companies will pay you money for that old cellphone or iPod."

"From the recent discovery of a species of wasp that enslave unsuspecting spiders to a new report from the United Nations that estimates a 500% growth over the next 10 years in computer waste in India alone, a lot has happened this week in green."

"If deforestation were happening in your city, how quickly would you work to stop it?" the video asks, pointing out that 90 acres of rainforest are destroyed every minute. Deforestation threatens half of the world's species, and is responsible for 20% of global warming emissions."

VP for smart grid technology Abrey Braz of Con Edison in New York explains his company's test pilot program in Queens, linking homes to a test smart grid. Utilities are working on building out the smart grid, with help from Obama stimulus money.

E-Waste is a huge problem. Maybe this will help set up some standards with the disposal of E-Waste.