ReUSE Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 15 May 2015 16:35:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Subaru Marks a Decade of Zero-Landfill Waste Disposal https://www.greenoptimistic.com/subaru-landfill-waste-disposal/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/subaru-landfill-waste-disposal/#respond Fri, 15 May 2015 16:35:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54819 Subaru is the first car manufacturer worldwide, who can proudly announce that they have been running a zero-landfill production plants for over a decade. When talking about eco-friendly vehicles, many people immediately assume that these should be all electric, a hybrid, or something from the future like a car powered by hydrogen fuel cells or compressed […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/subaru-landfill-waste-disposal/feed/ 0 54819 Nendo Puts an End to One-Time Use of Wrapping Paper https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nendo-puts-end-one-time-use-wrapping-paper-20141111/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nendo-puts-end-one-time-use-wrapping-paper-20141111/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:13:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50140 It is that time of the year again, when everyone rushes around gift shops in a search for the perfect holiday surprise. Regardless of what we buy, wrapping paper is always on the list. So, how about this year we all go for the eco-friendly reusable option. A huge part of the excitement of receiving […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nendo-puts-end-one-time-use-wrapping-paper-20141111/feed/ 1 50140 ReUse, Technology That Makes Circuit Boards Easily Recyclable https://www.greenoptimistic.com/reuse-technology-makes-circuit-boards-easily-recyclable-20140509/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/reuse-technology-makes-circuit-boards-easily-recyclable-20140509/#respond Fri, 09 May 2014 06:09:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47404 Electronic waste is a topic that has been covered numerously in different contexts- from landfills, to child labor, to toxic air pollution from burning, all the way to recycling practices of manufacturers. Awareness has been raised on various occasions, and people do tend to bring the old gadget for recycling, instead of just dumping it […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/reuse-technology-makes-circuit-boards-easily-recyclable-20140509/feed/ 0 47404 Self-Disassembling Circuit Board Paves the Way for Reusable and Recyclable Computer Parts https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-disassembling-circuit-board-paves-the-way-for-reusable-and-recyclable-computer-parts-20121116/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-disassembling-circuit-board-paves-the-way-for-reusable-and-recyclable-computer-parts-20121116/#respond Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:16:59 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28176 A printed circuit board that falls apart when submerged in hot water has been created by researchers at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL). This innovative new technique allows resistors, capacitors, and integrated circuits to be removed intact, thereby eliminating downtime between recovery and reuse. Amazingly, the self-disassembling circuit board is made of unzippable polymeric […]

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