Alex Krogh-Grabbe

Or at least their waste. If you follow the eco-news much at all, you probably heard of this already, but they’re going to make an incineration plant in southern Florida where they can vaporize 3000 tons of trash every day. That’s a lot of waste going away. And apparently the only biproducts are:

1. Synthetic gas – used to generate 120 Megawatts a day
2. Slag for road construction
3. Steam – used for another nearby factory

And that’s it. It will cost $425 million. Critics say that other similar projects have failed to meet expectations for such amazing sustainability. Perhaps that’s true. But it’s certainly an innovative project. Also see Wired News‘ article about it.

Triple Pundit’s new series, “Ask Pablo“, kicks off with a great post about what kind of coffee mug is the best for the environment. He compares stainless steel mugs, ceramic mugs, and styrofoam cups. His conclusion is that due to the material-intensive processing of stainless steel, mugs made of it are only more ecological than styrofoam if you use them more than 369 times. Then there’s ceramic, which is better than styrofoam after only 46 uses. Unfortunately, ceramic mugs are less portable and more fragile. So, if you’re on the go, best use that stainless steel mug for a long time.

…Another This Week in Sustainable Mobility from WorldChanging.

Speaking of plugs, there’s another site that I found tonight called PlugInAmerica which, according to its description, “advocates the use of plug-in cars, trucks, and SUVs powered by cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity to reduce our nation’s dependence on petroleum and improve the global environment.” Sounds like a worthy goal to me.

There’s a new site that’s been all over the enviroblogs today (Saturday; I’m up late) that’s for organization of carpools. It’s called Carpool Crew and it looks like it could be really useful and good for the environment, but only if a lot of people use it. So get on it and make the world a little greener!

There’s really not enough composting going on. Lots of stuff that could go to make high-quality natural fertilizer for growing things goes instead to fill up polluting landfills, which there’s not enough space for anyway.

So, here’s a list from PlanTea.com of 163 Things You Can Compost. I must try to get some more composting in action at my school.

At my house we have a solar hot water heater on our roof, so this doesn’t apply directly to us, but there’s a review for a Tankless Water Heater at Goto Reviews. It’s cheaper than heating up a whole tank of water, and it uses loads less energy.

Another week, another “The Week in Sustainable Mobility” from WorldChanging.

Treehugger has a post about this innovative “Seawater Greenhouse” that enables cultivation of crops in arid coastal regions quite efficiently. Great concept, really cool. Don’t know that it’ll solve any major environmental problems, but how much can we really ask of any one project?

Find green homes, and professionals who can help you make a new green home or greenify an old one, all at Modern Green Living. Via Eco Street Blog