Positive news from Hawaii
Company Designs Bottle From Great Pacific Garbage Patch DebrisSomewhere in the vicinity of Hawaii, a huge mass of plastic debris floats in the Pacific. And that’s just a fraction of the waste that’s bobbing around out there. Compared to the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” one plastic soap bottle may not seem like much. But if that one bottle is mass produced by soap-maker Method, it could turn out to make a big difference. |
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Company Designs Bottle From Great Pacific Garbage Patch DebrisSomewhere in the vicinity of Hawaii, a huge mass of plastic debris floats in the Pacific. And that’s just a fraction of the waste that’s bobbing around out there. Compared to the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” one plastic soap bottle may not seem like much. But if that one bottle is mass produced by soap-maker Method, it could turn out to make a big difference. |
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Hawaii first state to ban plastic bags at checkoutBy now, it’s hardly news when a city bans plastic bags at checkout counters -- but an entire state? That’s happened in Hawaii, where Honolulu County has joined the state’s three other counties to give Hawaii a first-in-the-nation title. |
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Honolulu City Council backs bill to ban plastic bags at store, restaurant checkoutsOne by one, Hawaii’s counties have passed green-minded bills that ban businesses from distributing non-biodegradable plastic bags and non-recyclable paper bags. |
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Plastic bag ban begins on Kauai and Maui, fee discussed for rest of stateIn Hawaii, Maui and Kauai County are the official forerunners in banning single use plastic bags that easily find their way into water streams, ocean currents and the stomachs of birds and fish. |
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Pann-Starrs telescope begins operations to hunt asteroidsA new telescope facility in Hawaii designed to search for asteroids and comets which could threaten Earth has been made operational. |
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Bamboo Living’s School is Earthquake and Hurricane SafeTraditional brick school facades could become a thing of the past as educational institutions aim for sustainability. |
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Off the wall: The astonishing 3D murals painted on the sides of buildings by a trompe l’oeil artisAt first glance, it looks as if some natural disaster has shaken away the walls of these buildings to reveal architecture hidden for thousands of years. |
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Rare Dolphins by the Hundreds Found in BangladeshThe discovery of 6,000 rare dolphins in Bangladesh and new guidelines for marine wildlife viewing in the Pacific Islands are among the announcements made this week at the First International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas underway on the island of Maui. |
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Traffic deaths decline as more people are buckling upIt’s becoming increasingly safer on the roads. |
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Hawaii Recycles Record 72 Percent of Beverage Containers
Hawaii has announced the results of its beverage container recycling efforts for the fiscal year 2008, and the state increased recycling by four percent to reach 72 percent recovery, an all-time high.
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