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Reuse, Rewear, Repair

Academy of Natural Sciences

Organize a clothing or book swap with friends, family and neighbors to make a great find while reducing waste in landfills. FABSCRAP is a one-stop shop for fashion students, crafters, designers and quilters to find suitable recycled fabrics for their projects you can also donate your own materials to be reused in other ways!

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed! Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed! Shapiro Is Lying About How His Trip To White House Unfroze $2.1 Shapiro Is Lying About How His Trip To White House Unfroze $2.1

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Our toilets can yield excellent alternatives for widespread polluting fertilizers

Frontiers

Scientists show that the yield of cabbages grown on soils supplied with two modern nitrified urine fertilizers recycled from human urine is approximately equal to the yield when soils are fertilized with commercial vinasse. The first NUF was Aurin , recently approved for use in human agriculture in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Austria.

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Easy Tips to Ease off Plastic

Academy of Natural Sciences

July 1 also marks the start of Philadelphia’s ban on single-use plastic bags at retail establishments and a ban on paper bags that contain less than 40% recycled content. get recycled. 18 billion pounds of plastic waste ends up in the ocean each year. Less than 10% of all plastics in the U.S.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.21.25

PA Environment Daily

. - Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- PUC To Hold Hearings Starting April 7 On Proposed UGI Gas Rate Increase Of Up To 10.8% -- PUCs Be Utility Wise Conference Attracts About 150 Community Providers, Empowers Frontline Advocates -- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA, Climate Action Campaign Host March 24 Webinar On Impacts Of Climate (..)

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How to Have a Green and Sustainable Holiday Season

Academy of Natural Sciences

Be sure to skip the tinsel and fake garlands, which are made of non-recyclable materials, and focus on obtaining reusable or decomposable decorations that will become part of your holiday traditions. And if you truly need an artificial yet very convenient tree, consider reusing it as many times as possible to cut down on plastic waste!

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National Energy Technology Lab, University Of Pittsburgh Studies Say Oil & Gas Wastewater Can Be Major Source Of Lithium For Rechargeable Battery Production

PA Environment Daily

Justin Mackey, the lead investigator on the project, said “The drilling boom in Appalachia created large volumes of produced water that is considered a waste. advisor Daniel Bain, associate professor of geology and environmental sciences at the University of Pittsburgh's Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.