Mattress Recycling 101
Most recycling agencies don’t take mattresses, but a little research will often yield some business or non-profit happy to recycle that old mattress for you.
EarthTalk Q&A
With plug-in hybrid and electric cars due to hit the roads sometime soon
Gasoline-electric hybrids, like the Toyota Prius, are all the rage due to their fuel efficiency, and consumers have been clamoring for carmakers to up the ante and give these vehicles a plug. This way the batteries can be charged at home and not just by the gas engine and other on-board features, thus greatly reducing
Do zoos have serious programs to save endangered species
According to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Species Survival Plan (SSP) programs have helped bring several endangered species back from the brink, including black-footed ferrets, California condors and red wolves, like the one pictured here.
Is it true that military sonar exercises actually kill marine wildlife?
A sonar device being lowered into the ocean by an anti-submarine squadron helicopter. Such devices generate slow-rolling sound waves topping out at around 235 decibels; the world
s loudest rock bands top out at only 130.
How is the fur industry doing these days?
Some 85 percent of fur now comes from animals raised on farms, though opponents say that animals live in terrible conditions and are killed inhumanely. Mink and foxes are the two most-farmed wild animals used for furs. Others include chinchilla, lynx, muskrats and coyotes.
What is “nanotechnology?”
Nanotechnology makes use of minuscule objects—whose width can be 10,000 times narrower than a human hair—known as nanoparticles. Upwards of 600 products on store shelves today contain them, including transparent sunscreen, lipsticks, anti-aging creams and even food products.
Is Climate Change Already Causing Loss Of Human Life?
Has anyone been tracking whether climate change is causing more loss of human life as it gets more pronounced?
Peatlands Loss Exacerbates Global Warming
Is it true that the loss of the world’s peatlands is a major factor in the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. If so, what can be done about it?
What is aerial wolf gunning and why does Alaska governor Sarah Palin endorse the practice?
Influential groups like the Alaska Outdoor Council say that wolf populations need culling because subsistence hunters rely on moose and caribou to feed their families.
I run a sorting machine at the post office, and am worried about all the paper
Letter carriers may have bad weather and biting dogs to deal with, but back at the mail sorting facilities, postal workers often face one of the byproducts of the increased mechanization of sorting facilities: paper dust, which can trigger asthma,