Video: A-whirl with creativity

Remember spin art, that standard attraction at school fairs and carnivals? You dropped paint onto spinning cardboard and the result was always a surprise.

Tropicana Field is a first for recycling program

By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Monday, July 26, 2010 Tampa Bay Rays catcher John Jaso records a scoreboard video for the promotion of Pepsi and Waste Managements Dream Machines at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on Monday. The Rays Sean Rodriguez also filmed a video. Consumers who today snare reward points for just about anything can now rack up points for recycling. Five Pepsi Dream ...

From Cradle to Grave

A visit to the Domo-technica Appliance Trade Fair in Cologne, Germany, in 1993 and New Zealand's iconic white wear manufacturer, Fisher & Paykel, was looking hard at its ecological footprint.

Bradenton recycling center to get $7 million expansion

When glass bottles are thrown into a recycling bin in Manatee County, they have quite a journey ahead of them.Often they end up passing through the Bradenton-based Strategic Materials recycling center but not quickly enough for Tom Burns, Southeast regional manager for the company.

Ton of tossed computers irk Hooksett official

A recently elected member of the town budget committee is questioning why the school department dumped more than three tons worth of old computer equipment at the town's transfer station on Tuesday.