A Spanish entry in the Energy Bits Video Challenge on the subject of recycling has won one of three awards, for the category Audience Award. A cleverly-made short film about our throwaway society made by pupils at a school in Spain.
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"It starts with one can." That is the call to arms, so to speak for Canstruction, the self-described "most unique food charity in the world" where architects join engineers, designers and students to build structures out of nothing more than cans of food.
Described as the “can do” couple, who plan to raise money to pay for their wedding by recycling cans, a Washington duo got an unexpected uncanny gift of 150,000 cans from a large manufacturer.
Rather than turning in recycle cans as they go, a couple is collecting them in plastic bags and holding them in their living room before recycling them to help defray their wedding costs.
More than half a million dollars in cash has been seized in what is being termed "Operation Can Scam." 13 of 15 suspects are being held as part of a smuggling ring that cashed in on Michigan's higher deposit rates.