Did you know that it is possible to recycle steam? According to this article in Atlantic Monthly:
A 2005 report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that
U.S. industry could profitably recycle enough waste energy—including
steam, furnace gases, heat, and pressure—to reduce the country’s
fossil-fuel use (and greenhouse-gas emissions) by nearly a fifth. A
2007 study by the McKinsey Global Institute sounded largely the same
note; it concluded that domestic industry could use 19 percent less
energy than it does today—and make more money as a result.
There are a lot of other things out there that can be recycled, and some of them I never expected. There's a place to send scratched DVDs, toothbruhes and even eyeglasses.
And really there's nothing better than a recylced bicycle. I need to get one of them myself very soon as spring is here and it's time to roll around!
