Idaho

  • Ritz Camera Offers Free Battery Recycling

    August 4th, 2008


    Ritz Camera has added rechargeable battery collection boxes to more than 140 western U.S. stores as part of a new partnership with Call2Recycle to encourage customers to recycle batteries.

    Participating stores are located in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon, and customers can recycle obsolete rechargeable batteries in these stores at no charge.

    Call2Recycle is a campaign by the Rechargeable continue …


  • Not Only You Can Prevent Park Waste

    July 28th, 2008


    Visitation to U.S. National Parks topped 275 million in 2007. With that much foot traffic, can you imagine the resulting carbon footprint?

    Well, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), with support from the National Park Service (NPS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has created a new program to help reduce this impact called the Do Your Part campaign, and continue …


  • Barred From Burning, Officials Look to Recycle Wood Scrap

    January 22nd, 2008


    Northern Idaho is looking to adjust to the ban on burning scrap wood with alternative options including grinding the trees into mulch.


  • University of Idaho Students Recycle Household Items

    December 19th, 2007


    The University of Idaho has set up a program called the Sustainable Campus Move-Out Team, which promotes reuse and recycling of household products when students leave campus.


  • Burn, Baby, Burn

    August 23rd, 2007


    Forest fires in the Western United States are up this year and allowed to burn longer, which leaves scientists to debate about the environmental impacts of these fires.