Keeping recycling in the family By Charmaine Ortega Getz After he retired from masonry construction in 1989, Robert Barlow decided he’d use his free time for a little business, buying and selling cans and other discarded aluminum. The modest Boulder business soon expanded to cover other kinds of metals, but it has the same name [...]
What to do with those odds and ends By Charmaine Ortega Getz Whether you have a recyclables pick-up service or you use a collection center, there are probably still times when you wonder, “Where do I recycle this?” Like that box of old paint cans, or out-of-date textbooks that not even thrift Charmaine Ortega Getz [...]
Boulder-based Eco-Products expands leadership team New vice president of marketing and chief financial officer strengthen brand focus and financial leadership BOULDER, Colo. (July 7, 2010) – Eco-Products, the nation’s leading brand of food service ware made from renewable resources and recycled content, recently announced two new key additions to its team, Andy Burgess, vice president [...]
Two companies offer proposals to the city by Katelyn Feldhaus A city that has more than 300 miles of bikeways is a cyclist’s dream. Now the bike-friendly city of Boulder has decided to create a bike-share program that gets people out of their cars and on the seat of a bike. According to Marni Ratzel, [...]
By Charmaine Ortega Getz Think you’ve seen everything Boulder County farms offer at your favorite grocery store or farmers’ market? As you read this, boxes of fresh, local farm products are being picked up or delivered to people who have memberships in a community supported agriculture program. Generally, in exchange for an advance fee, a [...]
Co-existing with wildlife, part II By Charmaine Ortega Getz Nylon bags of human hair or soap bars hung in trees, scarecrows, motion detectors that turn on lights or create movement, cayenne pepper sprinkled in flower beds, moth balls tossed under plants. Any of these things may work to deter our hungry critter neighbors from munching [...]
<span style=”font-size: 16px;”><strong> Co-existing with wildlife </strong></span><strong></strong> By Charmaine Ortega Getz Not in the house, please Is the local wildlife getting a little too cozy — skunks under your deck, squirrels in your attic, raccoons in your chimney?Bears and mountain lions are a subject for another day; we’re talkin’ about the more common critters. The [...]
Keeping up with beekeeping By Charmaine Ortega Getz So, you’ve heard about the critical shortage of honeybees in the United States, and you’re thinking about keeping a couple of backyard hives. If so, you’d have plenty of company. But will that company be beekeepers — or people who used to keep bees? Tom Theobald, president [...]
Recycling the dregs of humanity By Charmaine Ortega Getz Beer, wine, coffee and tea have different names for the sometimes gunky dregs of our most popular beverages. And they’re all as recyclable as the paper/ plastic/glass, etc., items we’re used to. Spent grains are what’s left between the brewing and fermentation stages of beer, usually [...]
Claims about sunscreen’s effectiveness come under scrutiny By Julie Deardorff Chicago Tribune (MCT) Many people want reliable sunscreen information to help sort fact from fiction. But although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration drafted guidelines three decades ago governing the safety, efficacy and labeling of sunscreen, official rules have yet to be implemented. Critics of [...]
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