Coming Soon to the High Line, More Room to Roam
June 1, 2011 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter
Turning an old, disused railway line, and an elevated one at that, into a park? Now that’s an idea for the people in charge of turning the old Tanjong Pagar Railway Station and KTM’s old eyesore railway line into something green and useful, even if it means making a “place where people revel in doing nothing”.
As an e-mail from the mayor’s office put it: “The High Line, an eyesore to critics a decade ago, has become one of the most innovative and successful parks anywhere in the world. The highly anticipated second section is distinct from the first but no less remarkable.”
via NYTimes.com.
New York to implement clothing recycling program
July 8, 2010 by green team
Filed under Fashion & Beauty, Green Reporter
In Singapore where we are so stuck on whats new and trendy (not such a great trend in itself) there would be a great use for an idea like this! Someone please stand up and do this, you can count me in!
Starting in September, New York City will launch one of the largest textile recycling initiatives in the nation. The aim is to make it easy to donate clothing, almost as easy as throwing it away.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Americans pitch almost 10 pounds of socks, jeans, shirts and sheets per year, per person. In New York, where 190,000 tons of textiles entered the city’s landfills in 2008 alone, the plan would place 50 collection bins in high-traffic areas.
via Yahoo! News.
