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Hey Kids, It’s Time to Recycle That Skull-Shaped Vodka Bottle!

Screenshot from gpi.org/ehunt . This online scavenger hunt looks like it’s for kids. There’s the Glass Packaging Institute cartoon guy, smiling and urging us to recycle glass. This all sounds fine, except when you take a look around the launching page , which includes an ad for Crystal Head Vodka . The Institute is holding an online scavenger hunt, to educate people a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hey Kids, It’s Time to Recycle That Skull-Shaped Vodka Bottle!

Will Afghanistan Become the "Saudi Arabia of Lithium"?

Image: Flickr , CC The Bolivia of South-Central Asia? Who would have thought that “Afghanistan” would someday be associated with “electric cars”? Well, maybe some people did. As John points out in his post today , it’s been known for a while that Afghanistan contains vast mineral resources, including immense quantities of the main component of most portable electronics and electric car batteries: lithium. But what does this mean for electric cars, the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Will Afghanistan Become the "Saudi Arabia of Lithium"?