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Earth Day Dallas 2013 Kicks Off

Earth Day Dallas is a two-day festival going on at Fair Park this weekend. This year’s free-admission event highlights the green lifestyle choices of North Texas residents and businesses.

CBSDFW.COM–2013/04/20

Best Ways To Celebrate Earth Day 2013 In DFW

Ready to do your share in saving mother earth? Take part in these DFW Earth Day Celebrations and start off spring by going green.

2013/04/08

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Free State Fair Ticket If You “Cease The Grease”

The City of Dallas is offering residents a free ticket to the State Fair of Texas, as long as you you don’t mind a little grease.

2012/09/10

Bails of cardboard and aluminum cans are seen next to each other at a waste recycling facility. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Look Inside A Recycling Center In McKinney

Do you recycle at home or at work? Have you ever wondered where all of that stuff goes when it leaves the recycling bin? Take a look inside a McKinney recycling center.

2012/08/15

A golfer at Arlington's Tierra Verde Golf Course. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Golf Course Turning Cooking Oil Into Biodiesel

When Arlington’s Tierra Verde Golf Course was faced with soaring gas prices, for maintenance equipment, the course keepers were driven to find an eco-friendly solution. Surprisingly, they found it their clubhouse kitchen.

CBS 11–2012/07/05

Solar-Powered Trash & Recycling Bins Installed

Imagine trash and recycling bins that use power from the sun to compact and will give staff a ‘call’ to let them know when they’re full. Well, if you’re in the City of Denton you don’t have to imagine.

2012/05/17

Hundreds of recycled plastic water bottles are piled up. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mesquite School Named Best Recycling School In Texas

Sam Rutherford Elementary School is one of the top recycling schools in the country.

2012/02/26

Lead Emissions Fight In Frisco Resumes Tuesday

Frisco city staffers are recommending the planning and zoning commission deny two plans for Exide’s battery recycling plant.

2012/02/13

Discarded cell phones fill a basket. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Half A Billion Old U.S. Cell Phones Could Be Recycled

I bet somewhere in your house is an old, unused cell phone. It is estimated that half a billion retired cell phones are just sitting around in the U.S. alone. They’re phones that could be recycled.

2012/01/19

Broken bottles sit in a cage after being recycled. (credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Texas Company Has Many Uses For Recycled Glass

Recycled glass is a nightmare — it’s heavy, breakable and not very valuable. But a company in Texas has found a way to make good use of recycled glass.

2012/01/13

Fort Worth Recycling City Recycling Program

Fort Worth has expanded its recycling program to Fort Woof — and not just the dog park but all of Gateway Park surrounding it.

2011/11/16

Dallas Council May Update City’s Long-Term Water Plan

Water availability is on the minds of the City Council: During Wednesday’s briefing, they’ll begin looking at updating the city’s long-range water plans with new reservoirs and conservation efforts.

2011/10/31

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