Archive for June 2010
A second life for trash
They call it “single-stream” recycling, but it looks and sounds more like a raging river of refuse, with its own rapids and falls.
Every month, Greater Des Moines sends 2,700 tons of thrown-away paper, cans …
Read MoreCampus Cleaners to green up with relocation
A dry cleaner with long-standing ties to Drake University will relocate this fall as the school plans to convert the site of its current location into green space.
Dixie Byers, the owner of Campus Cleaners, …
Read MoreRecycle Me Iowa moves the curb to the doorstep
Ciji Mitrisin never wanted to own a business, but she has always wanted to make a difference and was sick of waiting for someone else to do it.
A self-described “eco-nut,” Mitrisin has turned her …
Read MoreMetro Waste landfill is a laboratory
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Read MoreEvent connects YPs with seasoned executives
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Read MoreA knack for speed
Racing dreams are coming true for Brett Moffitt.
At age 17, those dreams seem to have no bounds.
He is driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, one of the hallmark names on the NASCAR circuit. On …
Read MoreSurvey explores biking habits of residents
The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) recently released the results of a survey aimed at exploring the bicycling habits of Greater Des Moines residents. The MPO acts as the formal transportation body for …
A transformational company
When you’re an Iowa-based environmental products company that has transformed millions of scrap tires into safe tile surfaces for playgrounds that have been proved to significantly reduce children’s injuries while cleaning up the environment, what …
Volatile times expose mutual funds’ weakness
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Read MoreAlgebra in real life
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