The new 2010 Honda Insight is finally out now and the Prius should have some pretty good competition since the Insight costs less than the Prius. The MPG on the Insight however is only 40city/43hwy but starts at $19,800. The new 3rd generation Prius, however gets 51city/48hwy but starts at around $22,000.

Honda has a really cool television ad that uses hundreds of headlights to create a LED display.

 
Honda Insight – Let It Shine from Honda on Vimeo.

Honda Insight – The Making of “Let it Shine” from Honda on Vimeo.

via LaughingSquid

Official Earth Day Symbol

Earth Day 2009 is coming up on April 22nd. Earth Day is a day that is meant to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth. It was founded by US Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 and is celebrated all over the world.

There are many events that celebrate this day and you can find some of those at the Earth Day website. Is your work, company, school or campus having anything to promote Earth Day? If not, then maybe you can help promote Earth Day by doing something at your office to spread the awareness. There are also tips on the Earth Day website to help you get started on an event as well.

Earth Day website

I am sure many people wonder what we can really recycle and put in the recycling bin and what can’t be recycled. Usually items that can be recycled have the recycle triangle on the item somewhere and if it doesn’t have it, then most likely it can’t be recycled. Different cities also have different recycling programs but for the most part, the items that cannot be recycled are usually pretty similar. For example, in South San Francisco where I live, we have just one recycling bin that we put everything which makes it really convenient for us. The items will get sorted at the collection center but it doesnt hurt to help them out some more.

Here are 3 links that have some pretty useful information from the cities of San Francisco, South San Francisco, and Palo Alto.

San Francisco

South San Francisco

Palo Alto

Here is the most detailed list out of the three cities above of items that are not recyclable.　

NOT ACCEPTED

• Paper, plastic or foil with food residue
• Waxy/coated cardboard
• Aseptic containers (e.g., milk/juice cartons, drink boxes and pouches)
• Film plastic (e.g., plastic bags, shrink wrap, bubble wrap)
• Plate glass (e.g., window panes, mirrors)
• Ceramics, porcelain
• Light bulbs
• Glassware (e.g., Pyrex®)
• Hardback books
• Blueprints
• Photographs
• Thermal fax paper
• Frozen food boxes/cartons
• (e.g., ice cream)
• Carbon paper
• Metallic paper
• Paper napkins/towels
• Tyvek envelopes (e.g., overnight mailing packages)
• Polystyrene (a.k.a. Styrofoam® blocks/”peanuts”, food containers/cups)
• Plastic pipe/tubing