As promised, Mayor White and and City Council announced the four winners of the Go Green Houston Recycling Program to promote Houston’s vision of “Making Houston a Model Environmental City.” The program was announced last June in order to promote the mayor's environmental plan and vision to increase recycling initiatives in the areas of participation and tonnage for the neighborhoods that received curbside recycling services. Without further ado, the winners are... Most improved paper recycling......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Feel Good Recycling Techs & Trainers is a non-profit organization that recycles old computer equipment, rebuilds systems and then offers them for a nominal fee to those with special needs. You can help by donating your unwanted computers and accessories or volunteering your own specialized assistance. HTC Blood Drive The Houston Technology Center is having a blood drive on April 13 from 7-11am. Get out from......

The latest development in the murder of Texas A&M student Tynesha Stewart: Yesterday, Harris County sheriff's officials announced that they will not search area landfills for her body, saying that finding the body would be "virtually impossible." Meanwhile, sheriff's investigators did finally get a confession from Stewart's ex boyfriend, Timothy Wayne Shepherd, who on Wednesday had led police to a Dumpster where he told activist Quanell X he disposed of Stewart's body after killing her.......

Does this cell phone make my backside look big? Rather than tossing it into the garbage, recycle it! Houstonist recently received some environmentally friendly news: That old (circa 1984) brick phone and rechargeable batteries can be conveniently recycled, as can cordless power tool batteries (yeah, we know, that phone cost you nearly $4,000 — but hey, the Commodore 64 used to be all that, too). We like doing our part to save the planet,......