Latest from Emerald City, my enviro-blog at LAtimes.com

>> Plastic bottle raft sails out of Long Beach for Hawaii Junk — a raft made of 15,000 plastic bottles, a repurposed old Cessna 310 airplane, and other odds and ends — set sail from Long Beach today to make its 6-week trip to Hawaii.

>> Junk raft departure on video. If you weren’t there to see it off from the Long Beach Aquarium, watch this informative 4-minute video recap of the well-attended event.

>> Paper vs. paperless: Which makes reading greener?. Are e-books like the Kindle (left) and Sony Reader (right) more eco-friendly than paper books? The short answer is that we don’t know — yet. We have a pretty good idea of the carbon footprint of paper books, thanks to a newish study. Unfortunately, the study doesn’t cover e-books.

>> Best Buy adds an e-waste recycling program. Good news: Best Buy’s going to let you drop off your e-waste at its stores, free of charge! (via grist) Bad news: This e-waste recycling effort’s only a test program in 117 U.S. stores — none of which are in SoCal.

And a few linky posts:

>> A.M. Greenlist: Black and blue gold

>> A.M. Greenlist: Reducing illegal dumping, greenhouse gases

>> A.M. Greenlist: Less gas, less water

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