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Where to Buy Eco-Friendly Products for Babies and Children

You want the best for your child, so get your little one off to the right start.  As children, we produce a large amount of waste.  We refuse to eat foods which then go to waste, we make messes that require lots of cleaning products, and of course, we outgrow our clothes faster than [ Read More → ]

Easy Ways to be Green

You can do something as simple as turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth or shaving, to save more than 200 gallons of water per month.    Most of us have the terrible habit of starting the water while we put the paste on our brush, then running the water the entire time we brush.      Turn off the water!!!  This is just [ Read More → ]

Ten Tips to Building Rich Compost

The Compost CycleFood is quite the necessity, and gardening, a pleasure. Beautifying your yard with vegetables that will soon be on your plate can be a very satisfying process. We want our food to be delicious and quality is key.  Healthy gardens need rich soil. An inch of soil can take more than 15 years to form. The time frame [ Read More → ]

Even Pumpkins Can Be Green

After you’ve finished celebrating Halloween, don’t throw your carved pumpkins in the trash or haul them to the landfill, compost those scary fellows (unless, of course, you are going to be turning them into great tasting pies or muffins). Pumpkins will break down quickly to provide great compost for your yard, supplying valuable nutrients for your lawn or garden.   To get [ Read More → ]

Starbucks Tests How Coffee Cups Fare in NYC’s Recycling Stream

Starbucks Tests How Coffee Cups Fare in NYC OAKLAND, CA — Starbucks is using New York City as a testing ground for recycling its ubiquitous coffee cups. If successful, it could mean the 3 billion cups it uses each year could go to recycling bins instead of landfills. During a nine-week test, which started in mid-September and runs through November, 86 Starbucks locations in New York City will [ Read More → ]

Green Apartment Living: How to Recycle in Your Apartment

Recycling is important, but first and foremost: Use less whenever possible. Don’t think you can’t make a difference by recycling… recycling just one aluminum can saves the amount of energy required to run a TV for three hours! Before committing to recycling, here are a few, fun facts that TGM Associates would like to share that will help you understand [ Read More → ]