By admin on August 23rd, 2010
As you know, we use various kinds of materials for the manufacturing millions of products. These materials include pure metals, alloys, plastic, rubber, etc, which themselves have different properties due to the composition of the chemicals added to achieve certain material properties like color, strength, etc.
The highest degree of difficulty is encountered in sorting the materials while recycling. Like stated
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By admin on August 23rd, 2010
To some people living green is a catchphrase. It’s trendy and everyone wants to be green or at least be perceived as being green. Recently the biggest place to be reminded of green living is in the checkout aisle of the supermarket. It seems everyone has reusable cloth bags. Some have the store name; others promote cancer
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By admin on August 22nd, 2010
Every little thing makes a difference when it comes to you and the environment. Going green will not only benefit the environment, but you’ll find that it will benefit your life as well.
One way to start your green living is by creating an eco-friendly bathroom. Here’s a list of some fantastic green bathroom products that you’ll fall in love with.
Gaiam’s
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By admin on August 22nd, 2010
“The different catagories of plastic, how many are there?” 7 in respect of recycling.
The following is relevant to the UK and US so may not apply elsewhere…
All told there are about 50 different categories of plastics and all of them can be recycled. You need to look on the item for the recycling logo (three arrows making a triangle) and
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By admin on August 22nd, 2010
Are you one of those people who hang their head in shame when it comes to recycling? You know you should do it, but you have never really taken the time to get started. Well you will be happy to know that it doesn’t take a lot of planning and preparation to start recycling. You can start small and still
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By admin on August 22nd, 2010
Britain’s biggest supermarket chains will come under fire this week for handing out tens of millions more carrier bags than last year, derailing attempts to reduce the environmental impact from billions of disposable bags.
New figures will show that the industry missed its target of halving the number of plastic bags used in 2006 for the second consecutive year. The setback
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By admin on August 21st, 2010
CINCINNATI, OH — When it comes to environmental responsibility and purchasing of green cleaning products, businesses aren’t so very different from consumers: There’s often a disconnect between intentions and actions — and there’s confusion about what it means to be green.
Those are some of the findings of the “Business Cleaning Sustainability Study,” a survey conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on
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By admin on August 21st, 2010
With regards to cutting out plastics (well done by the way!), here’s some suggestions. It is hard seeing as most packaging is plastic, but here goes…
- buy drinks in cartons or glass instead of plastic bottles.
- refuse to eat out, eliminating a lot of plastic packaging (e.g. sandwiches, cups etc)
- be prepared whilst shopping. Refuse plastic bags and bring any
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By admin on August 21st, 2010
In today’s world, most of us are working hard to make the world a greener place. But while we struggle to reduce, reuse, and recycle at every opportunity, Fido is getting a free pass, the bunny is hopping around anywhere he wants, and the cat is mocking us. Well, I say, no more!
Instead, I say we put our pets to
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By admin on August 21st, 2010
During the week you do all the right things to encourage a green lifestyle. You diligently separate your garbage, recycle what you can, add to a backyard composter, use energy saving lightbulbs and use a programmable thermostat. Then, the weekend comes and off you go to your lakeside cabin and all of this green thinking goes out the window. Out
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