As much as we try to reduce, it seems like our recycle and trash bins still manage to slowly fill up. Rather than feel guilty, you can put your crafty skills to work and upcycle those materials into something useful! This week we’ve got projects for corrugated cardboard, empty tofu boxes, and worn out socks [...]
Over the years I’ve been consolidating my stuff. As appliances and computer peripherals have died I haven’t replaced them unless they were an absolute necessity. My mircrowave died and now I just cook things that don’t require a microwave (which is healthier anyway). Another piece of machineryI haven’t had for years is a scanner/fax. With [...]
So we’ve made the switch to recycled toilet paper in the name of saving virgin forests, but it turns out that the bathroom isn’t the only room in the house with the potential for producing lots of waste. Between paper towels and napkins and those sandwich baggies, your poor trash bin can fill up [...]
Disposable coffee cups are responsible for the deaths of over 6.5 million trees each year! In 2006 it is estimated that 16 billion of these beasts found their way into the trash creating over 250 million pounds of solid waste. No need to fear, these little short lived monsters can easily be stopped by the use of a simple household item... a REUSABLE coffee mug.
The San Fransicso "Save the Bay" group has waged war on plastic bags in a campaign called "The Bay vs. The Bag," while some feel it's a fight not worth fighting... We do need to be careful not to placate our environmentalism with narrow easy wins, but we can't be elitists that scoff at legitimate causes because they are "too small."
Fellow New Englandas Ashley and Kimberly Ulmer are adding a fresh twist on the reusable bag initiative. By combining community created enviro-conscious art on the bags, they are not only providing an eco-friendly alternative to disposable bags but they are making it fun and helping spread the message. Unlike many of the reusable bags available today, [...]
We featured the Eco-cook a couple weeks ago and I was surprised how angry some people got claiming that this was not in fact eco-friendly. The arguments came in by comment and by email. The chief complain was that this is just more stuff to buy and to send to the landfill and that [...]
The UK has been taking some aggressive steps to reduce their solid waste production. One market where they have come up with some innovative solutions is Milk. Rather than the traditional carton or jug, there are several more sustainable milk containers on the shelves of UK stores…
Ah yes, the kind of mail that makes me cringe more than junk mail… bills. While we still have to pay em there is a way to keep them out of your mail box and save a tree or two, which is nice. Go electric… receive and pay your bills online. The Pay It [...]
Upgrade: $11 The “RETURN TO WASTER” Stamps are available from this Etsy Seller. It takes 100 Million (100,000,000) trees to create the junk mail that is sent out in one year. It takes 28 billion gallons of water to make this junk mail and the average person wastes 70 hours a year dealing with junk mail…. so [...]
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