Greener lifestyle every day of the year.
Paper versus plastic? Choosing the most environmentally-friendly bag is the eternal dilemma at the end of every shopping trip. Do you know the answer? What is the best bag, paper or plastic? Both paper bags and plastic bags effect the environment. Paper requires trees and lots of energy to recycle. Plastic, while technically recyclable, is [...]
Are you ready for some natural Easter decorating? Bring the spring green of fresh growing grasses and plants into your home with living Easter baskets. Children will enjoy this project, too. It’s easy to do, but plan ahead; the plants will take time to grow to an attractive size. Allow three to four weeks for [...]
A plastic bag can sit in a landfill, or even the ocean bottom, for centuries, perhaps breaking into smaller and smaller pieces, but never disappearing entirely. There is no debate: plastic shopping bags are bad for the environment. The question is what can we do about it?
And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good to eat in the refrigerator and throw away [...]
Ask yourself, are your grocery shopping habits wasting money and harming the environment? With the high cost of everything these days, people are learning to be more frugal. In being frugal, you are also very often helping the environment. This is never more evident than when you do your grocery shopping. Take these simple steps [...]
Where do I recycle light bulbs?
Unlike incandescent bulbs, compact fluorescent light bulbs should be disposed of professionally, in order to prevent the leakage of harmful mercury. While initially users of compact fluorescent light bulbs had to return the dead bulbs through local hazardous waste programs, the increased adoption of CFLs has led to an explosion of available collection locations.
Use LED Outdoor Christmas Lights to Save Money this Holiday Season
Turn Over a New Leaf, Pick up the Yard Nature’s Way
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