Recycling
Recycling of paper, plastic, glass, and such other materials which is easily possible, helps in keeping the environment a little bit cleaner.
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Renewable Green Energy Myth
THE RENEWABLE GREEN ENERGY MYTH: 50,000 Tons Of Non-Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades Dumped In The Landfill Posted by SRSROCCO IN ECONOMY, ENERGY, NEWS Funny, no one seemed to consider what to do with the massive amount of wind turbine blades once they reached the end of their lifespan. Thus, the irony of the present-day Green Energy Movement is
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GREEN CAR MYTH
THE GREEN ELECTRIC CAR MYTH: 772 Pounds Of Petro-Chemical Plastics In Each Vehicle (Source SRSrocco Report) How can an electric car be called “Green” when it contains more than 700 pounds of plastic?? Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are using more plastic to lower the weight of the car due to the massive battery used, weighing
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Dishwasher Water Consumption
WHY ASK? Dishwashers use water. And fresh, clean water is an extremely limited resource. This limited resource is heavily impacted with things like droughts, contamination, and wasteful use. So basically, anyone who has easy access to fresh water should take careful steps to limit their water use. Water Conservation People should do their best to conserve
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Eating Local
Did you know that the food that you eat travels an average of more than 1,500 miles to reach your plate? -shopping local matters- It’s good to buy local grown food for many different reasons. Reducing your food miles, fresher taste and better nutrition when eating in season. By eating what’s in season locally we
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Keep It Local
These days, its hard for local businesses to stay open. They face stiff competition from big-box chain stores, as well as from online retailers, which can usually offer lower prices and a larger selection. Despite the competition from large retailers, small businesses are thriving and still make up 99.7% of U.S. employer firms.[1] If you
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Ways to Pay-It-Forward
VOLUNTEER PLANET OF SUCCESS By paying it forward, you can make quite an important difference in this world. Not only will you brighten another person’s mood, but you will also set a chain reaction in motion. VOLUNTEER Give your time, or at least some of your cash to worthy causes. Help clean up areas where
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Recycled Glass
In a world of toxic threats, learn why glass is the responsible choice to help protect your health and the environment for generations that follow. Using recycled glass in glass production could save about 30 percent of the energy usually required when producing glass from raw materials. Energy is saved because crushed glass, called cullet,
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Recycling Paper
68.1% of paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling in 2018. The recovered paper market rebounded after China’s import restrictions on recovered products caused the rate to dip in 2017. U.S. paper recovery for recycling rate statistics are available here Click here As part of its Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 sustainability initiative, the
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Recycling Plastic
Plastic – – NOT environmentally friendly Only 1%, or about 100,000 tons of all post-consumer plastic, has been reaching recycling plants. Unlike recycling cans and glass, it cannot be recycled into the original product. Also, recycling plastics is more complicated because it is difficult and expensive to distinguish different types of plastic from one another,
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Recycling Aluminum
Recycling Aluminum Save Money Recycling 24 aluminum cans saves about seven kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. Aluminum cans recycled into new aluminum cans in 1987 saved 9.9 billion kWh, enough electricity for more than 1.1 million homes for one year. Recycling aluminum, excluding aluminum cans, creates mixed aluminum alloys, and there is not a strong demand
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Recycling
Recycling Saves Energy The more we recycle; the less energy is needed, costs are lower and we also alleviate the harmful impacts of the processing and extraction of virgin resources on the environment. Did you know by recycling we are helping to save landfill space and conserve natural resources; also did you know that by
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Ditch the mindset of Disposables – Start Re-using
think Reuseable Household Items ReUsing Saves Money Helping the Earth often comes down to small, daily decisions—like choosing reusable products rather than disposable goods. To make it even easier for you, we gathered the best innovations in eco-friendly home goods. The products are affordable (plus, you won’t have to keep spending money to replace them!)