Do you recycle? Recycling allows us to reuse materials, which in turn conserves natural resources. It also saves water and energy, improves air and water quality, lowers pollution and greenhouse gas emissions and preserves landfill space. The national recycling rate has increased every year for the past 30 years. The current recycling rate is about 34.7%. We…
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20 Quick Ways to Reduce What’s in Your Trash
Every year people get rid of billions of tons of trash. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American produces about 4.4 pounds (2 kg) of garbage a day, or a total of 29 pounds (13 kg) per week and 1,600 pounds (726 kg) a year. All of this garbage has to go somewhere…
Plastics 101- Get to Know Your Plastic
In today’s world life without plastic is hard to imagine. Plastic is everywhere-packaging, toys, bottles and personal care products. There has been buzz for many years about the safety of plastic. In a nutshell, plastic is generally toxic to produce, toxic to use, and toxic to dispose of (more to come on this in another…
Glow Sticks Not So Green for Halloween
Halloween, concerts, college parties, goodie bags- glow sticks, glow sticks everywhere. Glow sticks are pretty cool -no two ways about it. Every time my kids score a glow necklace or bracelet there is an abnormal amount of excitement: “Mom, can we bend them? Mom, is it dark enough yet?” Halloween is our favorite time of…
Twist onto a New Yoga Mat
Yoga’s big-and it’s getting bigger. Some estimates show that there are more than 20 million people in North America who are practicing some type of yoga. Whether you are an experienced practitioner or trying your first class, there is a class out there for you. What’s not to love about yoga-an hour or so of…
One Click Away From Removing Unwanted Junk Mail from Your Mailbox
Do you come home everyday to find stacks of junk mail and unwanted catalogs in your mailbox? In our house the junk mail ends up in the recycle bin before coming through the door. What a waste of marketing dollars! Catalog Choice is a free service which allows you to control the catalogs you receive…
9 Simple Steps to Recycling
This post was written a week or so ago, when it was still hot and sunny in the early morning and I could pull myself out of bed for a workout. Now that fall has hit it’s not so easy and the early morning workouts are few and far between. My alarm went off at…
