Articles tagged “Recycling”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Turn Wine Corks Into a Trivet, Message Board By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 11 2008 Blogger and crafter Still Dottie came up with a couple of new approaches to reusing leftover wine corks, once all the vino has been drained: A hexagonal trivet and a refrigerator message board. + READ MORE

Make an Organic Fly Trap By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 10 2008 Yecch...some of the things I do not miss during the colder, drearier months include the houseflies, blowflies, and fruitflies that always manage to circumvent my window screens, and almost inevitably, wind up in my cats' maws.Fold 12 inches of thin wire in half, then twist the two lengths together, leaving a forked... + READ MORE

Find out Your Eco Shoe Size By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 9 2008 Where does your footprint fall on the sustainability scale? Are you better or worse than the households featured on Wa$ted? Are you recycling as much as you could? Do you use phosphate-free soap and detergent? When you shop, do you forgo paper or plastic in favor of your own recycled cotton tote? Your answers to these questions and others in this interactive quiz will help you find out the size of your eco-footprint. + READ MORE

Five Simple Steps That Make a Big Difference By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 9 2008 Annabelle and Holter do their best to show eco criminals the error of their ways. Of course, no car is the best car to drive into a more sustainable lifestyle, but while leaving the car at home might not be an option, driving a hybrid or a car that gets superior gas mileage is the way to go for both your pocket and the... + READ MORE

The Perfect Eco Footprint By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 8 2008 A 4.5 might seem like a small shoe size but it's actually the perfect size in acres for your Ecological Footprint, a branded term (like Kleenex and Xerox) for measuring the natural resources we consume compared to the Earth's capacity to regenerate them. + READ MORE

Profile of Two Eco Criminals By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Apr 7 2008 In one episode of Wa$ted!, we meet the Hutchinsons. Glynis has good intentions to make her household eco-friendly but doesn't know where to start. Howie, on the other hand, is not so concerned and would rather take convenience over conservation.... + READ MORE

Put Your Old Magazines to Good Use By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Apr 7 2008 Andy Warhol reads magazine, 1965; Photo credit: Bernard Gotfryd, Hulton Archive, Getty Images Some of us get far too many magazines; fortunately there are lots of things you can do besides just recycling them.Pam Gaulin at Associated Content suggests using them as a boot saver: Roll up an already read magazine and place + READ MORE

Build a Movable Cold Frame By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 4 2008 If the protracted cold is interfering with your plans of getting a head start in your garden, Green_Anarchist from Instructables has directions on how to build a movable cold frame/greenhouse you can position over your plots to encourage seeds to germinate: The greenhouse is planned to be used as a movable greenhouse to + READ MORE

Make Practically Free Cat Toys By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 4 2008 Is your cat yowling its tonsils out from pure boredom?If, in cereal-box jargon, you can insert slot A into slot B, grab a piece of kraft cardboard-used packing boxes work great-and follow brandiggity's instructions on how to cut and assemble a cardboard mouse, ball, and jumping jack to generate pure feline bliss. + READ MORE

Make a Pair of Sandals from a Tire By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 4 2008 A heckuva lot of tires are produced each year in the United States-as much as 299 million tires in 2005 alone, according the Rubber Manufacturer's Association.While 82 percent of scrap tires are are consumed by end-use markets such as tire-derived fuel, civil engineering, and ground-rubber applications, you can still... + READ MORE

Make Durable Plant Markers Out of Soda Cans By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 3 2008 Get another use out of that empty soda can before you pitch it into the recycling bin.By using some heavy gauge wire, some wire cutters, a hole punch, scissors, and a fine-tipped ballpoint pen, you can make cheap, corrosion-resistant plant-identification markers, so you keep track of what's growing where. + READ MORE

Choose a Health-Friendly Water Bottle By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Apr 1 2008 You may be ready to give your disposable-water-bottle habit the old heave-ho, but picking a reusable beverage container to sip from can be a tricky proposition, especially with so much talk swirling around bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor said to leach from polycarbonate plastics (typically marked with the... + READ MORE

Get a Fixit Solution at FixYa By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 28 2008 Before you declare your electronic doodad or geegaw a goner, consider getting some free technical advice on Fixya, a Web site packed with community-generated content on how to troubleshoot a host of gadgets, electronic equipment, and consumer products. Not only does Fixya connect you with 165 experts who can offer... + READ MORE

Turn a Used Plastic Bottle into a Birdfeeder By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 26 2008 Recycle an old soda bottle by turning it into a snack shack for our feathered friends. UncommonGoods' Two-Liter Feeder kit comes packed with a mountable cast zinc adapter, a feeder nozzle, and hanging wire.Simply screw on your plastic bottle, throw in some bird chow, and wait by the window for the fly-by action. + READ MORE

Build an Ecotopian Society By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Mar 24 2008 For futurists who are working on building tomorrow's ecotopia, i09.com has a to-do list gleaned from sci-fi author Ernest Callenbach. Here's something else ecotopian hopefuls should do this year, per Callenbach: Be sure that you vote for political candidates who support national and international cooperation to scale... + READ MORE

Find Used Goodies, Save Money at Salvage Yards By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Mar 20 2008 'Cause they don't make 'em like they used to: using architectural salvage and salvage yards are a great way to find well-loved, still-useful bits and pieces from your home. In addition to the big-time savings you can find, salvaged goods also offer benefits you can n't put a price tag on; pieces you'll find have a... + READ MORE

Clean Out Your Condiments, It's the First Day of Spring! By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 20 2008 I don't actually buy a lot of condiments, but my mother gives them to my husband in a Christmas basket every year. Using my green cleaning products, I'll have a sparkling clean refrigerator and then I can move onto the rest of my kitchen. + READ MORE

Recycle Your Electronics by Mail, for Free By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Mar 18 2008 It doesn't get better than this: You can now recycle your small electronics and printer cartridges through the U.S. Postal Service's Mail Back program, for free. The pilot program is currently available in 10 areas, including Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Diego, but could become a national program as... + READ MORE

Green Your Exercise Routine By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Mar 18 2008 While medical and exercise experts clash over whether exercise is the best remedy for a hangover, after all that green beer last night, why not stick to the theme and give your workout a bright shade of emerald, as well?Unplug at home: If outdoor exercise isn't an option, you can still create a home gym using equipment... + READ MORE

Turn a Cassette Case Into a Business-Card Holder By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 13 2008 What do you do after your love for your Belinda Carlisle's Greatest Hits mix tape has gone? You barely need directions: Simply remove the tape and wrap-around cover from your cassette case, prop the case open on your desk, and then fill what was formerly the cassette's "spine" with your business cards. + READ MORE