Articles tagged “Reuse”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

BYOB - Bring Your Own Bag By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 3 2008 Bringing your own bag to the supermarket is a great way to take back your closet space and be a friend to the environment. + READ MORE

You've Heard of Beer Goggles: Now Try Soda Goggles By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 1 2008 Rachelle may not live quite the Hollywood life she envisions, but she did get her wish of brand new Vetrazzo countertops in a color called 'Hollywood Sage.'If you are really crafty, you can even use bottles to try a twist on the wine glass chandelier.Got some other great re-uses for plastic and glass bottles? + READ MORE

Wa$ted Episode: Where There's Smoke... By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Episodes Jun 30 2008 Joe is engaged to Laurel, and they live in a house in rural New Jersey with her sister, Alexa. They love living in the country and their house would be a perfect model of green living, except that their road... + READ MORE

Preserving the Harvest: The Equipment You'll Need By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jun 25 2008 There are special pots you can buy that have racks that fit into the bottom where you place the jars of food you are preserving. The rack keeps the jars from touching one another and keeps them elevated so that the water moves all around the jars. I'm not going to go out and invest in canning equipment. I already have large pots with tight fitting lids for soup making, so I'm going to use those and see what racks I have that will fit into the bottom. + READ MORE

Ready, Set, Green, Week Two: Bag It By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 25 2008 I am so over plastic bags. Ever since the day the cashier used four bags to pack three items, I've been trying to avoid using them whenever possible. The only problem is, I can never remember to take my own bag along with me. So this week I've been working on carrying a medium sized canvas tote: big enough for a few groceries, a stop at the library, and a run to the drugstore, but not ridiculously oversized. + READ MORE

My Eco-Crush of the Week By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 20 2008 When he started the company, he had no money to package his worm poo, so he went around collecting soda bottles and realized that they're uniform and have basically the same size caps, so refilling these containers was totally doable! Now, companies come to him to help them figure out what to do with their waste. + READ MORE

Jeff Says: Go Cheap By Team Planet Green IN G Word Jun 16 2008 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle goes the mantra, but I will admit that I'm an extreme case. It's in my blood --- my great-aunt used to make Christmas decorations out of specimen cups from the urologist's office. And today, in that same... + READ MORE

Got Plastic Bags? By Leslie Billera IN Work & Connect Jun 13 2008 Todd Sutton found out what to do with all of that styrofoam packing material that cradles brand new electronic equipment on G Word recently. This got us thinking about a much more common green demon: the plastic bag. Tons of people are telling us not to use them. Marine life gobble them up by mistake, thinking they're food. + READ MORE

Throw a Green Kiddie Party! By Leslie Billera IN Work & Connect Jun 13 2008 Hank Green's recent G-Word video blog, taken from a secure vault that holds seeds from every crop for a 'just in case,' post-apocalyptic world, got me thinking about another precious, less doomsday-centric resource: children. A mother of a six and four year-old, my sister does thing the green way just because it makes good, old-fashioned sense. She follows after my mom, an accidental environmentalist who cut paper napkins in half simply because she couldn't stand waste. + READ MORE

Turning Spoil Into Soil With Worms By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 11 2008 What to do with the leftovers that even your dog won't eat? Well, here is a way to outsource your digestion... WORMS ! Yes, these living intestines are ready and waiting for your scraps. + READ MORE

Free Furniture From The Landfill! By Leslie Billera IN Home & Garden Jun 9 2008 Not only is it fun to find something free to use in your home (and in the case of Evette and Tiffany, competitive!), it's one of the most eco-sensitive things you can do. Salvaged furniture requires zero new resources, except for paint and varnish if you decide to refurbish, all of which you can find in eco-friendly forms. + READ MORE

Green is Beautiful By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 9 2008 Ed is so green he even monitors Rachelle's water usage with a gauge as she glams up for the Academy Awards. What if you don?t have such a hardcore helper, or mindset, but still want to green your beauty routine? You can help reduce your ecological footprint by making smart beauty choices and even save some green in the process. + READ MORE

An All Green Abode By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 7 2008 Talented green architects teamed with green builders to construct the LEED home both to educate the public and to use the proceeds from its sale to build other homes like it. If you're thinking of building your own home, here are some examples of ways to create an eco-friendly home. + READ MORE

Find A Green Hospital By Dr. John Whyte IN Food & Health Jun 4 2008 You've probably noticed that many hospitals, especially newer ones, are moving away from the sterile, white walled, functional environments to warmer, inviting spaces that incorporate more color, natural light, comfortable furniture and elements of nature.Reusing Materials: Hospitals should make a concerted effort to... + READ MORE

Root For Your Team While Going Green! By Team Planet Green IN Indy Racing League May 23 2008 By Mickey Z. The Indianapolis 500 is going green this year, and there's no reason its spectators can't lead by example. If you're planning to attend the Indy 500 or are going to any live event this year, why not... + READ MORE

Recycle Your Corks with ReCork America By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden May 23 2008 Almost 60 percent of the world's cork is used in wine production. And because corks are pretty small, they're easy to lose track of once you pop the top on your favorite organic bubbly or wine; that doesn't mean that you can't recycle them, though. + READ MORE

Today on TreeHugger By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden May 14 2008 Paul McCartney's Lexus Hybrid, reusable coffee cups, and much more today on TreeHugger. + READ MORE

Find 10 New Uses for Old Newspaper By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 30 2008 Read it all? Before you fold away yesterday's news into the recycling bin, consider giving your newspaper a second life by reusing it one or more of these ingenious ways. You might even save some money while you're at it. + READ MORE

Make a Gadget Cozy From Old Jeans By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 29 2008 Don't let that old pair of jeans go to waste, even if it's no longer fit for human consumption. Learn how you can dress up your cell phone or MP3 player with some used denim. + READ MORE

Recycle Your Electronics Easily at Big Retailers By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Apr 29 2008 In 2005, used or unwanted electronics amounted to approximately 1.9 to 2.2 million tons.Staples No matter the brand or where the equipment was purchased, Staples' recycling program covers everything from desktops, laptops and printers to peripherals like keyboards, mice and speakers; each piece of large equipment (e.g.... + READ MORE