Articles tagged “Waste Disposal”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Choose Textiles and Upholstery with Eco-Friendly Dyes By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden May 2 2008 You might not know it to look at them, but the fabrics and textiles upholstering your furniture can hide some pretty nasty secrets. Find out how to pick eco-friendly, low-impact dyes. + READ MORE

Recycle Your Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs with Ease By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden May 2 2008 Compact fluorescent light bulbs are a great option for going greener at your home, but properly disposing of them can be tricky. Here's how to find a recycler near you. + READ MORE

Peak Everything: Learn about Peak Rice By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Apr 29 2008 This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.When the governments of India and Vietnam saw the prices of grain skyrocket, they put in export restrictions to protect the local rice supply,... + READ MORE

Quick Green Tips From 0 to 60 Dollars By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 28 2008 While the homeowners on Renovation Nation spend thousands of dollars greening their houses from top to bottom, there are plenty of eco-friendly changes you can make in your own home without making a huge dent in your household budget. + READ MORE

Place Online Orders with Friends By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 21 2008 Here's a simple tip from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on how to save money and reduce packaging waste when you place an order through the mail: Make a bulk purchase with friends. + READ MORE

Go Green, Live Rich: Brown Bag Your Lunch By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Apr 18 2008 This is one in a series of tips from the book Go Green, Live Rich, by David Bach, which shows how reducing your footprint can increase your wealth.Food contributor Kelly has noted on Planet Green that "There is no question that taking your lunch to work every day takes some planning, but once you get used to it, you... + READ MORE

Make Use of Your Wrinkled Fruit By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 18 2008 I remember being shocked and diving for the garbage when a girl visiting our cottage threw out a peach because it had a bruise. Apparently the British thow out about 3 million tonnes of fruits and vegeatbles each year. But our fruits and vegetables don't have to be in pristine condition to provide, nutrition, fibre, or even taste. + READ MORE

Reduce Your Trash Output in 42 Different Ways By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Apr 16 2008 Graham Turner/ Hulton Archive, Getty Images Few of us can match Colin Beavan, also known as No Impact Man, when it comes to reducing our output of trash; he spent a year working on it and come up with 42 different steps that he has taken.Perhaps he cheats a bit on his list; somehow calling "No Indian food in throwaway... + READ MORE

Why Demolish a Home By Team Planet Green IN Wrecklamation Apr 15 2008 Most homeowners consider their houses to be sources of pride and joy, but some find their homes to be sources of stress and frustration. In these cases, instead of working with what already exists, many choose to demolish the dwelling... + READ MORE

How Much Money Are We Talking? By Team Planet Green IN Wrecklamation Apr 15 2008 Most homeowners probably don't have an $80,000 kitchen installed in the houses that they're about to bulldoze, but some could be surprised by what their appliances, materials and furniture are worth at a demolition auction. According to Chicago-based demolition auctioneer... + READ MORE

Meet Your Host By Team Planet Green IN Wrecklamation Apr 15 2008 Nearly 20 years ago, Chicago-based demolition auctioneer Jodi Murphy was just an ambitious home rehabber with a maxed out mortgage, looking for ways to cut costs on her renovations. As with most first-time homeowners, Jodi had dreams that were far... + READ MORE

About the Show By Team Planet Green IN Wrecklamation Apr 15 2008 Total Wrecklamation opens viewers' eyes to all that can be salvaged and provides consumers with ideas they can use in their own homes. Floorboards to chandeliers, bathtubs to banisters, even stone walkways and shrubbery are given a second life by... + READ MORE

Learn How Much You Can Save by Paying Bills Online By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Apr 14 2008 You know that paying your bills electronically can save money, time and paper, but do you know how much?By switching to electronic bills, statements, and payments, the average American household would, every year, save 6.6 pounds of paper, 171 pounds of greenhouse gases, 24 square feet of forest from deforestation and... + 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

What the Heck Does Sustainable Mean? By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Apr 8 2008 Being sustainable is the goal of every environmentally conscious household and individual, because sustainability represents our ability to use Earth's resources to meet our present needs without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. + 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

Send Your Yogurt Cups, Energy-Bar Wrappers, Bottles to TerraCycle By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Apr 2 2008 Don't throw out your yogurt cups, energy-bar wrappers, drink pouches, or soda bottles just yet, TerraCycle is willing to pay a charity of your choice good money (up to six cents per item), in a bid to eliminate the idea of waste... + READ MORE

About the Show By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Apr 1 2008 Think that in order to go green, the changes to your lifestyle must be extreme? Think again! This eye-opening half-hour reality series makes shrinking your ecological footprint appealing and virtually effortless. What's an ecological footprint? It's a way of describing... + READ MORE

Cut Down on Your Wasted Food By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 27 2008 We've talked a lot at Planet Green about using leftovers and creating less waste.Keep a food waste diary: They got this idea from the U.K. campaign Love Food, Hate Waste, where you can download a free food waste diary. + 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