The US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) governs all types of waste. To name a few examples, here is a short list: municipal or solid waste (garbage containing mostly paper, glass, yard trimmings), hazardous waste, industrial waste, medical waste, animal waste, mining waste and radioactive waste. Solid waste is what mostly ends up in dumps or…
On a recent trip to the grocery store, I was sans children, hence I had a chance to look around. I was the only one there with re-usable bags. Leaving the store, I began to wonder what it would take to get more people to switch to re-usable bags. It was so cheap, so easy….
Along with their Christmas gifts, everyone in my family will receive one compact fluorescent bulb this year. And I hope they will make good use of it. I hope it will lead them to replace just one more bulb, and then one more… If each household in the US replaced just ONE regular light bulb…
During the next several days, a UN Conference on Climate Change will be taking place in Bali. Nations in attendance are hoping for agreement on the successor to the Kyoto Protocol – of which the US has not taken part. Al Gore will be there in front of representatives from the World’s Countries speaking of…
One of the greenest things you can do is to grow a vegetable garden. It really isn’t that difficult and the rewards are more than worth the work and money. We built raised boxes over the lawn with 12X2 boards and filled them with compost and rich soil (cover the lawn with corrugated paper or…