recycling

Urine is the main source of some of the chemical nutrients that have to be removed in sewage treatment plants if they are not to wreck ecosystems downstream. Despite making up only 1 per cent of the volume of waste water, urine contributes about 80 per cent of the nitrogen and 45 per cent of all the phosphate. Peeing into the pan immediately dilutes these chemicals with vast quantities of water, making the removal process unnecessarily inefficient.

Did you know that the average American consumes about 3 cups of coffee a day? That’s a lot of used coffee grinds going into the trash. There are actually many ways you can recycle and reuse your old coffee grinds to help preserve the environment and maintain your health.

Pamoyo is a fresh green fashion label from Berlin. The clothes and accessories are produced under fair circumstances and with care for nature. The first collection "Styled with heart" is sexy, summerish shirts and dresses made from organic cotton and recycled vintage elements. Funky and style conscious!

How to make a funky recycled clock.

Lots of recycled bird boxes to buy, to make, or just for your inspiration.

Most people are making an attempt at living green. That's comendable, but what do greenies do with their egg cartons? If you have a family, you end up with more cartons than you know what to do with.

Here's a few tips on how to reuse/recycle your egg cartons.

A big problem in todays society is what to do with the “things” we don’t need or want anymore. Now this can be brought down to a societal or individual viewpoint where either the individual is responsible for the disposal of these “things” or society is. In most of North America, someone will come and pick up what you don’t need or want anymore and dispose of it for you. However, what about when those “things” are still perfectly good and it would just be a waste to get rid of them? I present to you Freecycle…

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been cultivating a list of actions that I can take to make my footprint even lighter, and also documenting the changes that I’ve already made. I was pretty proud of myself. And feeling quite up-beat about the future of our species. Then I started looking around me.

In what is yet another reason to recycle and reuse, the aroma from one landfill in Massachusetts has created a very interesting job opening.

The world is obliterated by many man-made products, momentarily useful and when discarded, they leave a nasty scar on the planet. It is often the poorest parts of the world that suffer the worst environmental degradation. The flip-flop is the most basic footwear for so many in the world, and every day thousands of these non-degradable pieces wash up on beaches around the globe, blighting the coastlines and the lives of local coastal people and the marine ecology.

Recycling clothes is a great way for frugal families to save money. Hand me downs, goodwill, consignment finds and garage sales make getting great clothes at a fraction of retail price easy. But what about those clothing items that seem to be permanently ruined or worn beyond repair. You can recycle them to. Here are a few ideas on how to do this.

You can recycle clothes, shoes and other textiles at a number of recycling banks and centres. Clothes that are in a reasonable condition can be donated to charity shops.

Great ways to reduce the amount of waste that goes into a landfill.