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According to TheDailyGreen.com, each and everyone of us tosses out 4 1/ lbs of garbage every day resulting in 245 tons of garbage per year!
Now before throwing out anything, take an overall look at it. How is its condition? Is it still usable? There are collection centers that are willing to accept anything that is still in good condition. Ladies, do you have clothes that you considered a fab? Well, if those clothes are still in good shapes then donate them!
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Organic Cotton T-Shirt
“it’s just as comfortable; it’s just as stylish. But there is a big difference. Conventional cotton uses huge amounts of pesticides and insecticides to produce. Organic cotton? Not one bit. And when you wash it, be sure to use a front-loading washing machines. They use less energy and less water” — Ebay Green Team.
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- CFL light bulbs. CFL bulbs do have some mercury and while I think it’s important to use them versus regular bulbs, when it comes to disposing of them, you should recycle. Home Depot has a CFL recycling program so you can just bring your old CFL bulbs to your local store.
- Lithium-ion batteries. The chemicals in them can leech into the soil and the water supply polluting the ecosystem. Take these to Best Buy, which collects and recycles them.
- Electronics equipment. These guys are often filled to the brim with poisonous substances. These include TV’s, stereos, speakers, and mobile phones. Check Earth 911 to find out where they can be recycled. Mobile phones can often be taken back by your cell phone dealer.
- Car-related fluids. Things like antifreeze, wiper fluid, engine oil, or anything that comes from your car is usually terribly toxic as you might imagine. You can recycle these normally at your local government hazardous waste collection point.
- Paints. This includes varnishes, stains, and paints. All of these should go to your local government’s designated hazardous materials collection point.
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In the Fall of 2009, I get my first dorminatory experience! Being influenced by the green movement, I have decided to bring green into my dorm! After doing various research, I found this Top Green Dorm Room Tips, on PlanetGreen.Discovery.com. The 10 tips I gathered from this articles are:
- Try to obtain your furnishings locally when you get to school, think about local storage–many schools offer storage options.
- Check out great used sources of stuff, like local resale shops, eBay Local, and Craigslist.
- Free used stuff. Check out Craigslist or Freecycle in your area to see if there are any items like beds, desks, or lamps that you can score for free.
- Instead of AC, why not try opening a window, turning on a fan, taking cold shower before bed, or studying outside. Of course, if you have to have AC for allergies or some other reason, be sure to get an Energy-Star rated low-energy unit.
- Another big energy-suker of dorms is the ol’microfridge. You can go fridgeless or check into a shared larger fridge (many dorms have shared kitchens with fridges). If you must have a fridge, make sure it’s energy-star or other low-energy certified.
- Microwave/toaster oven combo and a cheap rice cooker = nearly perfect eco-kitchen. These appliances boast high energy efficiences relative to their big-kitchen counterparts.
- Use paper dorm decor that can be recycled when you out-grow them in a few years. Check ouy paper wall tiles from MioCulture, paper window treatments from redi Shade, or make your own paper lampshades.
- Stick with compact florescent light bulbs.
- When you look for sheets, curtains, or towels, go for organic cotton, if possible.
- Be creative with your cushion covers, or pillows for that old couch. Invite friends over for a painting party on that old dresser and table. Just because you got used stuff, it doesn’t mean they have to look ugly!
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SAVES ENERGY BY SWITCHING TO LAPTOPS!
According to the article Go Laptop, written by Brian Clark Howard, on TheDailyGreen.com, a laptop “draws only 15 to 25 watts during regular use as compared to the 150 watts used by conventional desktop computer and monitor…laptops also draws just a fraction of a watt when in sleep mode.”
Using a laptop saves energy! Next time when you think of upgrading your computer, think of purchasing a laptop.
Click here for Brian’s official article
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“New-To-You Designer Belt
Stand out from the crowd with this fantastic belt. It’s especially important to buy vintage instead of new for leather goods, because raising cattle takes a lot of land and natural resources, while the tanning process uses a large amount of water and chemicals. Wear it with our organic cotton jeans!” – Ebay Green Team
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“Protect your eyes and your image with these coll vintage sunglasses. Did you know that glass can take up to 1000 years to decompose? By reusing fashion pieces – especially items that are made with glass – you’re helping the environment” — Ebay Green Team.
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Please take a look. This is the impact of plastic bags on the environment.
You think you are in a mess? Think again. Did you know that less than 1% of bags are being recycled?! And most of these plastics ended up in ocean-fill. Overtime, plastic bags break down to toxic chemicals KILLING animals and contaminate water and soils.
PonocoRecord.com tells it all. Click here to see the heartbreaking reality of our environment.
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