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The Great Plastic Purge Part One: Bathroom
Posted by Eco Home Consultations
Thu, Aug 18
Photo Credit: Flickr/NickNguyen As many of my friends and readers know, if you want to get me on a soap box, just get me talking about plastics. In fact, I have been having this conversation so frequently lately, I have decided...
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No Plastic – Organic Lip Balm In An Eco-tube
Posted by Eco Home Consultations
Thu, May 12
Photo Credit: Flickr/philografy Lip balm is one of my beauty staples. Okay, it is my only beauty staple. I am not a fan of wearing makeup so it is usually the only thing I put on my face besides moisturizer. Bu...
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Green Living Q&A With Eco Home
Posted by Eco Home Consultations
Thu, Oct 28
Photo Credit: Flickr/Andreanna Moya Photography I get asked a lot of questions – from friends, family, colleagues. Really, anyone who finds out I specialize in green living issues. There are several questions...
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A Brief Guide to Knowing Your Plastics
Posted by MarikaSF
Mon, Sep 20
By now we should all recognize those numbers that you find on plastics. Usually they're inside those recycling arrows and look something like this: But beyond being useful to recycling centers, everyone in the US should have a basic kn...
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Make Your Home Clean and Green: Go Bag-less!
Posted by MarikaSF
Tue, Sep 14
As many of you may know, on Tuesday, August 31, California Bill AB 1998, or the commonly called "Plastic Bag Ban Bill," was rejected by the California Senate. The Ban would have prohibited large retailers from distributing plastic bags to...
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Cutting Down On Plastics In Your Life Part Three: Random
Posted by Eco Home Consultations
Mon, Aug 30
Photo Credit: Flickr/Steve Lospalluto We’ve looked at the bathroom and the kitchen to see where we can cut plastics out of our lives. Today, we look at the category to capture everything else – random. Th...
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Cutting Down On Plastics In Your Life Part Two: The Kitchen
Posted by Eco Home Consultations
Thu, Aug 26
Photo Credit: Flickr/ooh food If you didn’t read ‘Phase one’ on Monday, I discussed a few ways to eliminate plastic in the bathroom. What’s so wrong with plastic you ask? Read Monday’s p...
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Cutting Down On Plastics In Your Life Part One: Bathroom
Posted by Eco Home Consultations
Mon, Aug 23
Photo credit: Flickr/Josh Kezner Doesn’t it seem like so many products these days are made of plastic? In fact, you can’t really live in today’s world without having some form of plastic in your home.&nb...
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Back To School Tip: Green Your Lunch With Reusies
Posted by Eco Home Consultations
Thu, Aug 12
Here it is – already back to school time! And time to start thinking about the lunch routine again. This year, I urge you to think of reusable lunch solutions as you are purchasing your supplies. One such i...
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Does Recycling Confusion Hurt Plastics?
Posted by Miriam Wilcox-Barsalou
Thu, Aug 12
As I browse environmental websites on the internet, I have often seen statistics that relate to the lack of plastic that makes it into the recycling stream. The Wikipedia Article on plastic recycling (as of August 12, 2010) states the...
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