All Community Blogs
Posts filtered with tag: recycle
-
Food Packaging: How Much Is TOO Much?
Posted by Elizah Leigh
Thu, Mar 11
Flipping through the weekly grocery store ads, my eyes zeroed in on an incredulous, budget friendly pantry-stocking opportunity – one dollar boxes of cereal. I told myself in a bizarre deep-throated Cajun voice that I only whip out... -
Recycled Animal Waste Medicine, Toiletries & Beverages?!?
Posted by Linda Lucille
Tue, Mar 09
It’s no secret that we like our meat cheap, so massive factory farming systems continue to fulfill consumer demand at minimal expense to agri-conglomerates (which some argue is one of the greatest accomplishments of the modern world... -
Aluminum Can Recycling Ideas For The Crafty DIYer
Posted by Kieran K.
Sun, Mar 07
Beverage cans are one of the most easily recycled materials because they can be melted down and reformed an infinite number of times without the aluminum ever losing its integrity and strength. According to ItsEasyToRecycle.org, t... -
Waste For Life: An Organization That Uses Trash To Alleviate P...
Posted by Kieran K.
Sun, Feb 28
Lifting people up out of poverty by helping them to transforming trash into treasure has been the main goal of Waste For Life (also known as basura por vida) since 2006. From its onset, two engineering researchers from Canada's Queen... -
Recycled Cardboard Metamorphosis -- From Ho-Hum to Holey Moley!
Posted by Linda Lucille
Thu, Feb 25
Ever wonder what happens to corrugated cardboard (you know...the untreated stuff with the wavy center "core") once it's hauled off to the recycling facility? The short story is that the material is broken down with water, transfo... -
Can Recycled "PET" Plastic Bottles Actually Save Lives?
Posted by Elizah Leigh
Wed, Feb 24
Those of us who are fortunate enough to live in the western world rarely give a passing thought to how we end up with a safe and secure roof over our heads. It's just there. We have more pressing things to concern ourselves with, like how... -
Enjoy "Freegan Fringe Benefits" Without Diving Directly Into A...
Posted by Bob Kurz
Tue, Feb 23
FIRST, THE BASICS: What's A Freegan? Simply put, a freegan is an alternative lifestyle strategist who prefers to eschew the typical trappings of modern society (as related to hyper-consumerism, materialism and the waste of valuable resou... -
15 Oat-astic Ways To Use Nature's Most Multi-Purpose & Afforda...
Posted by Linda Lucille
Mon, Feb 22
A dollar doesn't go nearly as far as it used to, but that's okay...as long as you stock your pantry with the whole grain goodness of oatmeal. While it has earned an unfair reputation as being a blah sort of food that we only consume out o... -
Why Should I Compost & What Ingredients Should I Use?
Posted by Kieran K.
Sun, Feb 21
No matter what resource you consult, it seems as though composting is always cited as one of the top lifestyle changes that can be made to benefit the environment, but what does it really mean? Quite literally, it refers to the act of con... -
Still Life With Post-Consumer Plastic
Posted by Bob Kurz
Sun, Feb 21
Among the greatest artistic muses to have ever inspired the creation of poetry, art and literature throughout history, the fairer sex has almost always topped the list. Anyone who dabbles in the arts knows that even creativity must on occ...
Find Greenwala on