Britain is an ecologically diverse nation making a concerted effort to move away from fossil fuel use, protect its fauna and flora and create a zero waste economy. With that in mind, here’s a roundup of recent green news stories …
From Guest Blogger Dimitris Papadopoulos: UK Green News Roundup Read More »
Contracting businesses, especially smaller ones, often operate on very lean budgets. And things can get even leaner when you are waiting on a client to pay for work that has been completed. That’s why it’s important to do everything you …
Compost, the ‘’black gold’’ of the lawns and gardens, is a simple example of how nature brilliantly works. Recycling is a most natural process, and Mother Earth has been doing it for millions of years before men began with the …
From Guest Blogger Hannah Thomas: Don’t Buy Compost, Make Your Own! Read More »
You try hard but you may not be recycling everything that can be recycled. Have you looked into the options lately? From dental scrap to dirty diapers, enterprising recycling companies can handle more than you might have thought. While you …
From Guest Blogger Dixie Green Machine: Five Surprising Things that Can Be Recycled Read More »
People are born into bad habits, wasteful habits. They pile up their trash with things they don’t know how to use anymore and ship the bags off to be buried in the landfill. However, recycling has never been easier; most …
From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakly: Community Cleanup–How to Recycle Smarter Read More »
There’s a simple way we all function: we use what we need and throw away what we don’t. But how often do we stop to think about what happens to the things we throw away? We might comment on a …
From Guest Blogger Diana Smith: How and Why to Recycle Green Waste Read More »
Environmental protection may seem like an intimidating task, too big for one individual to tackle on their own, but there are many simple steps you can take to preserving the environment. Making just a few simple changes in your lifestyle …
The Environmental Protection Agency reports that most electronic equipment with no further useful operating life (aka “e-waste”) isn’t really waste at all—it’s actually usable, marketable equipment and parts. In 2009, only 25 percent of discarded electronics (think computers and TVs) …
In Great Britain alone, eight million takeaway coffees are bought every day. That’s a lot of coffee. It’s also a lot of cups (not to mention lids and cup holders). However, it’s okay, because according to the big coffee chains, …
From Guest Blogger James Timpson: Is It Time To Get Rid of Disposable Coffee Cups? Read More »
Going green is something everyone should consider, especially now when there are environmentally friendly substitutions for almost every part of our lives, like biodegradable grocery bags, power-saving light bulbs, cars that use biofuel and even green furniture.
