March 19, 2010 - Posted by Janet- 0 Comments
Solar One, New York City’s green energy, arts & education center, in partnership with the NYC Compost Project and the NYC Department of Sanitation, presents Green From the Inside Out on Saturday, March 27 at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden.
Green From the Inside Out gives Staten Island homeowners the knowledge and resources they need to make their homes more [...]
February 11, 2010 - Posted by Janet- 0 Comments
Whether you approve of Wal-Mart or not, you have to appreciate their efforts to recycle, reduce, and reuse.
Wal-Mart has teamed with Pratt Industries to recycle corrugated waste from its stores into recycled boxes for its private-label pizza line. See video :WAL-MART Closes the loop
“We’ve totally and literally closed the loop using a retailer’s own boxes [...]
December 5, 2009 - Posted by Janet- 0 Comments
From Thanksgiving to New Years Day, household waste increases by more than 25%. Added food waste, shopping bags, packaging, wrapping paper, bows and ribbons – it all adds up to an additional 1 million tons a week to our landfills. (EPA and Use Less Stuff)
In the U.S., annual trash from gift-wrap and shopping [...]
September 26, 2009 - Posted by Janet- 0 Comments
The World’s Shortest Comprehensive Recycling Guide.