If you’re like me, your day can’t properly start until you’ve had your morning coffee. If so, you are not alone. The average American consumes 3 cups of coffee per day. That’s a lot of coffee! And that’s a lot of leftover coffee grounds. Surprisingly, used coffee grounds can serve many purposes other than being …
Plastic has gotten a bad rap lately, and for good reason. We all know plastic is bad for the environment and our health. Landfills are overflowing with plastic. It’s contaminating our waterways and harming marine animals. Chemicals found in plastics are absorbed into human bodies affecting hormones, wreaking havoc on reproductive health, and causing many …
Mother Nature is our home and we should do everything we can to protect her beautiful resources! Contrary to what you might think, it doesn’t take a lot of money to make environmentally conscious choices. You can easily go zero waste on a budget by getting creative and using some of the ideas mentioned below. …
What really happens to our plastic waste after we toss it in the recycling bin? You’d be surprised to find out it’s not always being recycled. Studies have found that about 91% of all our plastic waste isn’t recycled. Our landfills are being overwhelmed by more waste than they can hold, and it’s overflowing into …
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The year is 2116. An archaeologist shouts excitedly to a colleague as she pulls a T-shaped tool from the earth. She brushes it off and sees a faint hint of pink. Her shoulders automatically slump. It’s nothing new, she’s found thousands of these relics of the past. It’s only the disposable razor you tossed in …
Landfills are just that: filled, especially with plastic. More than 27 million tons of plastic are put into landfills each year. Even worse, some plastics can take 10 to 100 years to degrade in a landfill. This causes even more buildup of trash that just multiplies over time. So what can we do to help …
I know this post is about kitchen plastic, but let’s think about the ocean for a minute. I bet you’re picturing palm trees swaying in the salty breeze and waves crashing on the white sand. I’m sure you aren’t picturing a giant patch of floating garbage. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, …
Winter is coming. As the days get shorter and colder many of us start looking for ways to stay warm. It’s more energy-efficient to heat one or two rooms in use instead of the whole house. If you want to be energy conscious while ensuring you and your family stay warm, an energy-efficient space heater …
The sun is our greatest source of energy. Solar energy can be converted into thermal or electrical energy. Over the last decade, the solar market in the United States has grown at an average rate of 49% each year. Solar battery chargers are a great way to make sure your mobile phone is fully charged …
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Most people invest in a gas-powered generator to avoid the disruption that comes when bad weather strikes. Generators allow you to continue cooking in your kitchen, keep your home warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and your lights on in the event of a power outage. Despite these benefits, gas-powered generators are loud, …