Americans threw away 120 million tons of packaging – 38 percent of the nation’s municipal waste stream. Packaging is often needed to protect goods from damage, contamination and tampering during transportation and storage, but many products are overpackaged, and consumers foot the bill for that excess. At least 10 percent of the average grocery bill pays for packaging, so shopping for less packaging can save money as well as environmental resour...
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In 1998, MMT was the first to promote recycling of vinyl substrates by recovering faces from outdoor companies, reducing waste and supporting responsible handling.
Our re:act store offers fashionable eco conscious products for use at home and for travel. These products represent the blending of urban hip with a strong social awareness of the environment. MMT’s philosophy includes the vision of renewal through reclaimed resources. Our eco consciou...
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Paper as we know it today was first made in Lei-Yang, China by Ts'ai Lun, a Chinese court official. In all likelihood, Ts'ai mixed mulberry bark, hemp and rags with water, mashed it into pulp, pressed out the liquid, and hung the thin mat to dry in the sun. in 1690, the first U.S. paper mill was built in Pennsylvania. Today, paper is made from trees mostly grown on working forests and from recovered paper. Recycling has always been a part of pape...
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E-waste is a popular, informal name for electronic products nearing the end of their "useful life." Computers, televisions, VCRs, stereos, copiers, and fax machines are common electronic products. Many of these products can be reused, refurbished, or recycled. Unfortunately, electronic discards is one of the fastest growing segments of our nation's waste stream.
Due to ongoing technological advancement, many of electronic products become ob...
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Earth Day was founded 40 years ago by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson. And now, April 22 has become a day when countries and people all across the globe celebrate the Earth's environment and focus on developing an awareness of how we affect it.
Earth Day 2011 marks the 41st anniversary of the holiday — and the official Earth Day Campaign plans to raise more awareness than ever before as we recognize global issues this Thursday. Earth Day 2011 is a pi...
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On March 26, people and businesses around the world will turn off their lights for one hour starting at 8:30 p.m. local time as part of the fourth annual Earth Hour, which was created to encourage people to become more aware of what they can do to help the environment. Earth Hour, organized by World Wildlife Fund, was launched in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, as a stand against climate change. By March 2009, the event had grown to involve hundreds ...
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Vinyl is the world's most versatile plastic, used to make everything from food wrap to auto body parts. Vinyl is composed of two simple building blocks: chlorine, based on common salt, and ethylene, from crude oil. The resulting compound, ethylene dichloride, is converted at very high temperatures to vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) gas. Through the chemical reaction known as polymerization, VCM becomes a chemically stable powder, polyvinyl ch...
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Happy New Year to all my readers! So the holidays are over and all the shopping frenzy seems to disappear. You must have removed holiday lights and decoration.
What you did with your Christmas tree? Did you throw it in your local trash? Well, there are several ways you can recycle your Christmas tree. The main thing is to keep from having a mountain of trees being buried in landfills across the country where it will take many years for the tree ...
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Plastics are everywhere. Bags, bank cards, bottles, and even boats can all be made of this celebrated but much-maligned material. Yet most of us know next to nothing about plastics. We do know that they are practical and cheap--but they also represent a huge environmental problem, for they literally take ages to decompose. There are many environmental dangers of plastic. The non-biodegradable substance contains toxic chemicals that endanger the e...
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Carbon footprint in simple terms is a measure of impact of your day to day activities on the environment. The impact on the environment can be measured in terms of the amount of green house gases produced by your daily activities, which are measured in units of carbon dioxide (CO2). Carbon footprint can be linked to individuals, companies and nations. There are several websites which can help you calculate your carbon footprint. You can ca...
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