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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...
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So you have bought the compact fluorescent light bulb this year to positively influence the environment BUT did you know that these bulbs contain small amounts of mercury, a neurotoxin. Why use CFL? CFLs are a good deal. Shoppers have gotten used to seeing their curly shape on store shelves, and adoption rates have really taken off. About 100 million were sold in the United States last year. Lighting accounts for close to 20 perce...
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Motor Oil, Tires and Car Batteries
All three of these products are big environmental problems, but all three are easily recycled. Used motor oil contains heavy metals and other toxic substances, and is considered hazardous waste. Each year do-it-yourself oil changers improperly dump more oil than the tanker Exxon Valdez spilled into Alaska's Prince William Sound. One quart of oil can kill fish in thousands of gallons of water. Motor oil container...
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PCs, monitors, and other electronics contain hazardous wastes such as barium, beryllium, phosphorus, lead and many other hazardous chemicals. It is important to keep these hazardous chemicals out of our landfills where they can leach into the groundwater. When you recycle, these products are reused to the degree possible, and that is good for the environment. Plus, well, it is illegal to put them in the trash or take them to a landfill (computer...
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Few weeks ago, I had written a blog post on “Say no to bottled water”. I have some good new to share with all my readers. According to consulting firm Beverage Marketing Corp., Americans drank 8.7 billion gallons of bottled water last year, compared with 8.8 billion in 2007 - the first decline this decade. The current recession has forced customers to cut back on bottled water consumption. Also, consumers are becoming more environment conscio...
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Digital Television (DTV) is an advanced broadcasting technology that has transformed our television viewing experience. DTV enables broadcasters to offer television with better picture and sound quality. It can also offer multiple programming choices, called multicasting, and interactive capabilities. The switch from analog to digital broadcast television is referred to as the digital TV (DTV) transition. As of June 13, 2009, full power telev...
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Americans used 60 billion pint bottles of water last year and it required 1.5 million tons of plastic and generated 2.5 million tons of greenhouse gases. According to Food and Water Watch, that plastic requires up to 47 million gallons of oil per year to produce. And while the plastic used to bottle beverages is of high quality and in demand by recyclers, over 90 percent of plastic bottles are simply thrown away. Tap water costs about $0.002 ...
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Earth Day 2009, April 22, marks 39th Anniversary of Earth Day. This earth day I want to stress the importance of an individual’s commitment to responsible, sustainable consumption. Corporations are doing their part in working towards a carbon free future. It is rightly said that charity begins at home, so it is up to “US” to make every day as “Earth Day” by promoting recycling, conserving energy, ride sharing and so on I want to inform you ...
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