Did you how much you can save by using reusable towels instead of paper towels? Not to mention the environmental cost, just money alone. For example, if you have a family of four and go through 2 medium rolls each week at the retail price of $3.15. With 52 weeks a year, you can save [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2010’
Do I need to separate my recycling materials?
We often get confused that we carefully sort out papers and plastic recycles and put them in different bins and then find out that the trash collectors just threw them into their truck without any separation. The question is, do we really need separate the recycles? The good news is, not really. We can put [...]
Composting is not actually considered recycling
This sounds strange, but composting is actually not considered recycling. Materials that can be gathered and reprocessed into new materials are called recycling. Materials such as glass, metal, plastic, paper, etc. Things that are biodegradable are not considered to be recycled. So don’t mix up your garden waste, trees, food waste, leaves with recycled materials. [...]