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Easy Ways to Choose and Use Environmentally-friendly Packaging |
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Friday, 20 January 2012 06:41 |
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 Now that you've made a commitment to living a more sustainable lifestyle, you're probably looking for the environmentally friendly way to handle just about everything in your life. That's good, because just about every facet of western life can do with some leaning-up. One of the easiest ways to do this is through managing the sort of packaging you bring into the house, as well as what you do with it.
As they say: “reduce, reuse, recycle.”
Reducing your Packaging Waste
You have more control than you might imagine over the amount of waste you bring into your home. If you bring it in, it's not only a chance to make an environmentally friendly disposal choice, but your duty to make sure you do so in a manner that is safe. For instance, many people were swayed from using alkaline batteries just because they were becoming problematic to dispose of safely.
Reusable bags are another prime example of an item that has become a global concern. Even when you reuse them a few times, plastic bags must go somewhere, and wherever that is, they've been found to leach out toxic by-products. You can bring your own reusable bag and save the whole bother, without having to make the mind-boggling decision as to whether it's best to get your stuff in paper or plastic.
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Environmental Bonus While Saving Money and Reducing Waste |
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 07:12 |
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 Everything we does impacts our local and the global environment. Now that people have become aware of the major problems that pollution, toxic substances, carbon-emitting travel and other types of waste have on a local and global scale, people are acting. As a wonderful consequence, as we transition into a relatively energy-poor future, increasing energy prices mean more savings for those who are good at reducing waste.
Waste is everywhere. There are countless examples of all the commonplace items that we are now considering how to do without – all towards the ultimate goal of reducing waste. Waste products often break down into toxic by-products that are found in areas such as the 3.5 million tons of 80% plastic waste that floats in the South Pacific. It is the size of a continent, judged by the SF Gate to be twice the size of Texas.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:43 |
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Penguins, Dolphins, and Whales |
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Saturday, 17 September 2011 00:45 |
 Around 200 different types of freshwater fish populate Australia's rivers and lakes, less than on any other continent, and these are separated into true freshwater species and those whose ancestors were saltwater residents. Of course, thousands of other species swim in the oceans that encircle the continent; the Great Barrier Reef alone holds 1,500 kinds of tropical fish, as well as 4,000 different shellfish and 400 unique species of sponges. |
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Easy Ways to Choose and Use Environmentally-friendly Packaging |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 06:48 |
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 Now that you've made a commitment to living a more sustainable lifestyle, you're probably looking for the environmentally friendly way to handle just about everything in your life. That's good, because just about every facet of western life can do with some leaning-up. One of the easiest ways to do this is through managing the sort of packaging you bring into the house, as well as what you do with it.
As they say: “reduce, reuse, recycle.”
Reducing your Packaging Waste
You have more control than you might imagine over the amount of waste you bring into your home. If you bring it in, it's not only a chance to make an environmentally friendly disposal choice, but your duty to make sure you do so in a manner that is safe. For instance, many people were swayed from using alkaline batteries just because they were becoming problematic to dispose of safely.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:44 |
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Turtles, Snakes and Crocs |
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Saturday, 17 September 2011 00:37 |
 Some of Australia's smaller lizards are among the world's most unusual creatures, such as the bearded dragon, the frilled lizard, and the skink. The goanna, which grows up to six feet/two m long, resembles a monitor lizard – and Australia has this giant species as well.
Australia also has around 110 species of snakes – about half of which can kill you with one bite. If you're up in the rainforests of the Cape York Peninsula or Arnhemland, also know that several species of non-poisonous vine snakes and strangle-happy pythons lurk in the trees. |
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