As a nation, are we truly reducing the amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) that ends up in landfills? Are we recycling more? How do recycling rates compare across the different regions of our country? Does the future for recycling look positive? Read the rest of this entry »

Prior to purchasing a plant for your home or garden, make sure to search the web about its metabolic characteristics. You may be surprised what you find out. Plants not only remove toxins from the soil, but remove toxins from the air as well. Plants add beauty to your home and improve the air quality too.

If you are interested in improving the air quality of your home, I suggest you read this book. I use this book to purchase plants for my home. The common indoor plants featured in the book are all rated for their ability to remove toxins from the air. The informaiton is all based on plant studies conducted by NASA. This is one book you are sure to refer to many times.

All around the world, communities are plagued by the contamination of heavy metals. Toxic leftovers from mining, manufacturing and application of metal laden fertilizers and pesticides, these metals do not degrade, but remain intact forever. Read the rest of this entry »

Keep recycling top of mind. Download recycling themed games, software, and apps. These digital tools will help you manage your recycling effort and provide amusement too.

Recycling software and applications are helping both individuals and large organizations keep track of their recycling efforts. Because the act of recycling is so engrained in our psyche (and that’s a good thing) programmers have not only developed professional recycling enterprise software but have written recycling into the digital gaming world. The theme of recycling cuts across industries, countries, cultures, and age groups. Whose says recycling can’t be fun? Read the rest of this entry »

Help keep our waterways clean. Always recycle plastic bottles and fishing line during your waterside recreational activities. If a recycling bin is not available at your waterside location, please make sure to carry away the unwanted plastic items for proper recycling. Keeping a foldable, reusable shopping bag in your car or bike pouch can help you to easily cart the recyclables.

Boats everywhere are being pulled out of storage, unwrapped, and set back into the water. Unwrapped? Yes. For those of you who are not boaters, shrink wrap goes way beyond the kitchen- it is used to keep stored boats in good condition. But what happens to all this shrink wrap after it has been used? Read the rest of this entry »

April 22, 2010 marked the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. By attending the 2010 New York City Earth Day event, it was obvious we have come a long way since Earth Day’s beginnings as a protest to raise environmental awareness.

Earth Day NYC 2010

Let Congress know you support a cap on green house gas emissions, text message: EDF to 30644

You’ll be heard in Washington. -R.G.

Help to decrease energy waste and lower CO2 emissions by making sure your PC has a spam filter. Use the power settings on your PC to power it down when appropriate. Every PC user who wisely manages their power usage will contribute greatly to saving energy and decreasing green house gas emissions. -R.G.