Archive for the 'Recycling' Category
Re-thinking what you consider to be junk: re-use and re-purpose
2 Comments Published by Seamus Ford June 20th, 2008 in Recycling, Family/Children, Social Responsibility, Commentary.The world is filling up with stuff.
Modern industrial society has lost touch with the real value of what it produces. Our wasteful consumption and our disposable attitude toward so much of what we produce and use is going to hurt our children. In spite of the fact that most parents would never […]
Refuse Or At Least Reuse Plastic Utensils
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford May 31st, 2008 in Work, Water Ecology, Recycling, Diet/Nutrition/Eating.How many times have you been given plastic utensils when you have take out food?
How often does that plastic ware end up going into the garbage without even being used?
A plastic coffee lid is use for about an hour and then thrown away. Plastic bags are used for the trip home from the […]
Stem the tide of Junk Mail into your House
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford August 15th, 2007 in Recycling.If you shop with a credit card, you likely get a tide of junk mail coming in to your house. According to Cleanair.org Americans receive more than 4 million tons of junk mail each year. That is roughly 70 lbs per household per year. Never mind the fact that the deluge […]
Apartment Composting
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford August 12th, 2007 in Recycling, Diet/Nutrition/Eating.Consider for a moment the amount of garbage that leaves your house each week. Consider how much space it takes up and how much it weighs. With very little space and effort, you can turn a big portion of your garbage into soil. You don’t need to have a big […]
