In January’s Sunset Magazine there was a short article about installing rain chains, rain barrels and cisterns in order to collect rain water, and I was really interested in it because I was planning on doing at least 2 of them this Spring. Little did I know I had the biggest project of [...]
Dear EarthTalk: It seems like more products are being packaged in #5 rather than #2 plastic today, and my local recycling agency won’t take #5. I’ve also heard that #5 plastics are more toxic, which concerns me more than the recyclability issue. Which plastic is the better choice?
Polypropylene, which is marked with #5 inside [...]
If you guys are anything like me, you are always finding stuff in your house that you no longer need and looking for a way to donate or recycle it. The problem is…where do you send it? Who do you give it to? And will they want it? While most communities [...]
As I write this, I am just back from yet another couple of hours in the garage scraping old caulk, rubber, paint, mold and assorted other crap off of a very old broken window that I found on the side of the road. I have had to use a hammer and a chisel, a paint [...]
