rss

Category: Recycling

4

EarthTalk: Biggest Names In Disposable Paper Products Are The Worst Offenders.

Dear EarthTalk: Are any major brands of disposable tissues, paper towels, napkins and toilet paper yet using recycled content and chlorine-free bleaching?
Not many. In fact, some of the biggest names in disposable paper products are the worst offenders. According to the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), forests at home and abroad are being destroyed [...]

12

Reduce, Reuse & Recycle – Turning An Old Window Into A New Mirror Part 2.

About a month ago, I wrote about how I was turning an old window into a new mirror for our house – and it’s finally done! After much chipping, sanding, and painting, and having a piece of mirror cut for it, I can honestly say that I am pretty happy with the outcome. [...]

10

Installing Rain Barrels, Rain Chains, And Underground Cisterns.

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 [...]

Page 5 of 30« First...34567...Last »