Hurray! Another state will stop with the bottled water nonsense! San Francisco banned the use of city money to buy single-serving plastic bottles of water back in 2007, and now New York is following suit. Governor David Patterson signed an Executive Order that will phase out the purchase and use of bottled [...]
This week’s Do One Thing takes place in the bathroom, but not how you would expect. Turns out many people use their toilet as a trash can, throwing in all sorts of stuff – cotton balls, makeup pencil shavings, tissues they used to blow their noses. Using a toilet as a wastebasket wastes [...]
A few weeks ago I was in the grocery store to pick up some ice cream and came across a display for Arrowhead bottled water. As I always do, I walked by it paying no attention, but then a splash of green caught my eye on the packaging. So I snapped a picture [...]
Dear EarthTalk: We will need to replace our house gutters soon. What are our best options from an environmental perspective?
First understand clearly why your gutters need to be replaced. Are they rusted or broken? Are the fasteners no longer holding them in place? Or have the gutters leaked and failed to keep water out [...]
