Volunteers "citizen scientists" make a difference to track lending your time and skills to birds in the spill area.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
How can I reuse or recycle biscuit plastic packaging?
I'm a fan of pastries (aka cookies). I have written my love cookies.I am a biscuit eat while writing dieses.Ich trying to make my own cookies but we eat in the store of bought ones too - and this means of course, that packaging waste.
Are my favorite shop bought, McVitie's dark Choc consume so I contacted United Biscuits (who to make McVities and some other brands) recently about your film y packaging. Got back to me immediately – this is great, compared to most companies - but the news is not good:
"Packs are made of polypropylene that is not biodegradable." It is however recyclable, although I got Kingdom am while there are facilities, make this place elsewhere, currently none in the United Kingdom work sind.Wir with the Government and appropriate collection in the UK to try to develop.
A lot of work currently place in the packaging community can movies from sustainable organic sources such as corn to entwickeln.Entwicklung of these films biodegradable and compostable suitable for the packaging of our products lead having said that takes movies.
The silver level available is used as a barrier in some of our packaging a microscopic layer of aluminium, to prevent the migration of oxygen in the Pack.This increases the durability of the product from several days up to several months.
We use many hundreds of tons of film, the each year and are very affected not only by the environment, but also by the fact that plastics from a renewable resource, crude oil are derived.
"Our packaging experts work with leading producers of the country's replacement, secure, cost-effective and environmentally friendly to find as far as possible."
Sigh.
So say, reused it - can be what the other options are? apart from make more home, I am careful to bulk purchase possible (the excess keep mercy to avoid air-tight), but don't buy your multi-packs that Pack are the regular packs in an additional plastic.
There are reused for polypropylene film? know anyone from any other recycling to explore avenues?
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Kicking your garden with ash from bonfire night fires
Tonight is also known as bonfire night in the UK - Guy Fawkes night. Up and down the country people become fire stacks of wood and millions of £ £ £ s send up in smoke in Fireworks form, only over a short "Ooh" and "aah" (and occasionally "arrgh!") in return be setting.
It is not all waste waste waste though - tomorrow early, probably have a bunch of significant ash left over from your Bonfire-and you are great for the Garden:
Ashes can be a snail deterrent
Dry, rough surface of the ash can particles as a deterrent for snails and slugs fungieren.Wahrscheinlichkeiten, are not always much at the moment but can scoop up the ashes in a bucket, cover it / you keep it somewhere dry so you are not wet winter, then it bring back for use next spring for use around your tender seedlings.
It has draufgesetzt which the advantage
A word of warningIf your bonfire contained chemically treated or contain plastic waste a lot of wood painted painted, you use on your garden - your soil can pollute the chemicals.
A ground fixation and fertilizers
Wood ash is alkaline, so level help can ditch acidic soil - some people you it first starts directly in their beds in this time of year so it break through winter while others their compost bins through it.
It's also great for balancing "green" seriousness compost heaps (such as those that included things many green garden fresh matter, scraps or manure - that said, that "Nitrogen-rich") .Ausgewogene compost heaps red down faster and better compost on long to produce point of view.
Help and a fixation, wood ash from Campfire often also rich in calcium and potassium, so is the Earth as well as to neutralize to fertilize.
Sharks: Predators in danger
On the front page of the Vancouver Sun, part 1 this morning was a very interesting study of sharks. Today was worldwide and locally on the decline.
The Sun says, "a new research paper shows, there are 28 species of sharks in Canada's oceans - more than half of you found the coast b.c. - the evaluation common Dogfish until to exotic 12 to the International Union for conservation of nature (IUCN) red list and another seven as large white and Hammerhaie.Dieser are 28 species as vulnerable as near threatened."
Also, the Sun postulate on why Ocean shark population is declining, "the driving factor is major Asian demand for expensive shark fin soup - strictly a status symbol, the fins, providing no Geschmack.Zwischen 26 and 73 million sharks are estimated to be a year for their fins, an unsustainable harvest are traded by every measure."
It is a site that really interesting live sharks www.vancouversun.com/sharks which is including a link to a Google map of where tied to the history and links to external websites with more information.
One of the most informative news articles I've read recently.
Let your child start the green life early with eco-friendly baby products
The green life is fun and worth at the same time. More and more prefabricated houses on organic foods are to recycled accessories and much more now in green lifestyle by numerous eco-friendly products of clothing. Today, the green life can be started earlier that even our babies can benefit. Eco-friendly baby products are now largely sold around the world. The following some of the products are for sale in some supermarkets and online stores in India.
Eco-friendly cloth diapers - made of eco-friendly fabrics, these diapers can be washed each after use.This product will definitely reduce waste by many of the parents, the patrons of disposable diapers erstellt.Komfort will never be a problem, because these diapers are absorbent, hygienic and comfortable.
Eco infant mufflers-your baby while still practice the living green by you you with the eco infants silencer warm to halten.Diese silencer are made of organic substances, it soft enough for your babies and feel to make comfortable and warm. In addition come these silencer with exclusive designs that will make your small fashionable.
Cotton knitted blankets - another great product that can benefit your baby while living green are cotton knitted cover.These cover are not only ecological, but also are comfortable and let your angels to achieve healthy sleep you need.Highly resilient organic matter made this cotton blankets knitted, parents around the world offered.
Naturepeduc organic diaper changing pad - there is nothing more comfortable in your baby diaper change as it is doing this simple act on a diaper change Pad.Auch we it green and can use of the eco diaper change pads Naturepedic organic diaper change Pad.Es is waterproof and is the organic cotton feel, cover your babies to machen.Es also has an organic cotton filling and used pure, natural and chemical-free materials.
Use eco-friendly cars and produce zero carbon emissions
Use is an alternative energy to do another good thing to save the environment. When it comes to our car, we can save help the environment by hybrid or solar-powered cars. Solar-powered cars are now almost everywhere, and I'm glad India already has it.
I'm talking about your goal on the solar powered Reva vehicles make the Indian youth climate network, enable raising awareness on climate change in action.The Indian youths have three powered Reva electric car and do the fun the adventurous trekking by plowing through 3,500 kilometres of the landscape in Indien.Durch activity you had, you were able to show that the solution to combat global warming anywhere even in the remotest places is available the world.
Use three solar powered Revas, are a vegetable oil powered truck, a vegetable oil powered van and a van with solar panels those tour by young people in your caravan to around 15 great cities in India used.
Lithium-ion batteries that fees charge 80 percent for 2.5 hours and 100 percent full charge for 8 hours charge powers of Revas cars for up to 90 miles. It has installed also solar panels to provide approximately 10 percent of battery life.
Using the Revas cars you are able not only to Sky rapid gas prices, but the environment as well as to save, because solar vehicles produces zero carbon emissions, so that it harms the environment.
Another wonderful eco-car that is now available in India is the Tata Auto.Der manufacturer Tata Motors Ltd in the India tops automobile manufacturers.With the recent collaboration with the Thai Government is, you were produced to use the eco-friendly car for Indian citizens.
If you are in these two mentioned brands, you can always check your local car dealer and ask their eco Modelle.Dies hybrid cars from Honda, Toyota or others who wish can bevormunden.Marke no problem at all, may be includes, as long as your car is damaging the environment it will be the Earth to save a perfect car.
Nowadays, many hybrid cars lead as the car better threats such as the old gas fueled normal cars we previously have lieben.Viele you now and at the same time, its users to protect of the environment from Schaden.Das is why, if your base is better risks when buying your vision, now simply have it in a hybrid car can. to why harm the environment if you can save it by using hybrid or as we all had eco cars at the performance of the cars operated as with gas which the great posts to green house gases are.
With the presence of the eco cars mentioned I am sure that India now one of the countries that fight global warming have successfully.
Monday, November 22, 2010
A new use for tobacco?
Everyone knows why you smoke should not - it is terrible for your health, it is expensive, and it is dangerous, non-smoking around you. But if another reason to stay away requires the cancer sticks, here is one: it is not green. How often have out a cigarette butt you seen as someone carelessly flick your car window or stamp on the ground? It is not surprising that cigarettes are the most littered item. About one of every five pieces of litter is a cigarette butts.
But even if a smoker who has always places in an ashtray or trash containers, consider: the manufacture of cigarettes is very costly for the environment. Four miles from paper every hour is used to wrap cigarettes.Most of the filter not out nonbiodegradable and the toxic chemical bases as you slowly break down, to forget soil and groundwater landen.Und to produce in the air by the factories-cigarettes pumped the pollution.
But for all the tobacco caused damage, a silver lining to the Horizont.Wissenschaftler could find new uses for tobacco plants as demand for cigarettes down goes, and one thing you have come up with is tobacco as a natural pesticide. The presence of nicotine - the same toxin which is so addictive to people cigarettes - tobacco makes an effective weapon against insects.
The process works as follows: tobacco leaves are to approximately 900 degrees F in a vacuum that produced a unrefined substance called bio oil heated.This oil has different agricultural pests including the Colorado potato beetle, which is notoriously resistant against common insecticides to kill it is effective even after the nicotine is removed.
So means what?It means that an organic pesticide movement along the way, maybe is good for all of us, especially tobacco farmers, who need someone to buy your plants.
What do you think of tobacco as a natural pesticide? would make it to feel better to know your food against insects, using a plant rather than an artificial chemical protected was? or want to stay away from tobacco altogether rather? please share!
Recycling of plastic bottles, cans and cardboard tubes in art
If we make jewelry from drinks cans were talking a few months, Mary Anne Enriquez sent me links to some relevant Flickr groups, then in my Inbox - sorry for Mary Anne got buried!
Anyway, Mary Anne thought this recycle readers may be interested in the following groups of Flickr:
Many wonderful creative work - inspiring stuff.
Thanks for the links, Mary Anne and me doing sorry again that it included as long post you!
Bin clean project screens with Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver announces a screening of the documentary the clean bin project!
When: Friday, November 5, 7 to follow filmmaker Q & A
Where: Djavad Mowafaghian cinema, SFU woodwards pomfret, Schuettea, 149 W Hastings, Vancouver
Clean bin project is a documentary about a regular couple and their pursuit answer to the question "is it possible, completely free to live waste?"
Partner Jen and grant head go to see head in a contest, who can swear off consumerism and the lowest landfill waste in a whole year to produzieren.Ihre cheerful competition festgelegt.Selbst as grant is waste in the North American society against a darker check of the sobering problem and Jen begin, interested in your project garner, of importance in your fight with seemingly minuscule affect the large environmental impact of our throwaway society to finden.Interviews renowned expert Captain Charles Moore artist Chris Jordan and marine pollution, the presented clean project bin the serious issue of waste reduction with optimism, humor and inspiration for individual action.
Tickets are $10 and is available for online purchase or at the door.
Can your batteries, used discs bring clean plastic bags # 3, # 6, # 7 and unnumbered plastic, polystyrene and small personal electronics such as cell phones and music players, washed.
We strive for a zero waste event!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Neighbour goods
Ever need a drill, a ladder or a backpack go to Europe?
Allow me to introduce "http://neighborgoods.net/"
So far, are available only in the United States, but the idea is sound.So much stuff we buy, even use our neighbours her same age for the sole purpose of purchased.PLUS you something in your home that you have purchased before you did have that could give you.
I love es.Crowd sourcing used to its full potential.
What can I reuse or recycle make a Chair?
We have an email from Adele had:
For my product design a2 I am level with a view, a Chair made from recycled materials to erstellen.Ich have to be able to collect, in a relatively short time and of course it would be very helpful if the elements free...I have an open mind about you and I need inspiration pretty quickly.
Cardboard chairs are the first thing, designers have made spring to mind in any forms and styles and there are a number of tutorials around the Web — and people talk about the theory makes you also.
If it does not have to be a formal Chair, it might be worth exploring, Upcycling old clothes or beds make a bean bag.(I have old clothes to repair broken chairs on a number of occasions – an open from Jean leg is - the right width for a Director's chair but these projects begin with a real Chair frame.)
A bit more involved than just cardboard or, make chairs from old oil drums, barrel - such as these basic chairs or a more extravagant rocker .Kunststoff barrels may be slightly easier to work with, but still transformable (these chairs are made from old barrels but give an idea of possible form).
Any other suggestions for Adele?
Eco-friendly tips in your home to sell
People come and go places. You move from one place to another, if you feel or need. The consequence that goes with this mobile is selling their old homes. Selling a House is to make numerous steps to sellers attractive potential buyers. Steps can de for staging. If you have one of those who remember, the moving and selling their old home, we listed some simple tips for selling your old home of the eco-friendly manner to follow.
Uninstall hash of the responsibly - usually when it comes to de, throw away many of us just those casinos that we are in the trash, obviously not environment friendly manner have cleaning. There are still a lot of our casinos, which can still be reused but or recycle. Therefore is the best thing we can do to find a new home for you.Have the things you keep boxed and want to place in your store and those that you want to remove, you can simply call a recycling center in your Nähe.Sie can also browse through items (books, glasses, old clothes etc.) categorized and donations simply charities that need it most.
To entertain your potential buyers with eco-friendly refreshments - a refreshment bar with water in bottles, snack and more is very common, to each House for sale to your prospect to buyer bewirten.Allerdings place instead of putting in your refreshment, why no pitcher or filtered tap water, some organic fruits and cloth napkins. In this way, trashes are minimized.
Distributed brochures, which are made of recycled paper - Brochures will help out much in spreading the news is your home for sale.A lot Papier.Allerdings use this marketing strategy can be done on an environmentally friendly manner with the use of recycled paper, can be found around you.Sustainable interior design |Eco products |
What you need to know to save energy through solar chargers
With many companies and businesses that going green Chargers solar cell entered telephone, the race. Preservation of the environment is very important today because the world throughout the worse was that has
Years of excessive pollution and harmful gases.
Because mobile phones have become popular worldwide companies on the Green bandwagon, solar cell phone chargers jumped erstellen.Dies is not only a big step for companies and groups as
Flutter profits, but they are also set to help the environment, as well as examples of other companies.
To work for solar phone chargers sunlight on the device must be suspended where energy absorbed is for the iSun, a very popular solar cell phone charger is the solare device has a power cable in connected.
the power input of the cell phone or electronic device.
While the Sun is the energy produced from the iSun recipient is then transferred to the.There are several other ways that energy produced and from various solar cell phone chargers can be transferred to the market.
To obtain technical, certain mobile phones need some degree of kilowatts per hour for the survey.The local electricity kilowatts can vary anywhere from ten to fifteen cents.
To load a standard mobile phone, the costs can often less than or cost a dime.The savings are in the terms but the standard mobile phone charger is left in the socket.
People tend to leave your charger into the outlet, 24 hours a day, even if it is not used, it still Energie.Im draining course of one year from the same wall uses mobile phone charger it can
Quickly add and save a sufficient amount of money by solar cell phone charger.
From amazing to extremely poor Chargers can the quality of the solar cell phone is very very wenig.Nach above of the highest quality portable solar charger, the energy via a USB cable, wall outlet, or can produce through
the Sun.
This device have several options for the charging station provide a very valuable investment because can it be used virtually anywhere at night where the sunlight to the Verfügung.Die output in volts for the solar cell
Mobile phone charger is 5.5 volts.
When first an invention out as solar cell phone chargers, try companies and groups, jump on the bandwagon, create your own version of a device.
Sometimes succeeds, but many times prove a complete Ausfälle.Dies would by the producers as "Waste" however can the high quality solar mobile phone chargers, who bought and used on a daily basis by many customers as excellent investment labeled because using these products has no waste of the sunlight, the generation of energy.
Valery Bowen writes itself for 12voltsolarpanels.net, that focuses a non-commercial blog on his energy efficient story, people who understand how and why 290,0000 tonnes of CO2 based on small devices save could helfen.Er
writes on solar phone chargers to help learn how to use people less energy from the ground up and expand it to larger devices or devices.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Discover old climate in oceans and ice: Rob Dunbar on Ted.com
From time to time I come across people who say climate change but confirm together, it is a natural feature of the world. Volcanoes Aerosoles eject in the atmosphere, El Nino and La Nina affect the temperature of the ocean and so on. You are to a certain extent, assumption is correct. An engaging and interesting argument here but is outline both what is natural and is what human impact on the Ted.com website.
To discover ancient climate in oceans and ice: Rob Dunbar on Ted.com.
Green Halloween: How can I reuse or recycle Halloween decorations?
Training in our Green Halloween series...
Together with masks and costumes the stores are full of Halloween decorations at the moment zu.Kunststoff skulls and skeletons, plastic pumpkins, plastic spiders and bats, plastic ghosts and ghouls... many plastic.
As with the masks, it is far green (and more fun!), decorations from scratch to make rather than relying on stuff, mass produced, on the other hand the Welt.Es are plenty make your own Halloween decorations of HOWTOs out there (such as these ten different ideas...). But still, many people turn to store stuff bought.
Suggestions for ways to the reuse or recycle these bits and bobs?Plastic pumpkin/boiler plant pots?
Or change the use of / upward trend things all year round - to use as decoration or for other purposes?
Was an idea I saw using skull ice cube trays as SOAP forms-while you plan the finished article, a Halloween party / trick or treat gift to be, why limit the fun on this event? I say fun skull soaps all year!
Another idea for a bigger, harder plastic skull - drill/bag pencil size holes to the cranium and use it as a fun Pen/paper pot - like pinhead from the Hellraiser movies, but with bright colored felt tips.
Who favors decorations or party with Halloween make spooky fashion jewelry?
Any other ideas?
How can I reuse or recycle pet food bags?
Our beautiful old cat boron has the last his teeth taken out this week - he had rubber has always been prone to problems and during Gummi Bears, he appears as inflamed his mouth is happier.
Our vet says he may still, dry food, that most of his diet for most of his life made had but once he knows (the veterinarian BOR) we give him more wet food if it too painful/clumsy for him, biscuits to eat, I suspect he'll receivables post, all the time.
If we had four cats, we used to feed them cat food canned - one can handle per day between the four of you as one, in addition to unlimited dry biscuits - but after losing two of you were doses leads to waste eat much and we had on bag to wechseln.Es was a struggle for me, easy to recycling doses for the annoying just about impossible bag place - a toss up between packaging and food waste.
Now is boron eat more wet food, we could in move back on cans - or sigh justified, we can generate only at the end more bags.
Contacted I advice a few cat food companies to see what you do with the bag - update I will this post as if I again from you - to hear, but in the meantime use food for pets bag?
Have any reuse or recycling ideas for you?
How can I reuse or recycle acorns?
(It is perhaps a little late in the year for this one, but I kept it earlier in the autumn post; forget)
Parliament backs up on forest that contains a lot of oak trees.There are millions of acorns as draußen.Wann we out on dog walks, we hear and see how you fall you - oh, and feel like this also if you hit on the head! there are far too many to all germs in oak and I suspect even too many to be used by the local squirrel population.
I know some people use for chicken food-a local, sustainable addition to your diet, but apparently one that can also color the yolk light green (it tastes ok, looks only a bit funky).
We can offer also to eat — for example, they are often made in a coffee, but I like this falafel and ginger cake ideen.Sie have to get the right kind, is to avoid however – too bitter and you also need peeling, so it's a bit tricky, but hey, eat free!
What else can use Acorns?
Friday, November 19, 2010
How can I reuse or recycle baby steps goals and play pens?
We have an email from Karen had:
How can I recycle cots, stairs gate and play pen?Can not bear throw it away, but it seems difficult to give away!
It must be difficult to type join your local Freecycle/Freegle group, a "bid" message and the chances are someone come there from your home, for your convenience within a few days if not hours to collect (or post an ad on papuana [like Craig's list in the UK] or on eBay - if your goal is to rid it, start it at 99 p and mark it "only collection", and it is almost certain to go).
Or you give to a charity shop it could be a furniture focuses, charity or charity shop but should collect one of those in the vicinity of Ihnen-and in some places even furniture up-to-date NCT donate regularly local organize "almost new" sales - for parents to pass items to new parents in need.
As reused for we fall COTS - a few weeks ago some nice ideas there including make the cot in a bench seat sofa for the growing kid's Schlafzimmer.Gitterbette are used by people with dogs and babies, to keep the annoying Mutts to or from certain locations - if you know anyone with dogs (especially small), could a game pen to a certain extent sein.Dito interested – not only baby are useful for penning in all kinds of small animals, people - who races cats or puppies to how could range, use it for a birth or it could be used as a temporary for ill people, pregnant/new rabbit or chickens do.
If you are still in good condition, it would be on any event closest to you - any other suggestions for how you you easily distribute to pass? or reused / recycled ideas?
(Photo, which my doggy point of Ewen and Donabel)
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Tanya Davis of PEI.Is one up and comer and you can not vote for someone other errors! wait and see, because I even heard it I can't help but hear everywhere I go...
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Save water save environment
Water is one of the most common problems in the world today. Many countries around the world suffer from water shortage that is why it is a widespread campaign to save water to be free from this dilemma. So, how can we save water? Take preserving some of the simple water below steps:
Can you have seen one your taps and pipes, some leak to if, to fix it immediately, because every drop counts and allows you to save 140 gallons per week.
If your teeth to clean, avoid the use of running Wassers.Verwenden you instead a glass to avoid wasting your water that continuously running while brushing your teeth are. Things are the same to men in the a waste of money your faucet when shaving manifestly is open shave are.
When it comes to your water closet, buy a water closet with water tanks that allows you to use less water. Many of the manufacturers today have a water tank with two buttons, intended for a full flush and half flush.If you can choose to rinse only a small amount of poop or urine to empty half of the water tank capacity.
Keep an eye on your water tanks sowie.Sie might bring a food color in you water tanks and if the food wash color into the bowl without you it, it seeps must be a leak in the water tank.It immediately resolve and allows you to store up to 1,000 gallons a month.
If your laundry to do your washing machine only run, if it already fully loaded ist.Es is not only water but save power.
After your laundry can I reuse or continued employment rate your water be a big help in keeping the water.You can use it to your bathroom clean, water your plants, your closet water rinse, wash cars and more.
If wash your car or water your plants, avoid a tube, because the water from flowing will hold with a hose, also if it is not necessary do you your bucket in Wash your car and a sprinkler irrigation plants want to use must avoid only water on demand and finally waste use.
If you have a lawn, better water early in the morning or evening, when the temperature is cooler, avoiding faster evaporation.
Do not flush your website and instead drag and save water every time when you do it in the trash.
Collect rainwater and use it to your bathroom to clean your clothes to wash and water your Pflanzen.Sie can even drink if you properly cleaned you gutter rainwater and a clean rainwater collection system and tool to have.
Above mentioned are only some of the many things we can do to get water and save the environment.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
How can I reuse or recycle Conkers?
Well, this is not matter as much as "reuse or recycle" as saying "instead leave there too red Conkers for everything fun or practical to?"It can be a "reduce" is to somehow question - I reduce my use of something else instead by Conkers?
I took some Conkers on a dog walk weekend until - I could not help me, because you are fresh from their shells, slick touch a pleasure - so shiny & glatt.Sie could be used for decorative crafts?All techniques for the preservation of the lustre?
Conkers are more properly known as horse chestnuts, but are a completely different animal species chestnuts and actually toxic sind.Obwohl that gift for good used can be apparently shells of Conkers used, spiders and moths from move in your home/wardrobe deter.
And of course they can be used for playing Conkers.
Know anyone about what uses can be?
How can I reuse or recycle clothing patterns?
Carol sent to tell us an e-Mail:
I often see huge bins of clothing patterns at thrift stores.The most helpless out-of-date or missing Anweisungen.Ich you have in the past as packing material but was wondering if it was all other uses.Seems like it has to be some use for the tissue art paper.
I have just started material samples, but I have already a small stack of designers transparent paper squares of that excess bits of paper from the edges of the pattern aufgebaut.Wenn I more artistic or less clumsy, I'd imagine was that I could make an interesting (low power)-Lampenschirm, by layering you a frame or even a privacy shade will Panel for a window - but since I'm not I keep in an envelope bag in my sketchbook for when I need to trace.
Many people seem to decorative decoupage projects - such as decoration little boxes, gift tags or furniture to use (I can't find the images now but I'm sure I've seen, treated a sewing table in an old pattern) .Denken you a kind of sealer use, so you not wet and/or tear.
They are also used for just about any tissue paper craft - the only "problem" is not meant bright tissue Papier.Das the somewhat muted color compared to most, you can not see great though - pale flowers can look fantastic whether as a bunch of flowers or mini fairy Lightshades.
In practice, I like Carol's idea of using you as a packaging material and you gift could also be used as delicate gift wrapping for handmade projects.
Any other suggestions?
How can I reuse or recycle Nesquik plastic tubs?
Recycle this regular Lizzie has asked:
Suggestions for Nesquik tubs? I Nesquik think probably the greenest solution for my chocolate milkshake looks, but what, oh what with the rectangular-ish bright yellow tubs do I?
Google tells me that there are several types of Nesquik bath but the Nesquik Web site has a picture of this kind - curved plastic of oblongs - so will I - go this way with, hopefully means Lizzie.
I can imagine would test set - pretty well to protect the content between milkshakes - so that you are reused as a container for other dry cargo konnte.Wenn a moment I, would I use it for rice, like a too-big-for-me-to-hold bag it we have or open packages keep dry and air tight of flour or sugar.
Provided that the label will switch and are links with plain yellow bath, the fun gives color even when storage in a children's room to be used - I suspect it is simply too small for the most pencils/felt tip pens, but crayons it fit would, would like small numbers/toy.
Reuses any other spring to mind?
As for the fact it, I not online can recycling find out, what kind of plastic the tubs are made from - who knows?
(BTW, on the website Nesquik "Mothers" and "Fathers" have separate sections: the mothers section is about the diet and your children to drink milk, because "it is good we know for you", while the "fathers" bit is fun to spend time with your children and the nostalgic for the Nesquik taste to überzeugen.Seufzer.)
How to repair a broken bra?
After a few years of loyal service, one which my beloved Bras is gebrochen.Es has one of the two really pretty expensive Bras that I own - costs worth much money but - supportive, comfortable to wear and leads (what I said is) a pleasant boob form.
It was great quality to start with, it is proposed in pretty good condition - except that smart ist.Mein mum one of Underwires to remove both the Underwires and wear it as a not wired bra. I think I need more support than for daytime wear, but it's definitely a last resort option.
I believe I would prefer if possible to replace the Underwire - I have a collection of temple (hooks and eyes and belt) from old bras in my craft box, but were mostly from my smaller gepatzt days, so I it is not sure that you'll passen.Es certainly worth it though.Other than that says Google, it is possible to buy replacement temple at Haberdasheries - although I can't say, I have seen.
Anyone any got advice on an Underwire replace?
Also managed a bra anyone, successfully fix, if the Underwire popping out of his pocket and stabbed in the Division or armpit? I tried escape sewing holes on a number of occasions (with different Brazil) but the wire has again found always a way through the seams - a toy rabbit is the answer?
Another problem I sometimes is if the "catch" (for want a better word) on the belt starts to slip and geht.Bekam more belt lengths and my boob sags anyone as the day from any suggestions for fixing, the? or replace a belt / the small loop at the bottom of the seat belts?
Fixes all other bra breaks /?
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
How can I improve my grey water system?
We have an email from Su had:
I like the heads of all taxes that these sites do not intentionally, but in a why I know not how to do,' sort of way read.
Here, I gather all the water in my washing machine, and use it, to the toilet to spülen.Giesskannen water dragging steps with a shoulder is not easy. So I want some sort of pump, preferably from recycled bits (if possible) to construct.Unfortunately I have not the remotest idea where to start!
I can easily put a tube from the bathroom window in the containers of water, but it would be easiest if the pump, or at least the switch was at the 'Top' end, so I runs at the end to it to cycle up and down stairs.Would a washing machine pump (not that I lying one have) do the job? it could be solar powered?
All ideas, the I grateful.
I have not much experience with greywater systems Setup so that I can not really advice - hopefully will someone in a better position, position to nehmen.Als I would knowing someone who has an incredibly vertical House more about options for pumping water.
Is one thing but I will say you change it around could, so you need to top pumps? for example, using grey water from the toilet, shower and use the stuff from the washing machine somewhere else (such as on the garden, if it is dry free) it obviously depends on the set up your home - not his storage room at this level for water - it could be but it easier then you could get things in this way to check certificates work a powered pump.
Ideas, suggestions or advice?
5 fantastic recycling ideas for scrap tires
Only, because a tire is too old and worn out, to use a car, it doesn't mean that it is the useful life over.
Here our top is recycled for scrap tires five.
Used tires can be used as instant growers in a garden - wide and low containers on your own, or stacked up to higher atop each other planters bilden.Einige people think you are ideal for things, ground up (like potatoes) or (like rhubarb) to enforce, how you can add and remove layers need need.
However, others are people reluctant to grow vegetables in old tires because to leach, chemicals used in their manufacture into the ground and in the food.
Alternatively used tires can be used to quickly and easily cold frames to protect of young seedlings to machen.Setzen a tire on the ground (so that the plants was sitting on the cold Earth are not) put a piece of flat wood and some strips on top, and add a different tyres the walls to the cold frame his hinzu.Verwenden old window in a frame or a piece of scrap perspex/clear plastic as the roof to to let the Sun. fill for extra insulation/heating maintaining lower tyres and the walls of the upper tire with straw or similar.
Tyre are rocking fun and easy to make-Fügen simply a strong branch, rope or chain and a happy child.
If you used use one tires, make sure to clean it thoroughly before swinging on it but - tires Blackeners & how colour clothing to avoid.
Alternatively, use to make mini course for children in your garden.
Or if you have a huge truck/tractor tires, they can be used for sandpits.
Tyres can in handy feed swing - low, large baskets - for the implementation of produce and become weeds around the garden.
The basic idea is the tyres in sections cut and handles - add, but there are a number of how-tos out there prefer details - Marcos' post on Instructables is very clear and thorough.
If you a deceit or two have made may have why not some links relating to tyres - turn the rest in a few hard Sandals?
Or like Marcus said our original "How can I reuse or recycle old tires?" post-make to protect knee when you kneeling in the garden, all of your used tires cold frames; seedlings planting)
And don't forget, if you don't want to reuse that you may have other: consider your local Freecycle/Freegle Group offer or find out from your local Council/tire dealer, how you can dispose of them so that you will be reused or recycled by someone else.
Easy to follow energy saving tips
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Easy to follow energy saving tips
Saving on our energy usage is important especially now that climate change is a hot issue.We must do every possible thing that we can do in order to help save our environment and one of it is by saving energy.Energy saving can be done in various situations like those that are listed below:
Saving energy cooking when:
If we only have good cooking habit, we will be able to save on our LPG usage.However, how you will do it without spoiling the sumptuous button of your food.
Before cooking and lighting your stove, always make sure that you have all your cooking ingredients ready.
Make the most of your flame stove's a wide, by using shallow copper cooking vessel, and always keep it covered.
Cook quickly different dish at the same time by using your pressure cooker and separators.
Use only enough water for cooking so that it will not take too much time to boil, and when the water started boiling you can now set the lower flame.
Make sure your gas burners are clean and maintain the blue flame.
Storing your cooked food in an insulated container will help keep the food warm longer and avoid re-heating.
Saving energy for your water usage:
It is normal for us to have hot water stored for our coffee or tea use just in case we do not have the coffee or tea maker.Having a shower with hot water is also one of the normal things we do especially during cold seasons, early in the morning, or at night before going to bed.A few of the simple to follow energy saving tips are the following:
Heating your water using your LPG stove uses lesser energy than heating using your electric heater or cordless kettle.
If you have a hot and cold shower at home, installing water saving showerhead will really help.It will consume less water does so with the energy without compromising the comfortable experience.
Install of your heating devices closer to where you use your water and will deliver warm water faster using thin pipes.
Make sure that you have insulated your hot water pipes that pass through unheated areas.
Showering the shortest possible time will at also be of big help in saving energy your heater uses and you can save water as well.
Saving energy on your general household:
Unplug all your unused appliances like your television set, computer, DVD player, VCD player, Wii, PlayStation, and more, because it save you will more energy than keeping them on standby.
After charging your electronic devices, unplug all your chargers.
Using an energy saving light will also be of big help.
Turn off the lights when not in use.
Mentioned above are just a few of the simple things that we can do to save energy and help save the environment. Now, if we are not responsible enough, all those simple tips mentioned above will be meaningless. Saving the environment is all in our hands, if we join hands together, do the things that are right and safe for the environment, and then we can go save mother earth.
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Eco phones to mother earth to save
The call to save mother earth and maintenance of ecological balance has in huge proportions, risen, especially now that we are facing extreme global warming and the possibility of climate change.
The good thing is that by individual until the mega companies much beantwortet.Unter this mega are companies, do their share of saving the environment telecommunications and mobile phone companies.
More than just plants trees by the roadways or teaching people how to manage and to separate these companies their waste trying to help things in environmental conservation you-excel mobile phones.
The mobile phone is expressed hat.Einfach already part of the modern individual, a device developed by a mere telephone in an integral part of human communication, the modern person probably owns a mobile phone for obvious reasons.
But, that being said, most mobile phones are made of materials, contain chemicals that are harmful to the country such as cadmium, nickel and Lithion. And every day, tons of mobile phones and cellular batteries have been clogging the site in the world, add to mass human junk we do every single day.
Cell phone companies are granted, not tree huggers.But it's nice to know that these communication giants of modern communication technology and environmental awareness with their lines of eco friendly cellular phones are fusing with the current state is facing our environment.
Samsung, the South Korea-based mobile phone maker has the introduction of mobile phones per environment konsequent.Der still in-the works Samsung Blue Earth is planned, to water recycling bottles and is powered by the Sun.During this phone in the drawing board, the Samsung Blue Earth is approaching completion and will be available later in the year 2009 available.
Another environment friendly Samsung mobile phone that is already out on the market is the Samsung E1107.Angetrieben from a solar panel in the back, the Samsung E1107 eliminates the need for conventional cell phone batteries.
Sony Ericsson, other mobile phone titanium, devices in its share of eco-friendly mobile phones - Sony Ericsson still no news there green Herz.Aber when the phone for the public will be made available, is the message that the green heart's chassis is made from biodegradable materials and the keyboard made of recycled plastic is molded.
Nokia closes the pro environment mobile phones race with the two concept phones currently in the Design Phase.Eine by solar energy driven, radio waves use frequency the other phone wird.Es is planned that such energy are more efficient than solar power, but current prototype still are to supply this demand.
Another good thing is be that electronics companies around the world on easing the world further environmental damage with solar chargers bent and other alterative and unconventional sources for mobile phones, such as e.g. Chargers with hand crank mechanism.
If the trend should pick up and enough, to generate then there is a great opportunity following nor are we environment friendly phones will use in the near future.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Green Halloween: How can I reuse or recycle Halloween masks?
With Halloween weekend full masks and costumes are the shops at the moment.
(Dieses_Blog_zu_halten_und_Rant_vernünftigerweise_auf_frei,_ich_shalln't_gehen_in_meine_Gefühle_für_eine) sudden import of Halloween as a great holiday and b) the rise of the shop bought fancy dress outfits and costumes (the fun half of it myself and it will be a laugh rather than perfect replica?). Whether I it, or don't like, Halloween is big business these days and that means the next Monday morning, there are many masks with quick look visit to the trash on your way to landfill.
The cheapest way only face flimsy plastic are held on a piece of thin elastic.You are apparently for a time before tearing a weak point to gedacht.Die more expensive specific characters are often LaTeX or thicker plastic.
Of course, there is an obvious "reduce": not buy in the first place or keep it and use it again in the future - but rarely people go as the same year after year.But what about reuse or recycling ideas?
Has someone use an old mask for otherwise modified? I to use for making an evening teach drama week and wanted some masks in the summer, as a basis Japanese Noh masks I needed at the end but already modeled a face shape around with something useful would have been.
Or what about with you for forms for something? I am not sure that the plastic that would cheap be strong enough for repeated use but you may be able to use it for something... any ideas?
I doubt that many theatre companies would want a raft load of horror masks unless a Halloween spectacular actions - and you may be too scary / too adult for schools you want – anyone can think of somewhere else that might need some en masse?
A surfing Koala wouldn't lie
Here at the Greenists we spend a fair amount of time talking about the seemingly harmless household items that eventually are may not be as harmless. Not because we alarmists, of course (I don't do certainly News affiliate, as the guy in the teaser promos for my local Fox from all "it's in your cupboard, and it could be killing you!") ("Learn more at ten o'clock!"), but because we all try to increase our health to protect and minimize impact on the environment in which small things we can our consciousness.
A few months ago, I learned that traditional paraffin candles are not the best way to add fragrance or atmosphere to your home, but did, that the most commercial air fresheners is a choice great for this task either not?
Of course you; haveThey're all smart and savvy Greenists.Als I haven't I really see into the details until something prompted me to do so. That little sample of JulAir, which was received in my mailbox.
JulAir is an air freshener and neutralizer, the essential oils (especially Australian tea tree oil, a natural disinfectant) used to (rather than mask) remove odors.His list of ingredients is remarkable short: purified water and a mixture of natural essential oils. and that has me wondering what exactly in the other air fresheners in the market.
Turns out this is a difficult question to answer, as can many of the leading air freshener - including the sole of the stuff in my closet that I have had so long, I think it lived, to me in my last three apartments - lists not even their ingredients on the label. Is a 2007 study attempts by the national resources Defense Council (NRDC) for us and find out, however, determined that 86% of the products tested different phthalates include you.
Phthalates are verwendet.In air freshener in many products for many different reasons, your main purpose is the fragrance to make take longer. You have also hormonal abnormalities, birth defects and reproductive problems, but was linked. Air fresheners may contain high volatile organic compounds (VOC) and carcinogenic chemicals such as benzene and formaldehyde. And on top you have with ozone and other common air to produce pollutants react more toxic chemicals found was. Fun!
I never got a great user of air fresheners anyway (therefore the aforementioned can probably bought sometime during the Clinton Administration) .i'm much more inclined, a window into the air from a room than to spray can to try to cover up something, to open a smell. To me, air freshener smell almost always worse than what you smell try get rid of, and never actually smell anyway you get rid of. You know what is worse than the smell poop or rotten food? Not so pleasant smell poop or rotten food mixed with the artificial scent of flowers, berries or baby powder. (Uh, are you eating now breakfast?) If so, I apologize do, though I hope I have made my point.)
Therefore JulAir claims not only to cover up odors in your kitchen, bathroom or somewhere else, but these odors to neutralisieren.So it works?I was skeptical, but I had actually... probably say?To be honest, I gave a test run on all particularly stubborn and terrible smells the stuff.It turns out my house isn't really that smelly.I live alone - no pets, no young (I'm sorry;)(I know we are all for equality and gender neutrality here, but maybe we can agree that dudes can be a little good, brutto-?)For the past few weeks, I've actually waited to present, so I could for a super smelly situation improved measuring JulAir's effectiveness, but, that just has not happened so far.
Times I used, I will say, however, I have only the tea tree smelled spraying it oil and a touch of jasmine, tea tree oil and Jasmin mixed it with some anderes.So? I think it works!(Can tentatively under difficult conditions, your results vary.)Hurray, the Koala surfing not lie.
Some people are not so keen on the smell of tea tree oil and if you're one of those people, you can not love this stuff. lucky for me, I like to the smell of tea tree oil, so JulAir belongs to the few air freshener that actually clean in my household now, I think Arsenal riecht.Mit of this handy small bottle to me, it has finally the time, the kick, the old spray stuff to the curb (uh, hazardous waste bin).
Green Halloween: what can reuse or recycle to make a Halloween mask?
Training in our Green Halloween series...
So yesterday, we looked at re-use or recycling ideas for Halloween masks - and I my desire to ranting about shop bought costumes so are unterdrückt.In of my humble opinion homemade costumes way more fun – and you often reuse and recycle stuff instead of resources to make a unique outfit.
In the past - way back in the past we languages to make Halloween costumes in General, but I wanted to masks of in particular this time - part, think not Halloween masks for theatre things and so the more suggestions since I yesterday, need I sometimes mentioned the better.
What did you use to make masks?
Suggestions for raw materials - things that are malleable or things that already have a suitable form? I think the most basic type of mask is an oval shaped card (cereal box?), and painted - but all what more creative?
Suggestions for how to fix it on your head/face? and a bit more involved - all ideas what use for hair?
Monday, November 15, 2010
What can I reuse or recycle make a clothing Airer?
A few weeks on really good life, I post my top 5 clothes line of drying tips.
One of my tips is to use a clothes peg of Airer thing one if possible - of these things – it stops the little items taking up space on your main line and is easy to to take when it starts raining.
Petra liked the idea and decided to make their own from some current pipe, an old iron hanger, some rope and pegs - and that is so great, I am now adamant reuse and recycling on my own to make once it has my current flimsy plastic Pause.Und me remember, other line drying clothes air stuff too...
Have made no clothing the lines/Airers/dry even the re-use and the recycling of age material racks?What did you use?
Or have you fixed/expanded one shop bought to make Airer better for your needs?
Any tips or advice for someone else?
("Oddly I thought of this a year ago also-I asked how to make a cover for my rotary Airer so I could omit clothing during occasional showers.")(It must be something about this increasingly wet time of year!)
Load up your refrigerators and save energy
I can remember when I was a kid, my mother not until our wants refrigerator to load, save energy. This kind of mentality holds to consider for years, not, until I learned that the load can actually save energy to a fridge.
Fully loaded refrigerators will use no more energy, once the food be cold.One must keep your fridge full cooling section and enough space to allow cool air to circulate even cooling kann.Gefrierfach some page should be filled on the other closely, so that the frozen food can keep each other cold.
If you've ever not enough food to keep you loaded freezer, it is also advisable, to keep more ice trays loaded.Containers of water are also tun.Es power outage longer since that has nothing to survive freezing equipment in comparison with those inside proved that if your freezer is packed, it has the ability, provided that the door is kept closed. It is also best to put extra containers of water in your cooling section that come to minimize that everytime you open and close your refrigerator door's must be cooled in the warm air.
Apart from the above, there are some other ways to save energy use your refrigerators and at the same time capacitor of work on permissible capacity will keep your fridge's.Let your cooked foods for quite some time first before the cool abkühlen.Auf it this way to cool your fridge condenser food in your hot not overtime. Be sure that your cooling period in just enough to bacterial growth to enable for your food will ruin it. Make with ice cubes must also advisable to avoid, warm or hot water and a moist food cover, so that your refrigerator is not wasting energy evaporates moisture that has your food.
Alternatively save energy with your refrigerator is the recommended temperature of 37 to 40 degrees Celsius for your ref of the cooling section and check below 5 degrees Celsius for the freezer compartment.Regularly clean your refrigerator's condenser according to the instructions in your manual found.Always ensure you ref capacitor above gave your space and produce behind you in order for the warm air that you to entkommen.Auch always, make sure that you are tight fridge door seals.You can easily check it by an invoice if the doors are closed and you can drag your invoice your door seals are not strong enough and will eventually be some amount of energy verschwenden.Eine is another way of checking your door seals put a piece of the spoon or fork on the rubber gasket and if it keeps your utensils, then your door seals are tight.
Refrigerator's doors open. place the most important of all, not to keep on your multiple element together at a time and will save it energy.
5 fantastic recycles: the best recipes to use up leftover rice
It's all too easy, too much rice cooking, but fortunately there are many ways to use it up.
Food safety warning: bacteria, particularly Bacillus Cereus, loves cooked rice - and it grows quickly, to dangerous Ebenen.Minimierung it is fast as soon as possible to put it in the refrigerator it growth by cooling, then use it with a day or so.
Rice is eaten all over the world in one or general principle is another Form.Das same - Cook rice in milk, then if it is soft, add an artificial sweetener (sugar, honey or fruit syrup) and there something to be a bit more taste like cream, egg yolks, fruit or nuts and spices such nutmeg and cinnamon. There are thousands of ways, to make it - experiment to find your favorite!
Leftovers can be cooked rice instead of dry rice used, especially if you like a mushier pudding at the end to have. When fresh, most people use it round grain rice but will - do something short, white or Brown, what you on the road have long or short, basmati, jasmine-.
One is my favorite rice pudding recipes with coconut and mango-yum!
Leftover rice - at any time, - is great as a bulking agent in the ointment. added early it breaks and makes the whole soup thicker; added towards the end, it provides scoopable particles to hunt the bowl.
A hearty minestrone or A delicious Moroccan veg soup - add or add it a simple chicken soup for those days when your belly needs something nice and bland.
You can a tasty dinner make quickly, by filling paprika or bone marrow rings with leftover rice.
Cut the top off the peppers and remove all seeds/white bits, then mix the rice with meat, vegetables or herbs you desire, top with a bit of cheese and bake in a medium oven for about half an hour.
As rice pudding, everyone has their own way, make their own favorite ingredients.Some great examples to get started: beans and rice stuffed peppers;Zucchini, Basil and rice ones;and super saucy tomatoes and beef mince ones.
Be extra sparingly use regardless of meat or vegetables in addition to the rice leftover have is a little Chili Con Carne or casserole perfect stir and easy flavor of rice.
Have you ever tried rice bread?Not rice cakes that boring puffy know things but actual proper bread? if not, you should-it's great and because you have to cook the rice down to form a paste, starting with rice cooked save leftover time and avoiding waste.
Check out this video how to see how it is done.
Alternately, desire to slightly sweeter? then I give you vanilla rice muffins.
Finally none had occurred "used for the leftover rice" rice list completely without fried Reis.Gebratener with boiled rice links too cold to go, so it's ideal to use up leftovers.
There are again a billion varieties and flavors.A simple recipe makes good supplement, but a couple more ingredients – some meat, fish, tofu or exciting veg - and you have a tasty Mahlzeit.versuchen, these fragrant chicken and prawns recipe.
Reduce food waste - only cook so much rice, as each need. find a cup or court that makes the correct amount it out and to measure.
What is to do your favorite thing with leftover rice?
Bag, if you need (your pants are thanks)
I know I know - you are tired of talk of plastic bags. You have already upgraded to reusable bags when you go shopping and still find creative possibilities are, to use up to, all this oil-based polymer abominations which have, to accumulate under the kitchen sink in the last twenty years. We are how about plastic bags, right?
Not so fast. Maybe you're not like me at all and you have managed to banish plastics in every way from home, but a place in my household, we can't seem to get on the plastic bag is in the bin.I tried to go Bagless, drag the entire Recycle Bin on the transport dumpster and not try everything, what funky garbage to get juice on my pants, if I over the top hissen.Dass, except sometimes get garbage juice on your pants and the banana peels it works on the inside of the can be pretty stubborn.
Fortunately, spotless to add the kind of person who really appreciate Dungarees and not even a plastic bag of the landfill, it is the BioBag.By a bunch of certified by the biodegradable products Institute under some specification of letters and numbers (that is, as you know, is it for real) identifies, made BioBags in the United States from not GMO starch, vegetable oil and "the world's first patented biodegradable polymer." I'll only on you on a trust take last an.Punkt is I, these bags are quickly designed to compost. In other words, these bags are not pockets for very long, an idea which upheld by two of the proposals on the field: "not set hot liquids in Pocket" and "the best results, use BioBags 6 months after purchase."
Hmm. A little break gave me these warnings.My 13-gallon bag would hold up to 13 gallons of onion peels and tea bags? or if I go, drag it from the can, from the bottom of the bag, already won the race in the direction of biodegradation, the Recycle Bin simply delete all back in the can (or even worse, on the ground?) My fears ever not appease, transparent green bags are also incredibly thin.Hefty, aren't they.
Arbeiten.Es are no fancy DrawString like our old bags and I don't think you would want branches or syringes or something to Pokey used in you, but they kept.I plugged the trashcan past full as I always do it gently pulled the bag out through the corners and... nichts.Es held just fein.Es is only a garbage bag what a garbage bag, do think keeping Recycle Bin for the trip down to the transport dumpster and hopefully much longer past.
Now I need to try some more of the plastic trash cut out, within my BioBags ends. by the way: what are Dungarees and why I choose, to describe, how to wear?
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
The winners of the MAVEA pitcher + what's going on
Which is the random number generator of the winner MAVEA water filtration pitcher Emily keelhauling Caton! Congratulations, Emily! Thank you to all thank you entered, and a large MAVEA for this giveaway!
Here's what's going on:
Nature of moms has 8 nifty natural uses for salt.
The Good Human talks about pollution and IQ.
In HABITAT photovoltaic explains sidewalk tiles.
BBC reports on the "lights out" program to help migratory birds.
The League of Conservation has an approved list of Green thinking candidates.
Don't forget to vote today!
Green Halloween: How can I the amount of sweet / candy wrapping reduce?
Training in our Green Halloween series...
What with food safety issues and all the urban legends about razor blades & kovazg, are almost all trick-or-treat treats these days shop bought and individually wrapped - may be the worst way to eat candy or chocolate packaging waste, especially as it mostly of plastic wrapper that can be reused.
Do everything to minimize, give the height of the sweetie packaging- and collect?
What are the most reusable or recyclable options?
Is a way of reducing, of course, not to the whole trick or treating thing- but there are other alternatives?
And while we this long dim and distant past, each new reuse/Upcycling ideas for the wrapper - have assumed transparent ones shown in the image or opaque chocolate used ones on mini bars etc.?
Recycling in jewelry - more beautiful items made from waste
With all the events the buy stuff coming up in the next few months - and because it's generally wonderful and inspiring, I thought it was high time that we had a look around the world of Upcycled jewelry - stuff people make through reuse and recycling random things that would otherwise be directed for landfill sites.
What are your favorite tracks? if you have other great examples of random stuff, recycled or Upcycled in jewelry?
1000lb (454 k.g.) Car design challenge
When I put my scooter bought I could not believe how much fun it was. There were many things that I took note. The cell phone ban was how ineffective, was high on the list anyway. But that's not all what I started to pay attention. In particular, what all that engine under the hood of my truck for was. It was to move the pressed steel cage, the I in was. I was hardly insignificant part of the equation! 2 L engine, 4 L engine does it matter? Move me around, it seemed that the series was 0,050 L all it would take!
This year at the LA car was the goal to create a vehicle that exceed 1000lbs or 454 kilograms.Here is a link at the LA Auto show's website: http://www.laautoshow.com/DC10/ and because your photos not very good, I have a link to greenmuze's article about the same topic http://www.greenmuze.com/climate/cars/3149-the-1000lb-car-design-challenge-.html enthalten.Es is much easier to see what the cars on this website.
Enjoy.
From the looks of things, a strong argument would be simplicity about science favouring, only 50cc takes the weights of vehicles rather than design fancy new fuels to schneiden.Verschieben I (in the city at 60 km/h) value which is engine schließlich.Es certainly value diskutieren.Roller stand a decent chance dramatically cutting-your fuel Bill and while reducing traffic.
Via Greenmuze
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Recycling of plastic bottles in the Garden: reuse it all!
Dani saw my mention using a plastic bottle cap to a resealable plastic bag last week and has to say in touch, finds ways to reuse the whole bottle in your garden Marigold adventure.
I use an old grain bag and a top bottle, the seeds airtight / waterproof as keeping seeds of various families stick together.
I use the neck section as a mini collar to protect my plants and I use the basis for all lemon pips I grows as a plant owner - just perfect.
Great, efficient reuse, Dani!
How can I reuse or recycle the plastic bags from cereal boxes?
Like Tin foil can not the second week, I think we have not an already covered.
To expand the product shelf lift and to protect it from moisture most breakfast is a cosy film packaging cereals in a type of plastic - either or, more commonly, a plastic bag liner - within its box wrapped.
Tend to the bags of high density polyethylene (HDPE), the resin code be made 2 and so is theoretically recyclable where type 2 plastics are collected.(Check spot with your local councils/collection though - some places even accept no film type, the packaging, if you accept the same resin code in bottle form.)
But what is reused before the recycling?
My father love saves bread in you as you are better quality than any sandwich bag for the purpose of people buy konnte.Andere you cut them open many sticky articles prepare for baking or things like Burger or dough freeze to use instead of wax paper.
What do you do with you? what are your favorite recycling ideas?
How can I the last of the gel from the bottle?
We have an email from Sylvia in a similar vein to our "How to: use the last everything" post had a few months ago:
I love Avon products, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get out the gel to get if I can shake more out of the bottle not!Any suggestions?
Back in the day used to a straw use the last my (apparently Frizz ease) out of the narrow, tall bottle - getting hair gel, which was quite messy, but have a lot of sticky gunk on the sides of the glass.
Gel's use, are subject to the possibly to do the old add-water and swoosh-around trick used for shampoo - will make it a little more watery gel but everything will be good for some gels.
If you lose much gel and the bottle is plastic, it is advisable, to see if you could change to get to it in bottles-, fashion cut the pipe and scrap out leaving the stuff on the pages instead of tubes.
Any other suggestions?
Friday, November 12, 2010
Recycling and saving the environment help
Recycling is another easy way to the save our environment apart from save tons of our energy consumption.
When we say recycling, it involves creating new products from these materials.In this way can we prevent waste used elements has the potential, a useful material for a new product to spare able to reduce the amount of new material, that it used energy in the production and finally reduced green house gases.
If we are materials not yet aware that are recyclable include types and kinds of meal, plastic, glass, paper, textiles, electronics and much mehr.Jeder everywhere you can recycling tun.Lassen you us begin recycling things in your home.
You can first your wastes in different types such as, organic waste, which contains your leftovers, plastic, including your shopping bags made of plastic, plastic container for your milk, soy sauce, cooking oil and more glass containing your wine bottles, Cola and more, classify and electronics including your old TV set, mobile phones, remote control and much more.
So how can you reuse that things you have at home. If you are knowledgeable in craft things not enough, you do anything can, is to recycle things these elements will pay to banks and junk-e-shops close to recycle. Most if not all of you are willing to pay a price for recyclable items you have. In this way not only have helped save the environment, but have some income from it as well.
If you are gifted with artistic hands can wonderful elements of personal belongings to wonderful home create decors from recyclable materials that you have at home.Their emptied your beautiful vases can wine bottles or plastic container can be your artistic lights or your electronics as your fashionable jewelry (with your old boards of your TV or remote control boards like).A creative spirit and a talented hand is what it takes to create beautiful items used by you and recyclable materials.With recycling can easily minimized if not eliminated landfills and reduce harm, the it for the environment.
On the other hand, if at all they are not enough skilled or just not fond of recycling-but wanted some share of saving the environment have you may also prefer to buy things that are made from recycled materials.
If staying in India or an Indian, the national, handmade expression has various fashionable items available for you and all of you are from recycled materials hergestellt.Ein great example of this is that "This is a paper bag" paper Tasche.Dies is a paper bag consists of recycled Hindi Zeitungen.Sie must not by its quality to ensure since the bag consists of five layers of newspapers have a robust bag to the fashionable paper bag machen.Abgesehen this fashionable paper also stylish bags, purse, makeup Kit and more.
It's fun make good deeds that is to save Earth, not only the current generation, but future generations as well as benefit.
How can I reuse or recycle tea towels?
We have an email from Louise W: had.
Over the years, our Church Hall has dozens and dozens of tea towels, I don't know grubby where you typically snap kommen.Wir that, in half and use it for cleaning cloths, but I was wondering, if you could any ideas for other things we with you to do hatte.Einige we are good sewing flea market could make things with you for our.
If a Straight-Up surplus of well-maintained am towels, I sure it would be local shelters/re homing community groups, the a bulk donation - either for use in their own kitchens or be out to people in need, although basic household supplies would love.
If you too grubby for donating can decent parts of tissue Upcycled did in a number of ways I seen aprons made pretty tea towels café style curtains / blinds for kitchens, baby bib (especially if the towels are super soft from frequent washing) or quilt style hot pad napkins with a few different towels.
Finally, if you for any too grubby you make large tablecloth cleaning rags and can for small toys or the like are shredded filling.
Other recycling ideas? both practical and creative crafty ones?
How can I reuse or recycle plastic tablecloths?
After last month straw placemats and coasters post I think table cloths through plastic "disposable" - type people buy as a cheap way to decorate your table for children (and other) parties.
You are usually thin sheets of plastic, coloured either bright or covered with character images - so you seem like ideal candidates for Upcycling - any specific ideas?
Are also good as table/floor/all sessions - covered while messy craft industry or a no poncho pattern sewing using transform you into splash-proof ponchos for very messy art activities!
Of course it would be better, reduce first and foremost - buy multi purpose Ones.Oder washable textiles or easy-clean oilcloth if you not, that to ruin a bunch of 5-year-old want to, children decorate it yourself - the best bits cover tables cut with cheap blank newsprint/sugar paper and let, and kept as a souvenir your best bed linen and the rest can go in your paper recycling.
As for actually recycling you are plastic, usually made of HDPE (resin code 2) as shopping bags - so in addition to shopping bags recycled can made.
Any other ideas for reuse and Upcycling you?
How can I reuse or recycle window envelopes?
We have envelopes in General and special types of envelopes - liked ones and plastic mailing bags - spoken, but I was wondering, if there are reused me using the transparent bit of window envelopes.
Different places different policies have on whether or not you in the General paper recycling containers — including some can be about window & adhesive complain about the Windows.The only snail mail I send is arrived plots or things with a pre-addressed/pre-paid handling, so I really can reuse you nicht.stattdessen goes empty parts from the back of envelopes as envelopes in my scrap paper desk pad.If it is printed, is it light in the pile for our herd - but so or so, the window comes out.
So each recovery/recycling ideas for intact window envelopes using the window? or suggestions for the reuse of window by itself?
(BTW, I noticed that some window envelopes from Pergamin - largely transparent type of paper werden.Pergaminpapier is now established in all paper recycling collection bin not accepted and it takes its sweet sweet time to compost because it is waterproof - best, am if you fast from your sales)
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Hope for women
Usually mean Greenists reports about food, but this post is about the great program of hope for women, which helps economically disadvantaged women themselves support:
Hope for women offers handcrafted fair trade eco products from economically disadvantaged women, worldwide made.
With the holiday season just around the corner, this is a good way, not only women are clearly are fair trade, eco-friendly and sustainable products to help support but also to get some really nice gifts.
A few weeks ago I received a package with samples of greeting cards from the hope for women Himalaya and El Salvador greeting card collections and simply beautiful. the designs on the cards are one who was their beautiful Tagua bracelets, and everything that came from local wild flowers and green and are really atemberaubend.Das bracelet is made from nuts found in the Colombian rainforest.
The Himalayas cards have pressed local wild flowers and leaves on the front of you:
The colors are really just fabulous!
The cards from El Salvador used pressed flowers and green "hats" and jewelry on the design of the cards to make:
These cards are really unique and could be cards used as, or even for a nice, conversation start framed artwork.
I got one your Tagua bracelets:
The bracelet is really nett.Sie consist of nuts from the seed pods of ivory nut Palm.Jede mother has a unique pattern on the outside and one of the nuts has even a flower design on the front geätzt.Es is unique and beautiful.
Hope for women is headquartered in Burlington, Vermont and really has a fabulous mission: to allow women able to earn a reward with a fair trade product economically disadvantaged artisan, the eco friendly, sustainable and unique is. While approaching the holiday season, why not give a gift, that is not only beautiful but also those helps out in Not.Es a win-win situation is around.
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