Archives for the ‘Pollution’ Category

Usable? Giveaway, Not Throw Away!

By Wesley Joseph • May 2nd, 2008 • Category: Household, Pollution, Recycling, Resource Waste Reduction, Workplace

What do I do with my old electronics? I know the feeling. You have something new but the older version, the one you replaced, still works. Let’s say you replaced your ink jet printer with a laser jet printer all-in-one, printer, copier, scanner, and fax. But your old printer still works and [...]



Reusable Grocery Bags

By Wesley Joseph • Apr 24th, 2008 • Category: Household, Pollution, Recycling, Resource Waste Reduction

Certainly, you could reuse just about any of the grocery bags that make it to your home still in one piece. But usually they do make it without breaking, because it’s common practice to put heavier loads into a double paper or plastic bag.
The amount of waste generated by grocery bags is avoidable by [...]



Environ|Mental: Tie Energy Consumption to Pollution

By Wesley Joseph • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: Pollution

The Attitude: Increased energy consumption leads to more pollution.
How many times do we see a light sitting idly on, helping no one to see, but nonetheless causing pollution? What causes this foolishness? We know of the economic benefit to reducing our own energy consumption: lower power bills.
We also have made it easy as [...]