The Situation: Are people growing numb to the term “eco-friendly”? What does the term really mean in the eyes of those who truly take care of our earth in comparison with those who just assume they take care of...
Does recycling help the environment or are we just going around in circles?
One of the original goals of the recycling movement was to avert a supposed crisis as the nation’s landfills were running out of space and to reduce carbon emissions and the greenhouse gases as we reduce the need to manufacture new products, hence less mining, drilling and logging. But because more and more materials types have been added to the recyclable list, the process has become more complex and expensive than expected. In addition, recycling, especially of plastic waste mitigates carbon impacts only to a limited extent.
External Benefits Positive Public Relations When a business uses energy efficient lighting, heating and cooling, reduces its water use, recycles office materials, organizes employee community cleanup activities, uses recycled materials and creates less waste. You then generate positive public relations...
Water for sale! Why are we paying for water that we can get free from the tap? Sounds crazy? The single use water bottle – of all our other modern day consumerism, it epitomizes our un-ecological consumption. It ‘assaults’ not...
Reduce your use of plastics! Most of us find our weekly trash compose more of recyclable pink bags than the black garbage bags. We tend to put all kinds of ‘recyclable’ waste into these pink bags. Does this mean we...
Are you lining your stomach with wax on a daily basis with your paper coffee cup? Have you ever suffered from abdominal pain, the cause of which cannot be explained? The reason could be your popular disposable paper cup that...
The omnipresent disposables - can’t live without them and can’t keep using them without dire consequences! You do not want your summer party ‘leftovers’ to end like this! So, be informed and make an educated, eco-friendly and healthy choice this...
Sustainable Start-ups – Changing our World. If every business start-up thinks and practice sustainability, imagine the global eco impact. Many start ups in the EU since 2008 have not only been entrepreneurial, innovative and creative but also ‘green’, thus leading...
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