March 19, 2013
In this day and age where people are trying to be more environmentally friendly and less wasteful, a popular trend is making products or creating works of art out of discarded items. One such person is Kyle Cox, an artist featured at Studio 421, who has become well-known for taking unwanted and discarded items and ...
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January 22, 2013
Going Green is the new competitive edge with businesses in today’s society. Businesses that do not show an interest in a green environment are likely to lose customers. There are many things a business can do to help out the environment. The three R’s, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, are all you need to remember. Reducing ...
February 27, 2012
Spring cleaning is right around the corner. Instead of throwing away that old backpack from freshman year or the t-shirt with the mustard stain consider recycling it. I came across an article that lists many common items found in your house that can be recycled or reused, and I picked out a few interesting ...
February 10, 2012
Being an animal lover, there has never been a point in my life when I did not own at least one dog. Unfortunately, each of my dogs has always had the tendency to shed like there is no tomorrow. Having lived with this for years, I started to wonder if there was any use ...
December 20, 2011
Do you find yourself stuck with a bunch of wrapping paper after the holidays. It’s painful to just watch it go in the trash, isn’t it? What a waste! There are some ways to both reduce your wrapping paper use, and also reuse it again when you’re done. This way, you’re being eco-friendly, and you’re ...
August 13, 2011
We all use bottled water every day of our lives, but in order to reduce our carbon footprint we need to reuse all of our plastic bottles. In 2010 a study found that if we were to tie all the used plastic bottles together it would stretch across the planet over 3 and a half ...
August 12, 2011
According to the Clean Air Council, every year U.S. consumers toss out enough plastic and paper cups and flatware to make 300 cycles around the equator. That’s a lot. Recycling is one of the best ways for everyone to have a positive impact on the world in which we live by reducing the amount of ...
July 9, 2011
I mentioned before that when it comes to recycling I can never think of other ways to reuse the items. Lately, I am coming across some fun ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Here is is part two of my creative recycling tips. 1. Broken candles – Melt them down to make new candles then ...
July 7, 2011
Recycling Tips You Will Want to Try I am not a very creative person, especially when it comes to recycling. I stand in front of the recycling bin and ask myself “Could I use this for something else?” but nothing comes to mind and into the recycling bin it goes. However, I came across a ...
May 9, 2011
When most people think of recycling, they probably think of the standard paper, plastic, and glass deal. If you happen to be one of those people, you should listen up, because it’s actually a little deeper than that. You’d be surprised how many things are reusable these days and usually for unconventional purposes. Of course ...
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