Tag: Recycling
Don’t keep throwing away harmful (and expensive) batteries
So many things in our homes are now battery powered, and single use batteries can be very expensive. This is because you have to keep on buying new batteries each time the old ones run out. This is extremely harmful to the environment because of all the toxic chemicals that the batteries contain, such as [...]
Posted: July 26th, 2009 under Recycling.
Tags: batteries, Recycling
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Australian Water Bottle Ban Battle
The Business Times newspaper has reported a great initiative from Bundanoon in the south-west region of Sydney Australia, which is set to be the first town to ban bottled water in an effort to reduce their environmental impact. Heading the campaign, Huw Kingston confirmed that the new proposal recently discussed at a public meeting, is [...]
Posted: July 26th, 2009 under Campaigns, Water.
Tags: CARBON EMISSIONS, Climate change, eco-friendly, fossil fuel, green, landfill, plastic, Recycling, Water
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Reduce the number of trees being decimated.
Trees are obviously very important. Without them we would all be in a lot of trouble. Around 4 billion trees are used every year to make paper. As our need to paper continues to rise it makes sense to do what we can to try and reduce the amount of trees cut down. The first [...]
Posted: July 10th, 2009 under Green tips.
Tags: paper, Recycling, trees, Wikaniko e-Kards
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Squash the trash – Reduce your household rubbish
We are producing more rubbish than ever and with landfill space fast running out, this is a major problem. Once thrown in the bin, what happens next is thrown out of our minds too. However, a few little changes can make a great difference to reduce this pollution. To create less waste is easier than you may [...]
Posted: June 5th, 2009 under Green tips, Recycling.
Tags: eco-friendly, environmental, green, landfill, Recycling, rubbish
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