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World Wisdom: Clear Drop Recycling Innovations

Motherhood Moments

Affordably priced and geared to the home user, each patent-pending Clear Drop unit addresses one specific type of recycling, making it as simple and effective as possible to stop polluting with destructive soft plastics and garbage organic waste. Many items are not processed or recycled and end up in a dump. There are 6.3

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Getting People to Help Compost

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This past summer I decided to start composting. Benefits of Composting. Before digging into how I convinced them to start composting, I want to give a quick blurb on why composting is important. It reduces how much stuff gets put into landfills. I made the barrel that the compost was put into outside.

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How to Compost Without Fancy Equipment

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Basically there are two reasons to compost. The first is to recycle leftover food, grass cuttings, and fallen leaves that might ordinarily end up in a landfill. The second is supplementary to the first–you use the compost as fertilizer. There are many ways to store the compost until it’s ready to use.

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How To Pack A Waste-Free Lunch

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For example, most leftover food scraps can even be composted ( other than meat, of course ) so they can be brought home if a school or workplace doesn’t do composting. It’s crazy how much trash we generate even when there are easy solutions! Of course, that’s only the financial savings.

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How to Incorporate Sustainable Living in Schools

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Going green for schools can be as simple as starting up a school vegetable garden, recycling waste or installing water tanks. Recycling the school’s waste can include establishing composting systems and worm farms to use as fertilizers for the garden. Related posts: How to Embrace a Sustainable Living Lifestyle.

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Entenmann’s Little Bites and Earth Day Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

Kids can be recycling pros and turn trash into cash for their schools through a new campaign with snack time favorite Entenmann’s Little Bites to create a fully recyclable lunch! Entenmann’s Little Bites “Recycle…Reuse…Replenish” Fully Recyclable Lunch Tips: Recycle. Make compost at home!

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7 Ways to Reduce Household Waste

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Compost kitchen waste to feed your garden. When you do have to throw out batteries or electronics, find out where you can dispose of them in a way that allows for a level of recycling, and keeps chemicals from polluting the environment. You can do the same. Look for ways to re-use what you already have. Go Green'

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