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Dasani’s #GreenBottleCap Water Bottle

Nicoles Nickels

Dasani and the Coca-Cola Company have taken great steps towards making sure that the future of our planet is improved instead of depleted by working towards a bottle made entirely from plants! . Currently, Dasani’s completely recyclable PET bottle sources 30% of its materials from approved plant resources!

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Calendar of Environmental Events Around the World

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day, a day set aside to plant trees. Recyclemania – First week of February – RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Good luck choosing just a few!

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My Backyard Compost

Family Balance Sheet

That composting is a great way to recycle yard and kitchen waste, return nutrients back into your soil and that it is quite easy. Compost bins are easy to make yourself with recycled wood pallets or plastic garbage containers. The cycle of our compostable garbage, from kitchen waste to compost to garden to table, is fascinating.

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How to Compost Without Fancy Equipment

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The first is to recycle leftover food, grass cuttings, and fallen leaves that might ordinarily end up in a landfill. Guest Post Author Bio: Bailey writes about insurance and other topics for the Homeowners Insurance Blog. Basically there are two reasons to compost. No Need to Get Fancy.

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Why You Should Live Green

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Together they account for 70 to 80 per cent of the whole life cycle impact of products. Take the issue of recycling , for example, one of the first environmental strategies governments put into place around the world. As a family, plant a garden or a tree and watch it grow. Encourage outdoor learning at home.

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