Re-Usable Bags - Product Guide

I was at the doctor's office the other day and met a mother and her son. The son was happily snacking some nuts and dried fruit from a great re-usable bag. The mother told me she had tried many, many different bags/containers and these were by far her favorite and the easiest to use (she puts them in a mesh bag and tosses them into the washing machine to clean).



http://www.reusablebags.com/store/reusies™-sandwich-p-1669.html

Why Recycle Newspapers and Magazines

Americans throw away more paper than any other kind of trash. Recycling the pounds of magazines and newspapers the average household accrues in a year not only saves trees but also reduces contributions to air pollution by 95%.

Saves 581 pounds of COs per person per year which if everyone in the US recycled their paper for one year, it would be equal to having 5.551,566 cars taken off the road for one year!

Eating Your Veggies: Not As Good For You?

Eating Your Veggies: Not As Good For You?

Just what I've been researching. The declining nutrient value of our food, related to the declining health of our soil. Now, sound research to back it up! Hooray!

Why Recycle?

Recycling aluminum and steel cans directs valuable metal into new products, saving 95 percent of the energy required to manufacture aluminum from scratch and 74 percent of the energy needed to make steel.

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  One hundred percent of a recycled aluminum can ends up as another aluminum can in as little as 60 days
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  An aluminum can has no limit to the number of times it can be recycled
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  Aluminum is the most recyclable of all materials: it is four times more valuable than other recycled consumer materials
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  Throwing away a single aluminum can is like pouring out six ounces of gasoline

See: The Aluminum Association

Why?

I'm starting a why? series of blogs. Why should we change our habits? I find it easier to change if I know the consequences, particularly the beneficial consequences of my actions. So stay tuned as I discover why I (and maybe you) should change...