Observing Earth Day 2012 Around The Globe

The world celebrated Earth Day yesterday, April 22nd. The first ever observance was actually held decades before, in 1970, after it was proposed by Gaylord Nelson, a US Senator. Over the years, millions of people have joined in observance of Earth Day across 175 countries. The idea is to help raise awareness and address environmental [...]

Making Your Place of Work Eco-Friendly

Whether you are a part of a small company, or a huge enterprise with a towering office, promoting an eco-friendly workplace can be an easy, cost-effective measure that will help reduce the impact created on the environment. Taking conscious steps to make your workplace greener not only helps improve your corner at work, it may [...]

Why It’s More Green To Use Cloth Diapers

Found this interesting photo of how long some garbage we through actually disintegrate in the ocean. As you will find, in the bottom, are the biggest culprits to landfills piling up and contributing to toxic wastes. In an effort to minimize this, companies have been producing biodegradable diapers. However, that is not enough and many [...]

UK Opens Diaper Recycling Facility

The very first recycling facility for disposable diapers or nappies, feminine hygiene products and adult diapers have opened in the United Kingdom. Located in West Bromwich, the Knowaste recycling plant will now process these wastes, diverting them from incinerators and landfills. It’s been said that these diapers and similar products pollute and populate the landfill [...]

How Simple Ways You Do Can Help Stop Global Warming

Every year, we complain about summer getting hotter than before. I had a friend who was walking downtown the other day and almost collapsed from heat exhaustion. She was rushed to the hospital and the attendants there said she was almost close to having a heat stroke. Summer weather and dryness can be deadly. In [...]

Sanyo Eneloop Rechargeable Interior Light

Rechargeable items are quite dominant in the market. Aside from the hassle that you have to buy now and then to replace batteries, it also decreases the amount of landfills. The eneloop rechargeable interior light is another Eco-friendly product from Sanyo. TheEneloop rechargeable interior light has a contactless charging system. From igreenspot: When the lamp [...]

Recycled Wine Bottles

Wines have always touched human lives. It brings people back to telling stories and reminiscing the past. Wines had been a part of everyone’s lives especially those who have heart problems. Today, wine bottles can use for filling sands, waters, ornaments and vases. Recycling used wine bottles that are supposed to be disposed off is [...]

Jean Recycling Project by Levi’s

Levi Strauss & Co. together with the students from the University of Memphis, as well as Goodwill Industries, a rehabilitation and recycling service facility, is coming up with a recycling project that should help limit wastage and landfill pollution. The program, which is dubbed, “A Care Tag for Our Planet” is about recycling old clothing, [...]

Eco-Friendly Coffee Sleeves

Coffee always makes people move faster these days. A dose of caffeine allows people to make up to their work. Coffee also keeps them awake in the wee hours in the morning. Although coffee has been treated like water to some people, it is still not healthy. Also, the cups used are non-recyclable so they [...]