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Plastic or paper? Paper is best for the environment

Choose paper over plastic for the best environmental product. Plastics that contain phthalates are highly toxic. Sustainable forestry protects and improves the environment. Plastic recycling needs more emphasis.

2 comments    paper plastic forest
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How to make Plarn

I am not talking about dietary fiber here, I am talking about fiber for your fiber arts craft projects. The cost of yarn is going up and our effective salaries are going down in this economic boondoggle the...

13 comments    family crafts recycle
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How To Drain the Ocean

While human obsession with land has lasted centuries, millions have died in wars over land, the Earth’s ocean have remained mostly unscathed. There are battles on the seas but they are few and far between....

2 comments    travel fun how
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Living Green in America Right Now

Listen up fellow-Americans. We are the third most populous country in the world. We account for 5% of the world’s population, but we consume more than 25% of the world's energy. Time to stop being so wasteful

51 comments    life family how to
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Paper Bags - The Environmentally Sound Choice of Carrier Bag

Paper bags have literally been around for ages and they are still popular today. With all the humdrum going on about the negative environmental effects of using plastic bags there has been a resurgence in...

0 comments    shopping environment trees
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Easy Green Things

We've all heard about the drastic changes in our lives we should make to help our earth stay healthy. We know we should adopt more sustainable lifestyles, probably start riding a bicycle more often, and maybe...

2 comments    health life advice
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Plastic pollution and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Plastic is something we all use and so very many things are made of it or packaged in the material, but unfortunately a vast amount of it is getting thrown away in an irresponsible way and is becoming an ever...

28 comments    hub challenge birds pollution
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Making Rope From Plastic Bags

Do you collect plastic bags at your house, thinking that you'll eventually use them but then finally getting sick of seeing them? That's what we do at my house. We save them in a drawer and then one of us...

0 comments    home recycle rope
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Stop Plastic Bag Blight - Use Cloth Bags

Billions of plastic grocery bags are dumped into the environment world wide each year. You've probably seen many of them blowing through parking lots, stuck in trees and cluttering up the landscape. You can...

1 comment    shopping weight nature
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Paper or Plastic? - Paperboard Pallets vs. Plastic Pallets

"What do bags at the grocery store have to do with shipping pallets?" There are actually a lot of similarities. The shipping industry must often choose between a paperboard pallet and a plastic pallet.

1 comment    environment paper bags
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