admin | August 24, 2009
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a new guidebook to help older adults access information about the importance of environmentally friendly community design and how to become involved in decisions about what is termed as “smart growth.” Smart growth covers a range of development and conservation strategies that help protect our natural [...]
admin | June 24, 2009
I use those “can’t be torn” Tyvek envelopes a lot for shipping and was wondering one day, “are these actually recyclable?” I did some homework and thought I’d share the results.
Tyvek products are actually made by DuPont and are high density polyethylene which is 100% recyclable. To you and me, that’s the same as those plastic products [...]
dxsmith | May 4, 2009
What would life be like without the versatile plastic bag? We may be about to find out.
For 40 years, we’ve used the durable plastic bag as the most convenient way to carry our purchases from store to home. That light-weight plastic bag can hold 2500 times its weight. They’re inexpensive to produce, not to mention [...]
admin | April 10, 2009
Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” Whether or not you believe the controversial arguments for or against global warming, the fact remains that there is a finite amount of land in [...]