The Benefits of Plastics Recycling: Why Recycle Plastics?

green | May 6th, 2010 - 12:57 AM

One good reason to recycle plastic is that there is just so much of it.
Plastics are used to manufacture an incredible number of products we use every day, such as beverage and food containers, trash bags and grocery bags, plastic cups and utensils, children’s toys and diapers, and bottles for everything from mouthwash and shampoo [...]

New Zealand: Rubbish and Recycling

green | March 30th, 2010 - 2:05 AM

Recycling helps you save money and protect the environment. It gives valuable resources another life while reducing the waste that goes into landfills.
Depending on what you have to recycle, there are various ways of disposing of goods and materials for recycling:

in public recycling bins in the inner city
in weekly recycling collections throughout the city
in the [...]

29 Tips to Go Green

green | March 17th, 2010 - 12:31 AM

Every little bit is a step to help save the earth.
If you want to learn more about the tip then just click on the link (if available) to go to a page that will elaborate on the topic.

Change to Fluorescent Bulbs – If every house in the United States changed all of the light bulbs in [...]

Australian Museum: Environmental tips for 2010

green | March 11th, 2010 - 10:08 AM

Ideas on how you can help the environment in 2010
Around your home

Turn off any lights or appliances in your house you don’t need on. This includes the play station and wii consoles.
Have shorter showers (three to four minutes) or have baths.
Recycle as much as you can. Really think about something before throwing [...]

Clean Up Australia Day 2010 – Sunday, 7 March 2010

green | March 7th, 2010 - 10:13 AM

How to get involved
There are a number of ways to be part of the 20th anniversary of Clean Up Australia Day. Whether you want to go out and about and do a Clean Up or donate to the organisation, select an option listed below and get involved today.

Wait, Does This Go in the Recycling Bin?

green | January 27th, 2010 - 11:00 AM

Nina Shen Rastogi from Slate asks the question “What to do when you forget the rules?”
I wonder about this one when I’m sorting kitchen waste: If you don’t know whether something is recyclable, what’s the best approach? Is it better to put the inscrutable item in the blue recycling bin, or should you just throw [...]

Going Green at Work: Top Tips by Planet Green

green | January 21st, 2010 - 10:36 AM

Going Green at Work: Top Tips

More Work, Less EnergyFor many people, a computer is the central tool at work. Optimizing the energy settings for computers and other devices can be more than a modest energy saver.

10 Things You Can Do to Help Save the Earth

green | January 16th, 2010 - 10:53 AM

Going green is easier than you think. There are little things you can do every day to help reduce greenhouse gases and make a less harmful impact on the environment. Taking care of the Earth is not just a responsibility — it’s a privilege. In that spirit, HowStuffWorks came up with 10 things you can do [...]

Simple Green Resolution 11

green | January 7th, 2010 - 11:00 AM

Avoid Waste: Recycle
For every trash can of waste you put outside for the trash collector, about 70 trash cans of waste are used in order to create that trash. To reduce the amount of waste you produce, buy products in returnable and recyclable containers and recycle as much as you can.

8 Tips On Throwing a Green New Years Party

green | December 27th, 2009 - 11:40 AM

New years parties are those where resolutions are often made. Why not resolve to be green and throw an environmentally friendly party to show it?