Posts Tagged ‘Recycling’
Green habits that matter more than recycling
So, like every person trying to do their part to reduce their personal carbon emissions and make the most of the natural resources we all consume you recycle right? If you’re an average Planet Green reader you probably do a bit more than the average U.S. citizen who recycles about one third of the waste they produce, preventing about 1600 pounds of carbon being released into the atmosphere. That ...
Green to the Grave
Will there be a greater demand for ‘green’ burial practices? For those who spend their life dedicated to reducing their environmental footprint, it can seem contradictory for their final act of recycling to be having their bodies pumped full of toxic chemicals and buried in a metal casket that will take longer than an SUV to biodegrade. According to Joe Sehee, executive director of the New ...