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Category Archives: Recycling
Making Mistakes at the Grocery Store so You Don’t Have To
OK, so the majority of us, I’ve noticed, have managed to make the transition from going to the grocery store empty-handed to bringing re-usable grocery bags. Good. We can check that off of our low-carbon/earth-friendly lists. Now, it’s time for … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Recycling, Shopping
Tagged colin beavan, grocery, grocery bags, no-impact man, oatmeal, reduce plastic, reusable containers, reusable mesh bags, reusable produce bags, reusable tins, reuse
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Bright Green Wins by a Nose!
Ok, so I know cold season is pretty much behind us, BUT, I just had to report on my recycled facial tissue findings. I tried three 100% recycled facial tissues over the winter: Seventh Generation, Forest Green and Bright Green. … Continue reading
Posted in Recycling, Shopping
Tagged 100% recycled, 80% post-consumer waste, blowing your nose, Bright Green, facial tissues, Forest Green, kleenex, nose, recycled kleenex, recycled tissues, safeway, Seventh Generation, tissues
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Would you like deforestation with that?
Ahhh! Fast food. So, salty, so sweet, so bad for the environment (not to mention our waistlines). Does the thought of crispy, salty, warm fries have you craving a little fast food? It may be too late for your children, … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Recycling, Travel
Tagged Addictive Food, deforestation, Dogwood Campaign, Fast Food, fast food packaging, fast food waste, fat, food giants, Home economics, Junk Food, Michael Moss, NY Times Magazine, packaging, processed food, recycled packaging, salt, sugar
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Kicking the Catalog Habit
You know what’s weird? I don’t even order from catalogs anymore – who does? I might page through a catalog every now and then; but, one online order seems to spawn 100 catalogs. What’s the carbon impact of catalogs you … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Recycling, Shopping
Tagged carbon rally, CarbonRally, catalog choice, catalogs, CO2 equivalent, how bad are bananas, mike berners-lee, phone books, recycle catalogs, stop catalogs, stop junk, stop junk mail, stop phone books
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Look at What My Husband Bought Me!
A compostable bottle of detergent! Yippee Skippy! He said its way too expensive to ever buy again (he kind of exaggerates, so we’ll see on that one). What an innovative idea. The outer container is recyclable or COMPOSTABLE (my new … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Recycling, Shopping
Tagged compostable, compostable packaging, innovative, laundry detergent, less plastic, packaging, recycle, Seventh Generation
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Time for Product Reviews!
On Monday Green Steve posted a link on FaceBook of his radio interview about how the UK (where he lives) could save half a million tonnes of C02 if everyone switched to recycled toilet paper. I chafe more at the whole … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Shopping
Tagged 100% recycled paper, Canada, Canadian, Chris Goodall, composting, green steve, kleenex, paper products, paper towels, recycle, recycled paper, recycled toilet paper, Seventh Generation, tissue, toilet paper
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Why Compost?
Ever feel late to the party? A few years ago I got on the composting bandwagon because I knew it was a good idea and most of my friends had composts and we had a little land, so why not? … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Food, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Saving Money
Tagged anaerobic decomposition, CO2, compost, compost bins, compostable bags, garbage, gardening, landfill, methane, mulch, organic matter, plastic bags, wormeries, worms
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“Just one word. Plastics.”
Do you remember how smart that sounded in The Graduate? Plastic. It was new and exciting. Sexy even. And, now look at us, just 46 years later we’re drowning in it. Literally. Plastic is very hard to avoid. Just remember … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Saving Money, Shopping
Tagged Bag It, bainbridge, carbon emissions, concord ma, enironment wa, feast of joy, foodgawker, grocery, islenders, lending library, paper bags, plastic, plastic bags, plastic water bottles, Puget Sound, punchfork, recycle, reusable bags, reuse, share, shopping, sustainable bainbridge, The Graduate, trash backwards, trashbackwards
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Electronic Media Hell and other Recycling Stories
“You’re not throwing out your 2001 files,” my husband asked, his voice dripping with sarcasm, as he helped me carry plastic bins down the attic stairs. Yes, yes, I am – finally! Besides throwing heaps of paper into the recycle … Continue reading
Books are my Weakness
I don’t mean to turn this blog into some kind of a confessional, or anything, and I do want to guard against over-sharing — that’s just embarrassing, However, I need to admit one little thing…for some reason my subconscious has … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Saving Money, Shopping
Tagged bibliophiles, book, books, bookstores, Daily Sightline, e-books, Eagle Harbor Books, ebooks, libraries, library, marginalia, new books, new years resolutions, sightlines blog, used books
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