Archive for July, 2009

A simple way to reduce waste in your bathroom

kohler toilet seat

Toilet seats of the 21st century improve upon original toilet seats by making them more comfortable & less harmful to the environment. Now, the modern toilet seat can have the option of a small water sprayer and have sensors that detect when rears are approaching, an anti-microbial finish, and many more features including [...]


Go Green With Home Solar Panel Installation

Global warming is in the news and most Americans are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint on planet Earth. Home solar panel installation can make a huge different in the size of your carbon footprint. Utility companies in the United States use fossil fuels like coal and oil to produce much of their [...]


How to Remove Cattails – What Are The Basics?

cattail removal

Cattails are a everyday occurrence within many North American settings, most especially occurring in or around ponds, and at first appearing fairly harmless. Initially you might see such a plant and think nothing of it. You might just think that same thing the next day, and the day after that, and maybe several days [...]


California Senate Bill 375 Requires Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32, 2006) calls for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in California to 1990 levels by 2020. All we have to do to fix the problem is to determine emissions goals for cars and light-duty trucks and give the automaker their marching orders, right? Well, no. There’s a much better solution. [...]


Understanding How Hybrid Cars Work

More Americans are weighing whether to sell our outdated primarily fuel burning automobiles and instead buying a more cutting edge type of car that stands to cut your fuel bill in half. These high tech vehicles are called hybrid cars. Add to that the fact that hybrid vehicles emit less pollutants into the air than [...]


Kerbside Recycling Collection Recycling Facts

Watch Kerbside Sorting of Co-mingled Recyclates

One of the rarely considered recycling facts is the waste you as a householder recycle in boxes and wheelie bins isn’t only a single sort of recyclable material.  It’s a mixture of a limit limited number of materials.  It is what is called “segregated”, that’s it is still a mixed [...]