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Many states have anti idling laws which prohibit unnecessary idling. The goal being to improve air quality by reducing the air pollution caused from idling vehicles. Massachusetts has one of the more severe versions of the law. No person is allowed to let a vehicle idle unnecessarily for more than five minutes. Violation of this law [...] Recycling a 1-gallon plastic milk jug will save enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for 11 hours. (Source: The Society of the Plastics Industry) Just about anything in your home can be repurposed. Often times reusing an item is better for the environment than recycling as recycling uses energy. Along with great crafting ideas, our [...] Americans throw away about 10% of the food they buy at the supermarket. This results is dumping the equivalent of more than 21 million shopping bags full of food into landfills every year. (EarthWorks Group. 1990. The Recycler’s Handbook. Berkeley, CA: The EarthWorks Press.) |
  
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