Category: Environment

  • Laundry Detergent Sheets

    Laundry Detergent Sheets

    Save Our Planet Series

    Laundry Sheets
    Available from Amazon.com

    We found that almost nobody has heard of these products. But using these just might change how you do laundry in the future. Plus, it is another great way to bring laundry detergent with you as you travel.

    The packaging is “slightly” deceptive. The package contains ONLY 30 sheets. For most users one sheet is used but for small loads you would use 1/2 sheet. Just remember, the package ONLY contains 30 sheets. We still recommend this product.

    • THE SAME POWERFUL CLEAN – Earth Breeze will clean just as great if not better than leading brand detergent.
    • FORMULATED FOR SENSITIVE SKIN – Our Eco Sheets were made for your sensitive skin. This means they are hypoallergenic, vegan, bleach-free, paraben-free, and phosphate-free.
    • SAVE SO MUCH SPACE – Those big plastic jugs are bulky! You can fit 12 packs of Earth Breeze in the same space as 1 plastic jug.
    • DON’T WASTE – Laundry jugs come in giant plastic containers that take up to 1000 years to decompose. They even contain up to 90% water! Earth Breeze comes in plastic free packaging and uses the water from the machine to dissolve the sheets.
    • REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINT – Earth Breeze package is so lightweight and compact that you will reduce your carbon footprint simply by switching from bulky, heavy detergent.

  • K-Cup® Pods CAN be Recycled

    Coffee Beans - K-Cup Pods can be recycled.
    Thumbs Up for Recycling

    The Grounds to Grow On™ recycling service offers workplaces an easy way to collect their brewed Keurig® K-Cup® pods to be recycled. The process is simple: place your brewed pods in the Grounds to Grow On™ bin. Once the bin is full, present the bin with its pre-paid shipping label to UPS for pick-up, or drop it off at to any UPS location. They take it from there, turning the K-Cup® pods into recycled products – like aluminum cans and shipping pallets – and the coffee grounds into compost.

    Yes, there is a fee for the recycling boxes which is substantial, but works out to about eight cents per pod. This is probably a small price to pay to help our environment.

  • Using Parking Lots for Windmill Farms

    Municipal leaders in many of the nation’s windswept cities have turned to an innovative way of allowing wind turbines to be erected without incurring the wrath of homeowners who complain they make too much noise. These officials are allowing the giant windmills to be installed on commercial parking lots in areas separated from residential neighborhoods by zoning restrictions.

    Parking lot windmills, many of them located at closed big-box retail centers, can be found in a growing number of cities from Buffalo, New York, to Palmdale, California. Many of the parking lot wind turbines are being installed on existing light poles; cities are mandating that they not exceed 60 feet in height.

    Last year, 10,000 small turbines were sold to homes, farms and businesses nationwide, according to an official at the American Wind Energy Association in Washington, DC. The figure represents a 78-percent increase over the previous year, attributed in part to cheaper prices and federal tax credits.

    Source: MMRMA.org