Most U.S. cities offer some type of curbside yard waste pickup. Every season, the streets and roads are lined with huge paper and plastic bags, all filled with dried leaves, grass clippings, and branches. The ecological results of this are numerous. The bags containing the waste end up in our landfills. The waste trucks are [...]
So you want to go green. Are you any good at it? Do you know how to do it in fact! Have a really good look around your house and see what changes you need to make in order to truly say that you are moving towards green living. Here are some things to look out for which are simple to change and can make a big difference:
This Holiday Weekend weekend promises to be an action packed one with over 10 million Brits planning on partying, going to festivals and hosting friends and family for barbeques and dinners. But a new study shows all that fun and festivity will produce over a staggering 40 million bags of rubbish.
Your Yard is a great place to start if you want to help save the Environment …
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Summer has arrived, and that means barbeques, pools, fireworks and lawn care. So with all this fun going on, why should you spend extra time practicing organic lawn care? Unfortunately, while they seem like an easy fix, the synthetic fertilizers, soil treatments, and pesticides that are sold in stores are dangerous to the environment, the water supply, and to wildlife. Do you really want to pour poisonous chemicals all over the yard where your kids and your pets play?
The good news is that going green with your lawn is really not all that time consuming, especially after the first couple of years. Organic lawn care is all about boosting the overall health of your lawn, enabling it to take care of itself. Here are a couple of steps to help you make your lawn “greener” without dipping into those chemicals.
You can begin a green waste management policy as a small step. Start at home by making sure the recycling goes into its proper bin. After a while you can extend your green policy to include backyard composting. Composting will take your rotten foodstuffs and turn them into rich fertile soil for planting.
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