Green Business Bureau
AUGUST 16, 2021
Create a food waste log to keep track of where your food waste comes from, how much and at what frequency. Another way to save food from entering landfills is by starting a composting program to turn food waste into useful, nutrient-rich soil. You can incorporate educational graphics as part of recycling bin signage.
Green Business Bureau
AUGUST 12, 2021
Because concrete itself comes from natural resources, it is important to choose a concrete brand that doesn’t over extract these raw mineral resources and instead finds ways to recycle components and operate in a more sustainable fashion. straw, recycled plastics, etc.). How to find eco-friendly, sustainable construction materials?
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Low Impact
AUGUST 15, 2021
Many local people are furious at the damage done to their forests by logging corporations ripping out whole trees with Star-Wars machinery that first churns up and then compacts the soil. The volume of timber products commercially recycled as woodfuel in the UK almost quadrupled between 2011 and 2018 when it reached 2.1
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
The hummingbirds can bathe in their choice of three water ponds, each using recycled water, or nest in green walls. Visitor benches are made from recycled plastic lumber. The habitat also features heated caves and logs, pools and misters to replicate the hot and steamy environment of their native Indonesia.
Grist
AUGUST 17, 2023
Most scientists increasingly lament the overcrowding found throughout Western forests and call for ecological thinning — the selective cutting of smaller trees and undergrowth — typically followed by intentional fires to reduce the fuel load and recycle nutrients. The revenue from saleable logs helped offset restoration costs.
AGreenLiving
DECEMBER 29, 2021
None of the seven countries source significant oil from their own soil, but the resulting Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance gives other nations and regions a platform to join the effort. Plus, land requirements for production results in damaging the soil. You can read more at 7 countries vow to end new oil and gas exploration.
Low Impact
OCTOBER 7, 2020
You could use reclaimed timber, logs, rocks, reclaimed bricks, clay, or even straw and mud to make edges. Permeable patio areas, which allow rainwater to reach the soil below, are best – for example: Wooden decking made from reclaimed timber. Reclaimed bricks laid directly onto the soil, or onto gravel.
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