Leaks inside your toilet can waste up to 200 gallons of water per day! Toilet leaks are hard to find. They are normally caused by a bad flapper valve, flapper valve seat, a bad ballcock valve, and improperly positioned float arm, or a defective overflow tube. Test the toilet by dropping a dye tablet (or 1 drop [...]
Going green: Coca-Cola was the 1st company to have a recycled plastic beverage bottle. The garbage each person in the United States makes in a year weighs about as much as a soccer team. Americans throw away enough paper every year to build a wall 12 feet high all the way across the United States. The biggest polluter [...]
It is up to you whether Pickens Plan is the right thing for our country. Your decision on whether there is Global Warning. One thing is for sure, America is dependent on foreign oil. Are there options to eliminate this dependency? There are many plans and ideas for what the problem is versus what we [...]
14 September 2009
What You Need Vinegar: Cuts grease, deodorizes and cleans any surface Baking Soda: Deodorizes and cleans surfaces to leave them shining; used for scouring Borax: Launders, softens water, is a bleach alternative, disinfects. Lemon Oil: Removes stains, deodorizes, shines. Alcohol: Disinfects, cleans glass and granite. Hydrogen Peroxide: Cuts mold, bleaches. Tea: Cleans hardwood floors and woodwork. The Recipes General Purpose Cleanser: Mix 1 teaspoon [...]
14 July 2009
Recycling one ton of paper, you save 4,077 kilowatt-hours of energy 6,953 gallons of water 463 gallons of oil 17 mature trees 3 cubic yards of landfill space 2 barrels of oil 4,100 kilowatt-hours of electricity generates 74 percent less air pollution enough energy to power the average American home for five months Recycling one aluminum can, you save enough energy to run a television [...]
12 July 2009
What happens to animals and birds when they die? Where do flowers and leaves go once they have fallen off of their home plant or tree? Where do dead animals go when they decompose? They are part of the natural recycling system of nature. When natures items return to the earth when they die, they [...]
03 July 2009
Do you find yourself using plastic bags as grocery bags or in a garbage can? Try a reusable shopping bag instead of plastic bags.
26 June 2009
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26 June 2009
There are many people that would like to assist in reducing, reusing, and recycling. Are we asking ourselves when considering to throw away the empty plastic bottle of water in the nearest trash or walk a little further to put in the recycling container? What would you do? There are habits we can mold from [...]
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