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People in the UK Love Recycling

Some research that was released late last year found that people in the UK really like caring for the environment with recycling being the most popular green practice.
Green behaviours costing the least money and effort are currently the most popular with the British public, despite the fact that 59 per cent of people think that [...]

January 18th, 2010
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Greenpeace’s Tissue Guide on Your Phone

The USA branch of Greenpeace have turned their Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide and turned it into an iPhone app. I hope that other Greenpeace regions do the same thing as I find myself carrying my iPhone around but carrying around an extra booklet all the time can get really annoying. If you’re in [...]

May 12th, 2009
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Earth Day Idea for Canadians

First of all, happy Earth Day!
Here’s a neat idea for Canadians: have manufactures pay for waste management of their products. To our European (and some other) readers, this is not a new or crazy idea, but here in Canada this concept is revolutionary. For Earth day The Toronto Star has examined how Ontario can get [...]

April 22nd, 2009
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How to be a Better Paper User

Eight ways to be more environmentally friendly with your paper use.
4. Print Double-Sided
Computer paper has two sides; how many are you printing on? If you have a laser printer at home, you can change the setting to double-sided printing and copying. Otherwise, consider printing documents one page at a time and printing the second page [...]

September 26th, 2008
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11 Ways to Recycle Your Books

Do you have a lot of books around your house that you no longer read? If you do and you have no idea what to do with them, the Daily Green has 11 ideas on how to recycle your books.
1. Throw a book swap party. Get in a few bottles of wine (organic and fair [...]

August 20th, 2008
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Ontario Electronic Waste Program

Starting in April 2009 people living in the Canadian province of Ontario will start paying a levy on electronic products that are costly to recycle. These added fees will go to fund the expensive recycling procedures for electronics, while also expanding the program.
The fees will go to an arm’s-length organization established by Waste Diversion Ontario [...]

July 10th, 2008
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