The Do’s and Don’ts of Recycling
Recycling waste materials can have a positive impact on our environment. Through recycling, we can conserve energy, save our environment, protect our natural resources and mitigate the effects of global warming. According to the Stanford University’s research, by...
How to De-clutter Your Home Before Your Baby Arrives
Organize and De-clutter Your Home Welcoming a baby into your space as first time parents can be daunting, especially if you have a small home with limited storage space. Children are not only a lot of work but also require a lot of stuff. They quickly grow out of old...
Tips to Minimize Plastic Footprint
Plastic waste is detrimental to our environment. It emits greenhouse gases and adds to land and water pollution. Not only are landfills full of plastic waste that never made its way to the recycling plants, but marine biologists predict that by 2050, there will be...
How Does Plastic Harm the Environment?
Trash usually ends up washing up on beaches and travels throughout oceans and rivers. It affects physical habitants, affects marine life, transports chemical pollutants, and interrupts human uses of coastal, marine, and river environments. Out of all trash, plastic...
Metal Recycling 101
Metals are versatile and carry certain significance in plenty of real-world applications. They are used in industrial production for manufacturing railways, ships, airplanes, cars, trucks, etc. Apart from this, they are used in crockery, cutlery, and packaging as...
5 Different Types of Waste Management
The world has come a long way when it comes to waste management. The average person generates nearly 0.74 kg of waste a day. This ranges from 0.11 kg to 4.54 kg per person. That amounts to nearly 2.01 billion tons of waste every year. While the world has a long way to...
How Poor Waste Management Impacts Biodiversity
The ever-increasing human population keeps on increasing the volume of waste generated as well as the pollution levels associated with it. As our ecosystem gets polluted, the organisms living in it are also impacted. Poor waste management practices harm biodiversity...
How to Dispose of Bulky Waste?
Home renovation and remodeling projects can lead to the production of bulky waste. But the problem with the disposal of bulky waste is that the neighborhood dumpsters are not large enough to hold it. Also, the municipal waste collection department or contracting...
How Waste Management Impacts Wildlife Conservation
We produce a lot of waste, the bulk of which is not biodegradable and cannot be recycled. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed that the total municipal solid waste generated in the US in 2017 alone was 267.8 million tons, an increase of 5.7 million over...
A Solid Waste Management Strategy That Organizations Can Use
Organizations of all kinds, including commercial entities, hospitals, schools, restaurants, hotels, offices and stores, generate a large proportion of solid waste. Hence, these organizations must take care to implement a sound waste disposal strategy that will have a...