GO GREEN MINIMIZE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT
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Reducing
THE BENEFITS OF REDUCING
Reduce should be your first choice of the 3r’s Reduce, Reuse, then Recycle and many of the benefits of reducing waste should be obvious.
Saves Energy
For instance the benefit in practicing energy reduction is that it reduces our reliance on foreign oil and saves us money.
Reduces Cost
The obvious result of not using materials efficiently is increased waste. If you live in an area where there are pay-as-you-throw programs or high taxes due to waste, and if you practice reducing your ...
Recycling
THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING
You know it seems that every time I look into the benefits of recycling, I find even more. Therefore, the following list is by no means complete. This list is long but please don’t let this stop you from reading it. It is important to understand why we should recycle.
Saves Land from Landfill
One big benefit of recycling is of course saving landfill space. Many cities are finding more and more difficult and costly to find safe landfill sites. People obviously don’t want to live or farm next door to a landfill. Therefore, some cities are havening to truck their garbage further and further afield and some are dumping into the ocean.
Protects Wildlife and Marine Life
Using recycled materials protects wildlife because it reduces the need for mining and cutting down trees. So there is less damage to forests, wetlands, rivers and places that are essential to wildlife. There is also less damage to oceans and lakes.
Saves Natural Resources
Another biggie benefit is saving natural resources. Just everyone should know the obvious and that isassociated with mining and logging.
Saves Natural Resources Lost from Mining
However, with recycling there are far more saving of natural resources then just some trees. Producing a ton of recycled paper can also save on the oil and water required to make paper for virgin timber. And did you know that 98% of iron ore is mined to make steel and that 1 ½ tons of iron ore would be conserved if only 1 ton of steel was recycled? This is not all — producing 1 ton of recycled steel also saves about ¾ of a ton of coal from being...
Why Bamboo?
BAMBOO IS AN ENVIRONMENT ENHANCING AND A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE CHOICE
♦Bamboo is one of this planet’s fastest growing woody plants. It’s not a tree. It’s a grass. It varies in height from dwarf, one foot (30 cm) plants to giant timber bamboos that can grow to over 100 feet (30 m). Some species can grow up to one meter per day. It’s high-yielding, incredibly short growth cycle, means that it’s able to reach maturity and be harvested in 3-5 years compared to the typical 15-20, for many commercial tree species.
♦ It provides an ecological benefit of a fast growing covering for the re-greening of despoiled lands.
♦ Unlike hardwood trees, which, once cut, are gone forever, bamboo need not be replanted, it will grows a new shoot from its extensive root system.
♦ Bamboo takes in greenhouse gasses and...