Ever thought about living without a vehicle? You can be creative and eliminate a big chunk of your bills living without a car. You will not only be going green and saving the environment, but you will also save up to one fifth of you yearly income
CO2 is not the only green house gas that is problematic, nor is it the only gas pollutant that mankind allows into the atmosphere. Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3) is considered to be 17,000 times more potent as a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than CO2 and there are well over 5,000 metric tons of NF3 in our atmosphere now. It is estimated that Nitrogen Trifluoride takes over 500-years to breakdown.
Lightweighting is not the definitive answer to the environmental problems associated with packaging but it can certainly help. Any product that cannot be fully recycled should be made as lightweight as possible. Reducing land fill (along with carbon footprint) is the ultimate challenge that lies ahead for the packaging industry.
The water pollution is brought about by effluents from factories (the organic matter in such contaminated water is broken down by bacteria which consume oxygen and the oxygen demand is usually tested by ‘Biochemical Oxygen Demand’ or BOD test’). Some of which may have toxic substances like metallic zinc and copper, by crude oil mostly in seas and beaches, and pesticides. The pollution of soil is by all agents that pollute the water.
There seems to be a definite trend in the logistics sector to “go green” and if you read the trade journals you will see a lot of information and discussion on green initiatives in trucking, shipping, ports, airline freight, and warehousing.
Lighting can cost when it come to you electric bill. Find out how using compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) can save you money and reduce your carbon footprint.
This article is in the form of a Joke on the most burning issue of the earth’s environment: the global warming.
Using reusable shopping bags will eliminate plastic one-time use shopping which is not good for the earth and environment. Reusable shopping bags will help you save money, lower the amounts of plastic bags going into landfills and help control global warming.
The world’s energy commodities continue to dwindle and the climate crisis is continuing to worsen.
The high gas prices in the present scenario bring into focus this precious commodity.