Tag: Christmas 2018

  • Eco-Friendly Ways to Recycle Your Christmas Tree

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    We’re deep in the holiday season now, but once Christmas has passed, it’ll be time to lug that real tree out of the house and figure out what to do with it now after it’s been sitting in your house for weeks. Instead of sending it to the landfill, try a more eco-friendly option.   […]

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  • DIY Advent Calendar Made From Recycled Button Down Shirts

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    Turn an assortment of past-their-prime men’s shirts with pockets into a colorful holiday countdown the kids will love. Materials Needed: pocketed men’s dress shirts buttons needle and thread sewing machine fabric scissors linen or cotton duck fabric by the yard felt numerical stencils black marker spool of 3/4-inch canvas banding iron iron-on adhesive tape Cut […]

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  • Recycling Holiday Chocolates is Harder Than You Think

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    Christmas chocolate packaging can make up almost half the product’s total weight, and cause “confusion” when recycling, according to new research by Which? The Ferrero Rocher Collection tray was the worst offender, with 42 per cent of its total weight taken up by packaging, while just 11 per cent was recyclable. At the other end […]

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  • 3 Quick and Kid Friendly Holiday DIYs

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    The holiday season is a great time to do holiday crafts with your friend and family! Here are 3 amazing, quick, and kid friendly DIY projects you can try in the week leading up to Christmas! Remember to reduce, reuse, and recycle as much as you can with all our holiday crafts! 1. Get Creative […]

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  • Destroying the Ocean Means Destroying the Wonders it Holds as Well

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    It’s been said that everything that is to be seen has already been seen. But as far as our planet’s oceans are concerned, nothing could be further from the truth. Just recently, a veteran underwater videographer saw a 26-foot-long pyrosome — a colony of tiny sea animals who link together into a free-floating mass. As […]

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  • Reduce Holiday Plastic Use with These 9 Tips

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    It’s December, the season of twinkling lights, wrapping up warm and eating your own body weight in chocolate. But it’s also the time of year when plastic packaging goes into overdrive. Even if you manage to avoid buying plastic presents, supermarkets and other retailers bombard us with plastic at every turn – satsumas in plastic […]

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  • DIY Chalkboard Stocking Hangers

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    Why buy a cookie-cutter stocking hanger when a custom one can be made with a few staple workshop tools? This project is a perfect way for the woodworker of the family to contribute to the holiday decor. Materials Needed: two 1/2″ x 6″ x 4″ poplar boards (for two holders) table saw router wood glue […]

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  • Coca-Cola’s Hong Kong Distributor Reducing Plastic Use

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    In a shift away from plastic containers, Coca-Cola’s Hong Kong distributor will produce more drinks in cans and glass bottles, and roll out hundreds of water dispensers across the city as part of its waste reduction and recycling measures. Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong will invest more than HK$150 million (US$19.2 million) in new production equipment […]

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  • Plastic Ban in Colorado

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    City lawmakers in Denver are reportedly considering enforcing a ban on products such as plastic bags. Denver City Council President Jolon Clark said the discussion about plastic bags includes a ban on straws and plastic utensils, according to the local news station, CBS 4. The news station notes that the topic of banning plastic bags came […]

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  • Slowly Rising Sea Levels Endanger Hawaii Beaches

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    Policies to conserve and enhance beaches, public access, and coastal open space are failing in Hawaiʻiaccording to a recently published study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. A team of specalists in coastal erosion, sea level rise, and urban planning quantified land use on a section of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi coast over the […]

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