We love our kids and we love the planet. Both go hand in hand, and their futures are inexorably linked. Try as we might to educate our children on proven practices keeping our planet green, we are not around them all the time in every environment. School is the best example. Surrounded by their peers and left to their own devices some of these lessons can fall by the wayside. With these five simple tips you can make sure your kids are defending the planet even at school. Continue reading
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The Case of Green Toilet Paper
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No, this isn’t an article angling for colored toilet paper, but recycled bathroom tissues. It’s a sensitive subject, and the debate over recycled TP gets a reaction out of people. Toilet paper is a specialty product and has a specific use, so you can imagine why people have such strong feelings. Well, these days there is nothing more important than saving our precious resources, so perhaps a few facts will help everyone see the benefits of recycled toilet paper. Continue reading
How Children Can Help Save Electricity
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Remember when your parents used to make such a fuss about turning out the lights? Now it’s your turn. You’re older and wiser and have kids of your own, and every time you look at the energy bill, it hurts a little bit more. You may do what you can, but unless the entire family is invested in using less electricity, you’ll never win. Make it fun, make it easy, and the electricity bill will be slashed in no time. Continue reading
Reuse, Reduce, Recharge: How to Recycle Batteries
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Even though things seem to have less wires than ever, we still have a battery obsession. Our cell phones and video game controllers and wireless keyboards all require batteries. The technology we have these days allows batteries to run longer than ever, but every now and then you have to dispose of a battery. Don’t make the mistake of throwing it in the bin! Batteries can be recycled, and as long as you know the why, where, and how, you too can do your part. Continue reading
From Waste to Resource - The Power of Plastic
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Plastic is so common, around us at all times and in almost every man made good, sometimes we lose sight of how marvelous it really is. A petroleum based product, plastics transformed every single industry you could imagine. As lightweight as it can be durable, plastic is malleable and can be transformed into about anything. Essential in products as sophisticated as electronics but simple enough to make the perfect bottle, plastics do it all. Where it may not seem like plastic could do any more, plastic’s most remarkable power is not the many uses, but it’s numerous reuses. Continue reading
Feng Shui Your Clutter Away
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Feng Shui may be unfamiliar, but this practice is time tested. Feng Shui is simply using the flow and energy of your house the best way possible. Nothing too complicated, feng shui is applicable to jobs both big and small. Your house may have the same old problems day in and day out, but feng shui is a new way to approach them. A new perspective is often all the answer you need, so give it a try, and start small. Clutter is a curse on every house, and with these practical feng shui techniques, you can ease your mind and ease the mess. Continue reading
Old T-Shirt Project Ideas
This week’s we will give you some ideas how to recycle those shirts you never wear into lovely home decor, jewelry, ruffled tops and much more. Don’t have any? Hit the thrift stores and garage sales to snatch up shirts for next to nothing, in the color palate perfect for you project. Enjoy!
Fantastic Services take part in “The Work & Family Show”
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Definitely seeking Rubbish Please at this years The Work & Family Show Continue reading
Roles And Responsibilities Of Waste Management In England and Wales
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As most of you probably know, there are three major waste management authorities in England and Wales. You have the Environmental Agency, that plays the role of regulator. Waste Collection Authority serve as local authorities. And finally, there’s the Waste Disposal Authority. The process of waste collection and disposal is controlled by unitary authorities, while two-tier authority responsibilities belong to District Councils (waste collection) and County Councils (waste disposal). Waste management policies are set by Central Government. Continue reading
Better Prices and Offers with Rubbish Please’s New Website
The London waste removal company Rubbish Please will now be giving its customers easier access to special deals through its newly designed website. Continue reading
