Comments on: 8 Ways to Go Green and Save Hundreds

By: Light Green

Light Green — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:55:01 +0000

The CFLs are a total bust! I have gone back to plain light bulbs after dropping more than a hundred dollars on CFL lighting. They simply do not perform as advertised. I got a month out of one bulb that was used infrequently and my normal bulbs are cheaper too. I put them in side by side comparisons and guess what…CFL bulbs are a scam. I can afford the pennies a year normal light bulbs cost. It’s the hundreds that go into CFLs that I cannot bear.

Sadly less green in my wallet

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:06:15 +0000

For all you crocheters out there. You can actually crochet stuff with all those plastic grocery bags. I just used up dozens upon dozens of them and made myself a reusable grocery bag. If your looking for instructions or patterns just google the term “plastic crochet”.

By: Green&Clean

Green&Clean — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:34:53 +0000

I’m glad to see articles showing that going green saves money. Most people assume that going is an expense but making these small changes does add up to lots of savings. The best part is that you’ll be doing your part to help the planet

By: Dee Lyon

Dee Lyon — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:11:36 +0000

As a birder, I would like to encourage everyone to plant native plants in their yard. Get rid of as much lawn as possible, because it wastes water, and energy to mow, edge and blow leaves off. Pesticides, herbicides and the pollutants from Lawn mowers are bad for the environment as well as people and wildlife. Encourage Homeowner Associations to promote “Freedom Yards”.

By: akshay acharya

akshay acharya — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:43:03 +0000

informative suggestioon by granger , pl let me know any site for recyling of CFLs , as our government in himachal , india is stressing on cfl use but no planning to the management of fused CFLs in order to avoid mercury into landfills

By: Trey Granger

Trey Granger — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:26:12 +0000

Yanilka,

There’s a good guide to starting a recycling program on Earth911’s Business site: http://business.earth911.com/green-guides/workplace-recycling-program-guidelines/. In terms of how to find a recycler, I would check first with the company that hauls away your garbage to see if it offers recycling. Otherwise, your county should have a recycling coordinator that can help with these matters.

Trey

By: yanilka Mora

yanilka Mora — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:18:43 +0000

Hello Mr. Granger,
I am trying to implement a recycling program at the corporation that I work and I need to know information on houw to find a company that provides the service.

Can you please guide me to the proper direction?

thank you,

Yanilka Mora

By: Lee Johnson - Flash Catalog

Lee Johnson - Flash Catalog — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:29:52 +0000

Thanks for sharing these wonderful tips because together we all can make a difference.

There are alarming stats on the ForestEthics.org website. Each year, catalogers send out more than 20 billion paper catalogs – that’s 67 catalogs for every man, woman and child in the US. Almost none of this paper contains any recycled content. Hence every year, over 8 million tons of trees are cut down to make catalogs alone, most of which end up in the trash without being read. American forests are being destroyed in the process.

I believe catalogers need an alternative way to market their products – one that is eco-friendly and affordable. So after several months of hard work, we came up with eCatalog Creator. It is a digital publishing service that converts paper catalogs into eco-friendly online page flipping flash catalogs. By switching to flash catalogs, advertisers and catalogers can save forests, energy, water, and their huge printing and postage costs.

Glad that we are doing our bit to save the trees, and helping others to do the same.

By: paco

paco — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:42:04 +0000

im going green

By: Teri Strobel

Teri Strobel — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:35:46 +0000

Hello, I am working on a plan to get recycling containers where I work; there are a few obstacles in our path 1) we are a small office 20 people max we are a hub for lots outside work the owners and management are interested I just need to show them the costs and potential savings along with the moral reason

2) we are located in a small office complex of maybe 10 offices (businesses) of whom I need to get as well as the Property Manager and Landlord’s to buy in to the program as well so we can get a recycle container on site to collect everyone’s

3) the few waste contractors I’ve spoken to have all told me how much it costs and the fact that its not highly profitable for them to do it therefore costly to the recycler.

4) last but not least the best recycle program for our small scale office and one I can pitch to the other business

so what do I say or do to get everyone’s buy in and understanding that this is not only smart, cost effective but necessary even at our level?