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Buying Real vs. Artificial Christmas Trees

Lori Brown, December 1st, 2011

The real versus artificial Christmas tree debate replays itself year after year. But the truth is, each option has its own place on the naughty-and-nice list. Just a few short decades ago, displaying a Christmas tree in your living room really only yielded one option: a real pine or fir tree. That all changed when a U.S.-based toilet bowl brush ... read more

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Tagged fertilizers, herbicides, mulch, organic, pesticides, recycling, treecycling, trees

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10 FREE Ways to Go Green

Haley Paul, August 16th, 2010

Sometimes it feels like making the right, green choice is about making the more expensive choice - the higher prices fetched by some eco-options in grocery and clothing stores are enough to make even the most ardent greenie stray. But fear not! Below are 10 free things you can do to be green. Some are even fun! Others ... read more

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Tagged basics, bath, composting, herbicides, kitchen, organic, pesticides, reduce, reuse

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How America Has Gone Green

Amanda Wills, June 28th, 2010

Around this time every year, our feature articles are usually filled with tips on greening your Fourth of July party or cool ways to get involved with your community. But in celebration of 2010's Independence Day, we went back in history decided to reflect on five events that helped shape the way Americans think about the environment today. 1. Establishment of ... read more

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Tagged aluminum, curbside, energy, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, recycle, steel, students

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Cheat Sheet: Organic

Haley Paul, September 14th, 2009

By now, many of us have crossed paths at the supermarket with an organic food product. Whether it’s extra virgin olive oil sporting the USDA certified organic seal, snack crackers “made with organic ingredients” or organic apples shipped in from New Zealand, organic foods are increasingly available and widespread. Thirty years ago, however, this was not the case, as organic ... read more

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The HHW Dilemma: Lots of Waste, Nobody to Collect

Steve Uydess, July 20th, 2009

There was probably a time in our lives, not too long ago, when we gave little thought to the ingredients in many of our household products. The one thing we wanted, whether it was our paint, pesticides, oven cleaners or our drain cleaners, was for the products to work. Perhaps there was an assumption that because we bought these items in ... read more

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Tagged aerosolcan, agriculturalusedmotoroil, antifreeze, basics, batteries, brakefluid, carfluids, degreasers, fungicides, herbicides, hhw, householdcleaners, ideas, noteworthy, paint, paintthinners, pesticidecontainer, solvents, waterquality

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The Evolution of Pesticides

Brandy Norleen, March 16th, 2009

It’s obvious when you look at the grocery store produce section that times are changing. The word “organic” is now seen on a variety of produce products. These recent changes directly reflect how produce has been grown in terms of pesticides. Due to a collaboration of federal and state agencies teaming up with farmers and nonprofit organizations, the ... read more

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An Adventure with Household Cleaners

Ashley Schiller, August 11th, 2008

As a college student, my sentimental attachment to my cheap housing is pretty low, but I try to keep my apartment clean enough that my mom wouldn't kill me were she to make a surprise visit. For many years, the only factor impacting my choice of cleaners was cheapness, the last thing I ever did was look at the label. And I had no ... read more

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Tagged antifreeze, basics, batteries, herbicides, hhw, householdcleaners, ideas, insecticides, mercury, noteworthy, paint, poolchemicals, recycle, wood

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Pesticides Among Contaminants Not Regulated in Drinking Water

Trey Granger, July 24th, 2008

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its newest list of what contaminants will be regulated in drinking water, and 11 have been removed from the list, including pesticides and herbicides. The EPA held a 60-day period of public comment in regards to subtracting the now non-regulated contaminants from the list, which also includes boron and dinitrotoluene (DNT, a precursor of ... read more

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Tagged basics, explosives, herbicides, ideas, noteworthy, pesticides, recycle, waterquality

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It All Ends Up in the Water

Bob Peeples, PE, November 21st, 2007

Power to the Peeples is an exclusive Earth911 series written by Bob Peeples, our resident chemical engineer and Program Manager of Earth911’s sister site Beaches911. Bob combines his extensive knowledge of the environment and how things work with an off-the-cuff sense of humor. I get lots of inquiries in regards to what happens when chemicals are introduced to our water ... read more

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Thirteen Common Myths of Composting

Earth911, April 2nd, 2007

Myth 1: Start a compost pile to manage grass clippings Why not try mulching before composting? Making piles of organic materials is more work than letting them lie. Instead of bagging, why not try "Grasscycling" or the "Don’t Bag It" system of using mulching mowers instead? There is no reason to bag grass if you cut it more often, use less ... read more

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