Category: Waste
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Are you ready? Hurricane Season starts June 01, 2019
…well it starts every year on June 01 and it is upon us once more. In South Florida the annual preparations have already been underway. As we learned over the last few years, the range of hurricanes is expanding and their reach is far and wide. Miami Dade however has a excellent Hurricane Readiness Guide.…
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State of Maine bans styrofoam containers
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6 Sustainable Home Renovation Tips to Improve Your Fixer-Upper, guest post by Ray Flynn
When planned correctly, buying a fixer-upper can help you save money while creating the house of your dreams. You’re sure to have a few expectations and ideas about how you want your house to turn out, but where do you start? Try taking a sustainable approach to your home improvements so you can reduce your…
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Water and wastewater (WWW) treatment – a look at the energy used for water in the US
While water and wastewater (WWW) treatment accounts for a surprising 5% of total U.S. electric power generation, topographically-variable WWW conveyance account for a more surprising 15% of the same total [Pod06; Coh04]. In addition, while wastewater contains energy in dilute form, current goals for recovering such energy represent only 0.02% of the total generation, through…
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Waste Reduction – a few simple steps…
Waste reduction can be classified as simply as diverting waste from a landfill: remember reduce, reuse, and recycle. As children, we are all taught the three R’s (Reduce, Reuse & Recycle) as a way to keep us conscious of our impact on the environment but we never really kept it up as we grew up.…
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The South Florida kitchen
The kitchen is in many cases the main space f the house and there is great opportunity to create a true masterpiece. The kitchen also offers a number of sustainable opportunities, probably more than any other room in the house.
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