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Environmental Protection: How Planting Trees Helps The Environment
How Planting Trees Helps The Environment? When we think about helping the environment, planting trees is typically an activity near the top of the list. While a lot of different plants have a positive environmental impact, planting a tree is typically seen as the...
Recycling cigarette butts
One of the problems facing recycling is that many things that get thrown away are made from more than one thing. Cigarette butts are case in point. They are comprised of tobacco and plastic filters, both of which can be recycled separately. However, separating the...
Recycling old electronics with corn waste
One of the things that environmentally-conscious workplaces recycle is old electronics. One of the recurring facts of life in the modern office is that computer systems need upgrading periodically. Old computers, fax machines, and phone systems are often sent to...
New Environmentally Benign Technology for Recycling Old Electronics
A new method of extracting minerals such as gold from ore could be adapted to recovering metals from old office electronics, reports Greenbiz. The new technology could ease the recycling of old and obsolete computers, smart phones, and other electronic equipment in a...
From linear to circular economy—Accelerating a proven concept
A circular economy is an industrial system that is restorative or regenerative by intention and design. It replaces the end-of-life concept with restoration, shifts towards the use of renewable energy, eliminates the use of toxic chemicals, which impair reuse and...
Happy Clients – Clean Planet (Commercial and Office Cleaning Service in New Zealand)
Steve Hale City Impact Church Very happy with the service. Michelle Pretorius Boutique Body Corporates Limited We changed cleaning companies and contracted Clean Planet at the start of 2016. The hand over and dealing with our Account...
Environmental Protection: 4 Natural Ways To Eliminate Bad Smells
We all want to work in a fresh, clean environment. The problem is that so many modern solutions for eliminate bad smells in our lives come with chemical names longer than your arm, and you don't want to be breathing something you can't pronounce. Worse, you don't want...
Environmental Protection: Electric Cars Are Cutting Into Oil Demand
We've heard for years that, if enough people adopted electric vehicles, we'd see demand for oil start to go down. Well, we seem to be reaching that turning point. And while private electric vehicle use is helping (thanks to all those people driving Leafs and Teslas),...
Recycling News: China’s Changes In Policy Might Mean More Difficulty Recycling
When most of us think about recycling, we don't typically think beyond the bin we put out items in. We did our job separating out the plastic and paper, and we just assume that it will get remade by the time it reaches the end of the chain. However, as SF Gate has...
How to Get Involved in Your Next Local Beach Cleanup
Who doesn't love the beach? Everyone says they do, but the impact humans are making, along with lack of restorative action, is painting a different picture. Unfortunately this doesn't fare well for the beaches we love so much, and the marine animals inhabiting these...
Environmental Protection: Can We Grow Food And Make Electricity At The Same Time?
Solar power is growing all over the world, and that includes the United States. However, while we have more solar power than ever before, estimates are that we would need to cover roughly four to six percent of the land in the U.S. with solar panels in order to...
Workplace Health: 6 Germ Prevention Tips To Keep You Healthy Through Cold Season
The best way to protect your family from illness is to practice good hygiene. That's why we've put together these helpful germ prevention tips for you and your family. Stopping the spread of unwanted germs is one of the best ways to avoid getting sick, while living a...
