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jueves, 21 de julio de 2011

SEM Tips 5 - Dispose of batteries in assigned places. (Save Energy & Money)

The environmental authorities in some areas reach deposits make available for disposing batteries, since they are items that generally a very toxic to the environment once they have been discarded.

You just have to know which part of your region you can find one. If you somehow can not find any of them close, you can make your own place to discard them at home, when the environmental authorities have already submitted your deposit ready for recycling.

Using rechargeable batteries is still a better option, since the disposable batteries are extremely toxic to the environment.

martes, 19 de julio de 2011

SEM Tip 1 - Green steps, we can all give

SEM ( Save Energy and Money)

Separate garbage. Only in a megalopolis like some cities, with their metropolitan areas, daily produce an average 5,000 tons of garbage.
Of this amount, 10% is recycled and only 10% and 15% split. Although in some places there are laws that promote these activities, people did not accept the custom of separating the trash (though in some places separate the culture of waste reaches 40%), and authorities still do not have all the means to contribute to this.

But again, this should not prevent us from acting. "Someone has to lead by example, and although the individual has an influence on such a short space, it is very important because it is our space and the responsibilities we have"

Most of the garbage trucks mix it all, there are others that if this activity separate and allow the vegetables to decompose faster. You can also use recycled plastic bags and biodegradable organic waste.

lunes, 18 de julio de 2011

and use every day, you will know ..

The situation of electronic waste is not reduced only to the plastic used to create computer parts and accessories, but no doubt this is a problem when it comes to disassemble and recycle them.

Maybe the ideal would be to develop a new form of electronic design, an intermediate alternative is the use of noble materials in the production of these items.

yet this version or prototype of the Japanese notebook Fujitsu is covered with cedar wood and plastic parts are made of bioplastics from corn so it would be another good idea of ​​environmental care.

is only an aspiration that was not brought into production, but this is just one of many computers covered wooden emerged in recent years, other alternatives are available but at prices of luxury items including laptop and desktop Singuluma Suissa Enlighten .

Sweets bags with a big purpose

Are Colorful, brilliant and if you haven't seen them transformed in bags, surely you can recognise the material. Are bags woven by hand, made with pure non-biodegradable plastic wrappers of chips, cookies, candy and all these products that litter both the landscape of our country.

It all begins in 1997, when a volunteer member of GRUPEDSAC (group to promote education and sustainable development) taught a group of indigenous women in the community Piedra Grande, State of Mexico, the technique to transform into purses, earrings and bracelets made ​​of polypropylene wraps. Since then, women have developed much his technique and created new products of high quality. In addition to reuse a material that can not be recycled, these women earn enough to keep their husbands leave the countryside and migrate to cities or abroad, thus maintaining the domestic economy in balance.
Buying and using these bags help the environment much all and also to the economy of the people who need it most.


Take a good look right here! There're so good examples where to buy.

Samples Of  Bags