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Only The Poets Can Save Us Now
With a chain saw we can clear-cut a Toon Town forest -- turn it into text books, newspapers, disposable diapers, and toilet paper -- and never feel the slightest pang of grief, shame, or sacrilege. Big People are the only creatures on Earth who do not spend their days making joyful music. The stupidity of the Big People ...
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THE JOY OF CLOTH DIAPERS
Some are put off by the perceived inconvenience; others have argued that cloth diapers are actually more harmful to the environment than disposables. To aid you in your own ... , while the waste water from the manufacture of the pulp, paper, and plastics used in disposable diapers contains dioxins, solvents, sludge, and heavy metals. 3) Chlorine bleach, whose manufacture is harmful ...
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What NOT to put in an aerobic treatment system: Non-biodegradable items such as cigarette butts, match sticks, disposable diapers, feminine hygene products, condoms, hair, coffee grounds, rags, paper towels, bandages, etc. These are solid-waste items and should be disposed of in regular trash service. Greases, fats or ...
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EnviroZine - Frequently Asked Questions
Why should people recycle? Issue 45 August 5, 2004 What are the environmental benefits to using cloth versus disposable diapers? What types of cloth diapers are available? Issue 44 June 3, 2004 What are the main causes of air pollution? Issue 43 May 7, 2004 How did the Zebra Mussel originally get into Lake Erie and why did they populate ...
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GREEN MARKETING CORNER
Fortune 500, warned about the potential for bans on ads for polluting products like SUVs, bottled water, and disposable diapers. Ottman cautioned that the growing number of eco-labels may result in consumer confusion, and noted that Congress has already held hearings on the now unregulated and often misleading practice of carbon offsets. Ottman told ...
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NRDC: How to Clean Up Our Water
For examples of safe substitutes for toxic household products, check EPAs EnviroSense website. 3. Recycle and dispose of all trash properly. Never flush non-degradable products -- such as disposable diapers or plastic tampon applicators -- down the toilet. They can damage the sewage treatment process and end up littering beaches and waters. 4. Conserve water. Use the most efficient ...
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EnviroZine - Browse by Subject - Environmental Action
How do various light bulbs compare for energy efficiency? Why should people recycle? What are the environmental benefits to using cloth versus disposable diapers? What types of cloth diapers are available? Are electric solar panels an efficient and cost saving alternative for household use? I would like some information on lawn care products. What does the ...
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EcoFuture (TM): Things You Can Do Today
So pick the diaper that is least damaging to your region: Use cloth diapers where water is in good supply. Use disposable diapers where water is more at risk than landfills. Don't put hazardous ... They can't be recycled and they don't break down in the environment. Avoid buying anything 'disposable'. Paper plates and towels, styrofoam cups, etc. are extravagant wastes of the world's resources. If ...
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EIA Kids Page - Waste to Landfill
Rathje. They are not vast composters; rather, they are vast mummifiers. Rathje also discovered that disposable diapers, fast-food packaging, and expanded polystyrene foam take up less landfill space than people generally ... occupy somewhere between five and 40 percent of landfill space. But Rathjes study showed that diapers were less than one percent by weight or 1.5 percent by volume of the ...
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EIA Kids Page - Solid Waste & Energy - Source Reduction
First period English class begins, and you pull out your disposable pen and throwaway spiral notebook. Later its time for lunch in the school cafeteria. You finish ... energy is needed to transport the cards to market. Other industries are doing their part, too. Disposable diapers are thinner than before, keeping babies dry with half as much material. Ice cream cartons ...
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