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Tyre manufacturers are constantly trying to better themselves and their products, to create longer lasting, more efficient and higher performing tyres. Though, as is the nature of rubber tyres, they will all eventually wear out and need replacing at some point. Some part-worn tyres can be retread, though only a certain number of retreads are advisable as it can affect the structural characteristics of the tyre, possibly causing it to fail. As more and more people begin driving, more vehicles will be manufactured and more tyres will be needed.

So the reason why it is common to see landfills with vast heaps of used tyres is because it used to be legal to dispose of old tyres in landfill sites. In 2003, European legislation was introduced to make this practice illegal and since then individuals and businesses have been encouraged to find different ways to either dispose of or recycle their old tyres.

It may be surprising to some, but there are a large number of ways people can recycle their used tyres themselves without having to pay somebody to dispose of their used tyres on their behalf.

Old tyres are very useful in a garden environment as rubber is very resistant to rot. For this reason it is popular for people to use old tyres as plant pots, plant bedding or even compost bins. Because the tyre will absorb heat, it will create a perfect environment for a compost bin.

Recycling old tyres is a great way for you to do your bit for the environment, below is a list of the common recycling techniques.

Reprocessing – Old tyres can be reprocessed and grinded down into small fragments that can then be used in things like underlay for carpets, surfacing for sports areas, shoe soles or even road construction.

Fuel – Some rubber is recycled and used as a fuel substitute instead of coal for cement kilns. However, stringent air emission regulations severely limit this practice.

Other purposes – The possibilities for used tyre recycling are almost limitless. Old tyres are commonly used as play things in children’s play areas, noise insulation in many applications, and crash protection barriers at racetracks.

To summarize, if you are looking to dispose of your old tyres then it would be advisable to contact your local tire retailer for advice. Alternatively, you can find ways to recycle your old tyres by using them in your garden. Remember that you must act responsibly; it is illegal to dump your old tyres and if you recycle, you are contributing to a greener environment.

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If you’re always on the prowl for ways of making your home greener, you’ve most likely come across this post title before. Although this post sounds like your everyday ‘make your home greener’ post, it’s really not.

The majority of the other posts are based on improving your home and how you can save money in the process. They tend to talk about the basics like having loft insulation, not leaving appliances on standby, double glazing, things like that. This post is all about what you can do to help the environment after all those things.

Although you may have managed to stop your home from wasting so much energy, there is one aspect that’s commonly forgotten. Every so often we decide to redecorate our homes, this often leads to changes in everything from wallpaper to bathroom accessories. This is where you can make some improvements.

When you are choosing new furniture, you rarely consider the environmental impact. I suppose it’s tough enough to find something everyone in your family likes, without it being green too. But when you think about it, a lot of energy has gone into making these products. Normally they are constructed in big factories, wasting lots of energy, then they get shipped back to the UK because they were made abroad.

Fortunately, due to everyone becoming more aware of our impact on the environment, many retailers are offering greener, more eco-friendly home furnishings.

From everything from tableware to kitchen accessories, there are lots of products out there that you can buy that are better for the environment. All these things you end up buying for your home all have a negative impact on the environment. This is something that should be in the minds of everyone when it comes to furnishing your home. Stopping your home from wasting lots of energy isn’t the only way you can reduce your home’s impact on the environment. Although you can’t avoid it with some home accessories, you’d be surprised how many green products you can buy for your home.

Most celebrities splurge their fortune on outrageously extravagant homes with everything from multi-car garages and huge swimming pools to state-of-the-art kitchens and entertainment rooms with enough high-tech gadgets to use up a small town’s worth of electricity.
Clearly, these home owners have given little to no thought to the massive increase in their carbon footprint which these homes are causing. But, there are some celebrities out there who put their care for the environment before their obsession with luxury:

Johnny Depp

Not only is Johnny Depp one of Hollywood’s hottest actors, he is also known as one of Hollywood’s most environmentally-friendly A-Listers.
Johnny Depp enlisted eco-homes expert Michael Strizki to turn his 35-acre island getaway in the Caribbean into a self-sustaining habitat run on solar-hydrogen power. With Strizki – project promoter of The Hopewell Project – on the case, it is doubt the rest of the building plans will be equally as energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall

Before Julia Louis-Dreyfus and husband Brad Hall became famous for their comedic acting and writing on Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, and The New Adventures of Old Christine, they were a pair of environmentally-minded theatre students. Now they share an energy-efficient Santa Barbara bungalow that includes a retractable roof, which stimulates airflow and negates the need for air conditioning; day-lighting, to reduce the need for electric lights; and solar heating that’s put back into the grid when the house isn’t in use. The couple also had their contractor salvage all the pre-renovation wood since, as Hall put it: “Having a second home is itself a sort of appalling excess. We figured if we’re going to do it, we better be as responsible as we can.”

Daryl Hannah

Known just as much these days for her environmental passion as she is for her films, actress Daryl Hannah spends her days off in the Rocky Mountains, where her converted-stagecoach-stop home is almost entirely solar powered. The off-grid dwelling sits next to a winterised barn (also solar powered) made of reclaimed wood, and inside, Hannah and her guests sit on a moss-covered stone that doubles as a couch.

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts, her husband Danny Moder and their three children share an over-sized, 6,000-square-foot home, complete with tennis court and pool, but the home’s recent estimated $20 million green renovation – including recycled tiling and sustainable building materials – help keep the mansion’s carbon footprint restrained. The home’s three roofs’ worth of solar panels takes advantage of living in Malibu by harnessing the climate’s natural energy.

Orlando Bloom

Perhaps all the time together Orlando Bloom shared with Johnny Depp on the Pirates of the Caribbean set allowed some of Depp’s environmentalism to rub off on co-star Orlando Bloom.
Bloom, who is a participant of the Global Cool climate change campaign, made his new-construction home in London as green as possible, with everything from solar panels to energy-efficient light bulbs. He has since said that the project required nearly twice as much money as he had initially budgeted, but the finished product is sure to be well worth the cost.

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During the Second World War, resources were hard to come by and Governments ran big recycling campaigns to ensure nothing was wasted. Waste was segregated for the following uses:

- Tins and metal were recycled for use weapons, tanks and aircraft.

- Left over food provided feed for chickens, pigs and goats.

- Rubber was collected to make tires.

- Boiled bones were used to make glue for aircraft, ground up to make fertilizer or made into glycerin for explosives.

People were also encouraged to mend belongings, such as clothes, rather than buy new. Campaigns such as ‘Make Do And Mend’ and ‘Sew And Save’ gave advice on how to recycle textiles and make clothes last longer. Knitting also soared in popularity during the Second World War.

Families had to plan meals carefully so as to minimize wastage. With no fridges or freezers, perishable food had to be purchased in small quantities and meals were made with some interesting substitutes. Meat fat was commonly saved to make pastry, and the cream from milk was collected in a jar and shaken to make butter and buttermilk.

It is sad that it took people so long to recognize the importance of recycling, and also that it took such unfortunate circumstances to draw it to our attention. These days, we realize the importance of recycling to preserve the Earth’s resources, save money, reduce pollution and help combat climate change.

However, we are still falling well below targets for diverting waste from landfill sites. The reasons for recycling may be different now from what they were during the War, but we can still look to our grandparents and the older generations for tips and inspiration.

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There has long been a conflict between living a sustainable and environmentally friendly lifestyle, and still indulging in life’s luxuries. We don’t want to pollute the atmosphere with CO2, but still want to take our holidays to Barbados every year and keep our houses warm and cozy in the winter. We don’t want to fill up landfill sites, but can’t resist those luxury biscuits that come in a tin and five layers of packaging inside. We don’t like to waste water, but a hot bath at the end of a long day just feels too good.

Thankfully we are starting to realize that we don’t have to give up on all of life’s luxuries in order to save the earth, and improvements in technology and innovation have allowed us to do more than ever whilst keeping a clear conscience. One such luxury that has not always been so ‘green’ is spa days. These intensive pampering sessions have received a lot of criticism over the years for their harmful impact on the environment, but now you can go on spa days that are a little kinder to mother nature. Here are 3 ways that health spas are going green:

Green Products.

Whilst the skin care and beauty products used by health spas are often very good, they are not always good to the earth. Synthetic ingredients, harmful bi-products and animal testing are just a few of the ways products can be harmful, but thankfully there are good alternatives these days. Producers of all-natural skin care and beauty products have upped their game recently, and largely due to increased public demand, there is a far greater range and level of quality for health spa products.

Green Energy.

Most health spas often encompass a scary number of energy-consuming devises and environments. Saunas, Jacuzzis, swimming pools, steam rooms etc, they are burning large amounts of fuel and don’t do any good for the planet’s CO2 levels. More health spas though are now waking up to green energy, both creating it from renewable sources and improving the efficiency of its use. Here are some examples of how health spas are reducing energy usage/loss:

• Solar panels on roofs

• Recycling of hot air from pools, steam rooms etc

• Better insulation in spa areas

• Movement sensor switches on lights

Green Waste.

Health spas are notorious for producing large amounts of waste. Water is wasted at an incredible rate via ‘back-washing’ the pools to remove sentiment and also via constant laundry washing. Much of this waste water can actually be reused if put through the proper filters and many spas can make their money back within a couple of years by saving on water costs. The other big wastage is the packaging and containers that beauty products and are delivered in. Some spas are recycling these by handing them back to the suppliers after each delivery and asking them to be reused, saving both money and unnecessary landfill.

So with all these green initiates that many health spas are signing up to, you can still enjoy your massage, without feeling guilty about your impact on the planet.

Duncan is a green enthusiast and a blogger for a London health spa who are doing their bit for the environment.

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You have to understand what is organic cotton. Organic cotton is grown without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. If the use of these artificial products are eliminated for the cultivation and growth of the cotton plants the green damages will be substantially be discounted.

It is again stressed that if such unwell chemical products are eliminated their mixing in the water ways are stopped and will be safe guarding the fauna and flora of the earth. After all such unwell chemicals are at the end of the day reaches the ocean and the constant accumulation of these will be creating the dead areas in the ocean.

But the strenuous core naturalists who are determined to use only the organic cotton will have a tough certitude to construct, the identification of the organic cotton. There are two types of organic cotton i.e. organic cotton and the fair trade organic cotton.

Both the above varieties are the same. But the difference is only on the location of the product. Fair trade organic is the cotton from the developing nations where such a regulation of fair trade is made to safe guard the interest of the workers concerned in that production. The fair trade syndrome is quickly catching up the imagination though it is the costliest. But the fact is that this also is not giving a firm identification for organic purity. It is a definite a frustration point for the hardcore naturalist.

A reliable direction in this regard is the certified label for the fair trade organic cotton. Fair trade organic cotton comes with a higher price tag because the wages for the workers engaged are more.

The deciding factor whether the organic cotton is indeed essential or not, you have to only see the consequences of using the non organic cottons. Places where the organic goods are produced are environmentally balanced and the overhaul of the surroundings is very meager. This will  shelter the tax money you have paid to the government there by the government can spend the tax money for additional productive purposes.

The texture of both organic and non organic products are almost the same. What matters are the healthy feeling the organic product gives. The organic products will be of healthy and in well being.

Timothy M. Greensland

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Green Living: you can make a difference to the environment. Something is better than nothing, so making some changes to help the planet, especially when they also help you directly, is a good move. These are just some of the green living strategies that you can use in your home. Green living is a lifestyle choice to lessen our environmental footprint.

A green living lifestyle aims to reduce the release of carbon, which is contributing to global warming, but also reduces waste, toxins in the air and water and over-use of natural resources. Save money and become more healthy by implementing these green strategies.

A reduction in carbon emissions from fossil fuels is essential if we are to save the planet and you can help. Limit the use of your car, especially for short trips. Take public transport or car pool to work. Get some exercise and improve your fitness by leaving the car at home and walking. You are saving the planet and improving your health at the same time.

Help to save the environment by swapping the incandescent light bulbs in your home for compact fluorescent ones that need less power to light. These reduce your energy consumption by up to 70% and last several times longer than the old bulbs. Your power bills will be dramatically reduced when you replace all your incandescent light bulbs; replacing just five will save you about $50? Switch all appliances off at the socket when they are not being used.

Because plants remove carbon from the air and store it in the soil, having a garden and eating more vegetables will help the environment. This is another another measure that helps the planet and improves your own health at the same time. Cattle compact the soil and produce large amounts of methane which is a harmful greenhouse gas. Eat red meat only twice a week and have a piece just the size of your palm; for the other meals eat fish and poultry meats.

Reduce your environmental footprint by putting the three Rs into place – reduce, reuse and recycle. Reducing your dependence on plastics in the home helps the environment by reducing the toxins that are produced by their manufacture. Find new ways to reuse the plastic supermarket bags before you have to throw them out. Limit your use of paper products in your home and office home. Think creatively to find additional uses for plastic containers, packaging and bottles.

Reduce your water usage at home and at work. Shorten the length of your shower by only two minutes and save gallons of water as well as money off your water bill. When using water, only turn the faucet a little to prevent wasting water. Reuse washing machine water on the garden. Try alternative ways to heat and cool your home like solar power, blinds that regulate the temperature and plants around the house to control temperatures.

These few strategies will get you started on making changes that will benefit the environment. You can learn about many other ways you can help both the environment and your own well-being and health. Have your children contribute to reducing the family’s environmental footprint.

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Below are some of the environmental and money saving benefits of recycling paper…

Saves Trees – The most obvious reason to recycle paper is for saving trees which provide vital oxygen for the planet. Just 1 ton of recycled paper saves at least 16 of them.

Wildlife Preservation – More often than not, the wildlife that lives in the trees that are cut down to make ‘new’ paper, die quickly because they cannot adapt to living anywhere else. Recycling paper means that they can die natural deaths instead of forced ones.

Cheaper Paper – Recycled paper is often cheap to purchase. Buying cheaper, recycled goods encourages more recycled goods to be manufactured, sustaining the recycling industry.

Less Water Consumption – 1 ton of recycled paper can save over 6500 gallons of water.

Saves Electricity – Producing electricity seriously damages the environment, but more than 400 kilowatt hours are saved by recycling 1 ton of paper.

Reduces Oil Dependence – Oil production has some horrific effects on the environment and any chance to reduce oil consumption should be taken. Saving 2 barrels per ton of recycled paper really makes a difference in the long term.

Less Pollution – Burning paper in waste incinerators pumps masses of pollution into the air. That means that we are unnecessarily causing the air that we all breathe to be of a lower quality.

Creates Jobs – Think about all the people who work within the paper recycling industry. Collectors, sorters and machine operators being just a few of them. The more that we recycle, the more of these jobs there will be created.

Paper Logs – Many people are now turning to paper logs as a supplementary fuel source. Consisting of tightly compressed briquettes of paper, these logs can be thrown on a fire or used in a wood burner to provide heat for free.

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It is awfully hard to take organic clothing in the strictest sense. The cotton provisioned from the furs of animals as well as the leather acquired are organic materials. You cannot expect a wide variety of selection in organic clothing.

Additionally, you need to come to a decision the variety of clothing first and then assemble the selection of corresponding organic material. Keeping in view all of the activities, this is an uphill task.

Organic animal pelt or skin is challenging to get hold of as we are not in no doubt whether animals are fed with the organic grain or their skin has undergone specific therapy. When you are particularly serious about biological and organic skin, this test will cause confusion. Nonetheless, it is a lot easier to get the organic cotton because in the cotton industry the demand for organic cotton is high.

There are professional designers who manufacture the organic clothing. In addition to the option of purchasing these clothes from designers, you can make your mind up to sew it yourself. This will give leverage to create your own decisions without getting into the risk of using non organic substance.

The other side to the organic clothing which is the cost involved. Organic clothing is added expensive as the raw material is costly. Besides this, the organic clothing needs excessive care right from the begin at the cotton farms. The availability of organic dye is innovative challenge.

In spite of all the short comings there are several benefits of organic cloths. The primary one is the non existence of bad for you chemicals. An example is the substance known as formaldehyde. This is confirmed substance of destruction. But it is particularly obligatory for the de wrinkling of the cloths and it is being acquired for years. The product can make deformity for the unborn children.

The bonding qualities of formaldehyde is an excellent anti wrinkling substance for the cotton cloths. This property also helps to maintain the cotton cloth. For those who are sensitive to formaldehyde with allergic disorders, this is exceptionally a curse causing skin irritations and discomfort. There is some progress for making the cotton wrinkle free without formaldehyde nonetheless, no complete alternative for formaldehyde has been derived as yet. So the organic clothing is just suitable for the people who have sensitive skin and/or suffer from allergies.

The organic clothing needs shelter proper cleaning as well. We have to be selective for the detergents and soaps. For organic clothing it is always advisable to use organic cleaning agents only. The cotton fabrics have the tendency to hold the unwell chemicals for long.

Timothy M. Greensland

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The reckless life style of the humanity has created a sense of helplessness. With this sense lots of people have become serious in their thinking for eco friendly style of living. The thinking is getting serious as the time is passing.

The world is witnessing the harm caused to the atmosphere as is evidenced in the forming of dead areas in the ocean, damage of coral reefs, disappearance of the endangered species and the slow vanishing of the flora and fauna. This has put sense into many human beings and they are adopting an attitude that the world is for the future generation too.

We will appreciate that purchasing few eco friendly items and using them is only the beginning. The urge and demand of the energy be it electrical or fossil energy is mounting in leaps and bounds. Instead of going along with this demand we have to make a slight change of life style. This is nothing but to ensure that our appliances are energy star complaint, taking into account that this as just the beginning.

At a broader level, you have to have a sustainable home. The materials of the home you are going to build has to be as much eco friendly as doable. As far as possible keep a garden which can grow sufficient food for the entire family. The expenditure for the construction of four walls may be relatively cheap to accommodate the facility to have a natural garden. You have to consider it to be a little different from the stereotype of a usual home.

The eco friendly products are slowly catching up with the idea. The eco friendly products are chiefly the alternatives of bleach and soaps. You have to visualize the products you are generally using and make a list of it and decide which of the products are necessary for immediate replacement. Initially you may not be concerned about the cost. If you are definite about a product being too much chemical oriented, try to replace it with organic products as the right replacement. The cost of the organic product will have to be high till the market catches up because the goods will not be available in bulk. Besides these products are coming under the regulation of fair trade practices, fair trade goods are costly.

The eco friendly products are having no contents of caustics and other chemicals. This does not signify that they are totally safe. The eco friendly products signify they are safe for the atmosphere. Being green denotes that it is non toxic and it is not necessarily safe for you as an individual human being particularly if it is consumed internally.

There are exceedingly elaborate explanations and details present on the internet. You can order the eco friendly products through online too.

Timothy Greensland
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