Textile waste is a horrific problem for all of us. The Environmental Protection Agency says that nearly 5% of all the landfill space in the United States is full of unwanted clothing. Did you know that we only recycle textiles…
They say that over 640,000 tons of books (and that’s about 320 million paperback books) end up in landfill space each year! Yet, with just a bit of thought, there are plenty of ways to recycle books that are super…
You wake up one morning and you realize that your business is out of control. That you may lose a company that took your family decades to build and dozens of staff members may lose their livelihoods. This isn’t a…
Your travel trailer won’t last forever and, in fact, the life expectancy of many travel trailers is around 10 years. But what do you do with it, when it’s no longer functioning the way you want it to? Surprisingly, there…
The average American consumes nearly 280 eggs a year! No, that’s not a typo. And that means that over 95 million x 1 dozen eggs end up in egg cartons each year. That’s a whole lot of cartons! But can…
Is a product really yours if you’re not free to fix it when it breaks or to ask someone else to fix it for you? It sounds like a ridiculous question until you realize that, until recently, many of the…
We loved playing with Lego when we were kids and our children love playing with it too. Know what we don’t love? Lego isn’t made from recycled plastic. Well, until now, that is. What We Love About Recycled Lego The…
There is nothing more American than the right to own a car and drive wherever you want, it’s an expression of freedom. And drive we do, nearly 75% of us commute daily in our cars, eschewing other forms of public…