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BBQ'ing soon? Most firelighter products are based on fossil fuels, and occasionally with some nasty additional chemicals thrown in. While using natural ingredients based firelighters won't save the planet, it's just another simple way of helping to lessen your barbecue environmental impact - and lots of little efforts do add up.
The natural world provides us with all that we need for cleaning and washing without having to resort to environmentally harsh synthetic chemicals. For example, the soapnut; nature's own detergent!
Your household or business electricity related consumption and associated carbon emissions could be as much as 6 - 10% higher than you think due to an issue called "line loss".
It's becoming a more common practice to recycle or refill ink cartridges now, but a majority of inkjet cartridges still wind up in landfill after a single use. Another issue often overlooked is the ink itself. What's in it and what are the
alternatives?
Degradable and biodegradable bioplastics based on plant materials seem like recent innovations, but they've actually been around for a very long time. One example is cellophane. But how environmentally friendly is it?
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