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Who doesn't love popping bubble wrap? Fun as it may be, it's not an environmentally friendly product and the same goes for many other packing materials. There are greener packaging options.
Vegetarian, vegan.. and now, Freegan. I hadn't struck this term before, so with curiosity piqued, off I went to discover a little more about the Freegan lifestyle.
Biodiesel is by no means a new development - it's been around since the invention of the diesel engine. While not a panacea for all our transportation woes; it generates less emissions than fossil fuels - but also poses some other challenges for the environment and society.
Offsetting car travel carbon dioxide emissions by buying trees to be planted on your behalf to help mitigate global warming effects is a nice idea; but there are some issues to bear in mind.
The tires we put on our cars are made of rubber, a renewable resource, right? Not so; well over 90% of all tires are made from synthetics - and they have certainly proved to be an environmental headache. Some tire recycling methods are extraordinarly unfriendly to our planet.
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