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Green Music Special: No littering, please

by thomas on August 4, 2009 (Feature image by e-magic)

Plastic cups with recycling symbol

Stuff thousands of people into a small area.
Let them eat and drink and make out and enjoy great concerts.
What do you get? A kick ass festival.
And probably a big mess of mud, cigarette butts, food leftovers, pizza boxes, plastic cups, bottles and wrecked camping chairs…
…unless you have a plan for dealing with that mess, of [...]

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Cleaning up when you break a CFL light bulb

by thomas on July 23, 2009 (Feature image by AZAdam)

Closeup of CFL light bulb

Here’s the first thing to do if you break one of your CFL light bulbs: Don’t panic.
While there is some mercury in CFLs, your health won’t be ruined just because you break one of them. Or three, for that matter.
That being said, mercury is harmful enough to warrant some extra precautions if you’re unlucky enough [...]

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Old tools lined up

Have you ever had a door handle, chair, turntable, gadget, doohickey or thingamajig break down on you?
I’m guessing you have.
And I’m also guessing you’ve been quite displeased about it, and perhaps resigned yourself to throwing the darned thing in the trash and buying a new one.
The next time something breaks, though, try taking a closer [...]

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Plastic bags suck

by thomas on June 18, 2009 (Feature image by Zainub)

Plastic bag nightmare littering lawn

Really. They suck big time. In fact, plastic bags are quite a bit like elevator music:

they seemingly show up everywhere
they hypnotize people into thinking they need them
they make people spend money on stuff they don’t really need
they sort of serve a purpose, but are doing a poor job of it
there are vastly superior alternatives [...]

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