Reuse is often confused with recycling, but they are really quite different. Reuse in the broadest sense means any activity that lengthens the life of an item. Recycling, on the other hand, is the reprocessing of an item into a new raw material for use in a new product–Its like grinding the tire and incorporating [...]
Archive for August, 2010
How many ways can you use salt?
For thousands of years, salt (sodium chloride) has been used to preserve food and for cleaning, and people have continued to rely on it for all kinds of nifty tricks.
So with its nontoxic friendliness and status as an endlessly abundant resource, let’s swap out some toxic solutions for ample, innocuous, and inexpensive salt.
In the Kitchen:
Shell [...]
Recycling your waste
We have been sending most of our waste to landfill for many years. This means that valuable resources, such as our cans, paper and plastic bottles, have been simply thrown away. Sending our waste to landfill has also contributed to severe environmental damage.
New laws have been passed to prevent further environmental damage and to [...]
पृथ्वी को बचाएं, पॉलीथीन का बहिष्कार करें
..हमारी आजादी को 63 वर्ष बीत चुके हैं. इस अवधि में पर्यावरण को बहुत अधिक नुकसान हुआ है। जंगल कटे हैं, पहाड़ों को खोदा गया, धरती के गर्भ से खनिज का उत्खनन तेजी से हुआ, जिसके कारण पर्यावरण संतुलन बिगड़ा है। विकास के नाम पर प्राकृतिक क्षरण द्रुत गति से हुआ है। प्रकृति से सिर्फ [...]
Reuse can reduce the pollution
The reuse of products, materials, and parts can have significant environmental and economic benefits. Waste is not just created when consumers throw items away. Waste is generated throughout the life cycle of a product, from extraction of raw materials, to transportation to processing and manufacturing facilities, to manufacture and use. Reusing items or making them [...]
Reuse Old Furniture
It is economical, environmental (reuse, recycle, reclaim), practical and fun to save, rework and reuse old furniture.
Reusable furniture comes in several general categories: 1. Tired furniture needing a good cleaning, some sanding then painting or staining, 2. Furniture missing pieces, in parts, missing parts and needing rebuilt, and 3. Furniture that no longer can be [...]
पर्यावरण संरक्षण के लिए बनेगा मास्टर प्लान
.शिमला मुख्यमंत्री प्रेम कुमार धूमल ने सदन को बताया कि प्रदेश में पर्यावरण संरक्षण के लिए मास्टर प्लान तैयार किया जा रहा है। बिजली परियोजनाओं की निगरानी फोटोग्राफी से की जाएगी। मुख्यमंत्री ने यह जानकारी बुधवार को विधानसभा में नेता प्रतिपक्ष विद्या स्टोक्स, कुलदीप सिंह पठानिया व मुकेश अग्निहोत्री द्वारा नियम-130 के अंतर्गत लाए गए [...]
Effects of Recycling
Recycling:It Preserves the EnvironmentThe process of recycling protects the environment. For instance, we know that paper is manufactured from trees. As the demand for paper increases, a number of trees are being cut to produce paper. By recycling paper, we can prevent the destruction of forests. Today, a number of forests are being destroyed to [...]
Reuse your Old Stuff… Try It
We have lots of stuff which is unusable . You can reuse these items for different purposes. So do not throw those items away, think about how they can be reused.
Here are some useful tips for reuse that household items.
Carrier bags and twist ties:Carrier bags can be reused in the shops or as bin bags [...]
Green Growth: Reality Or Mirage?
Green growth has become the catchphrase of the decade across the world. It is the new mantra that countries see as a way to have their cake and eat it, too, or to put it differently, grow and have a clean environment, too. I want to use a number of recent news items that are [...]


