It’s Easy Being Green
Posted by pam19
Today I was reading an article on Oprah Winfrey’s site about how she was going green and in the article According to the EPA, each person in the United States creates about four and a half pounds of trash every day. One way to reduce that number is by recycling anything and everything you can.
It also talked about how one of the most common ways Americans conserve resources is by recycling. And also how many cities also recycle cardboard and mixed paper, which should be separated from newspapers before they go into the bin. You want to know what things you can and can’t recycle? Check out this website, and you’ll find lots of information on what can and can’t be recycled.
West District Science Fair
Posted by Brittney D.
On April 15, 2008, the Net Incubator co-hosted the West District Science Day and Miami Valley Science and Engineering Fair on the campus of Central State University. The fair was for fifth through twelfth grade students and it was held in three of Central State buildings including the brand-new Education Building. The science fair gave the students a chance, not only to present their projects to a panel of judges, but to watch the other participants, and to interact with their peers who shares their interest. There were over 500 participants. Some of the projects were group (2-3 persons) projects and the others were single person projects. We handed out gift bags and our popular “GEEK” shirts to every participant. Also, we provided lunches for everyone, catered by LA’s Sports Bar and Grill. Two students from the Miami Valley Science and Engineering Fair were selected to participate in the 2008 International Science and Engineering Fair, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Businesses Going Green
Posted by cjackso6
I just read an article inside of the Dayton B2B entitled “Businesses Going Green” written by Tim Tresslar. This article explains why businesses are taking a closer look into going green to make and save money. The most interesting part of the article to me is a subtitle “Five ways going green can save money.” I know a lot of companies will go green if they knew how they can reduce cost and save money. The five steps are the following:
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Switching to solar or wind power.
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Adding new scrubbers to electric generating plants.
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Regrind and reuse materials in production processes.
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Reduce harmful fumes so employees perform better.
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Buy recyclable goods and that will increase a good reputation for one’s company.
For more information about this article contact Tim Tresslar information below.
- (937)225-7317
From Bottles to Tap
Posted by Brittney D.
I came across an article inside of the E The Environmental Magazine called Bottled Water Back Lash written by Melissa Knopper ” A Colorado-based science writer and tap water enthsiast”. The article talks about, how when people began using tap water in replace of their water bottles, and how people are taking action to reduce the amount of water bottles found in land fills. Her sub-titles are as followed: A Gathering Revolt, Bottled Waste, and Don’t Refill That Bottle. On average in 2006 Americans were repoteded to have drank 167 bottles of water each, recycling 23%, and sending 38 billion to the landfills. In 2007 we we spent $16 billion on bottled water and it takes 700 years for plastic bottles to even start decomposing.
For more facts about recycling follow the links:
http://earth911.org/recycling/plastic-bottle-recycling/plastic-bottle-recycling-facts/
http://www.container-recycling.org/
How Plastic Bags Pollute Our Environment
Posted by pam19
Larry West wrote an article titled “Why Stop Using Plastic Bags”. This article consists of informaion about plastic bags and how they pollute soil and water, and kill thousands of marine mammals yearly. Did you know that Americans throw away almost 100 billion plastic bags every year, and only 1 percent to 3 percent are ever recycled. He also mentioned plastic bags may take “1,000 years or more to break down into ever smaller particles that continue to pollute the soil and water”. If your intertested in finding out more information on why it is bad to use plastic bags then check out this website.
http://environment.about.com/od/reducingwaste/a/no_plastic_bags.htm