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Archive for August 30th, 2007

Tiny Choices Q&A: Dishwashers vs. Handwashers!

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Welcome to Tiny Choices Q&A, where we open the floor for discussion on questions which ya’ll have submitted (read the first list of questions here). Lorelei asks: Please compare the water/energy usage in washing dishes by hand & machine. The jury is out on this one, Lorelei! it depends on a number of factors: are [...]

Reusable Shopping Bags

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

By this point most folks have heard that disposable plastic bags are killing us, and everything’s starting to suffer-creatures in the sea, the trees, and the victims of Mumbai floods in 2005. Only 2% of plastic bags are recycled in the U.S. each year, which is a miniscule drop in the 10-billion-bags-per-year bucket, and it [...]