We all know how important it is to recycle the tins our pet's food comes in, but what about recycling all the other materials and products our pets require? There are a number of ways to re-use seemingly useless household waste for our pets, and ways to cut down on the waste they produce too. Firstly, don't dismiss your paper recycling bin as a mine of pet toys. Cardboard tubes are almost invaluable to owners of rodents, whether they are tiny mice or giant house rabbits. Mice and hamsters love to run through them and chew the ... Full Story

Is recycling our own choice, or is it something we should encourage each other to do? With global warming on the rise, we should arguably all be recycling, but what's uncertain is whether it's our place to 'preach' to those who don't do it already. Then again, how much does the average person listen to their government advice, and are they more likely to listen to their friends and family? Whether you choose to influence others to recycle is entirely up to you. There's always the risk that friends and family will tell you, hopefully in not so many words, where ... Full Story

Is it me or is the animal population of this country hell bent on committing ritual hari-kari? Hardly a day seems to go by now without some furry or feathered creature running or swooping out in front of me as I’m driving along. It used to happen on the odd occasion but now it’s getting more and more frequent and I’m becoming paranoid. After all, driving in this country is bad enough, what with traffic congestion, speed cameras, pot holes and the like, without having organised games of ‘chicken’ played out on the nation’s highways by every variety ... Full Story

Hollywood brings the environmental impact of people on the Earth to the big screen, but communities around the globe have been using recycling plants and centers to help deal with environmental issues. A recycling plant consists of a facility designed to process those materials that can be clean, treated and recycled into new products. Some recycling plants are located next to landfills to help make waste management a complete process. There are also a large number that are standalone and only deal with certain products. Recycling can be a complicated and expensive process. Dealing with the sorting of materials causes many ... Full Story

Recycling tops the list for things people can do to help the environment. Many cities have gotten on the bandwagon and provide recycling services along with garbage pickup. Before you jump into the recycling craze, there are a few things you need to understand about not recycling.

Top Things Not to Recycle Cardboard and paper are expected items in any recycling container, but cardboard pizza boxes are one of the items that you need to skip. Not only are they contaminated with oils making them impossible to clean and reuse, but that same oil will also ruin all the other paper products ... Full Story

Am I mad, have I lost my mind - am I smoking something illegal? No, this question has to be answered. What is behind the whole concept of Captain Planet? And how important is he to us in relation to a geopolitical stance in modern day society? For those of you that don’t know what Captain Planet is, it's a cartoon program produced in the 1990s focussing on the promotion of environmentally friendly practices. The plot based purely around the world being in turmoil, due to a number of template evil characters. After years of the not being ... Full Story

A knock-on effect of the government’s recent scrappage scheme has been the rise in sales of small petrol-engined cars and a decline in market share for diesels. This has coincided with a general slow down of diesel sales and some people are now questioning whether the demand for the oil burners has peaked. The diesel engine has come a long way over the past ten years or so with development of common-rail injection systems and turbocharging making it more efficient and acceptable. According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, diesel sales doubled during this period from ... Full Story

Governments talk a lot about climate change but few put actions behind the words. Everyone seems to agree that something needs to be done to insure that the Earth is around for the next several generations. There have been a number of different Summits designed to address the issue of climate change and how best to adjust things to slow the change or reverse the negative effects caused by industry and the human population.  The sticking point of every meeting seems to be the same few issues. Every country wants to know what the others will do to fix ... Full Story

Recycling has become a worldwide campaign over the past decade, with many A-list celebrities backing efforts to raise awareness and save the planet from global warming. Without this advertising, promotion and general public awareness recycling campaigns would collapse, but what we want to know is why, if so many celebrities are involved, isn't the entire population on board? Are the wrong celebrities being used to promote recycling, and if so, which ones should be used? Good ol' one-of-us HF-W. One thing we're sure of is that the celebrities that are used to for recycling campaigns ... Full Story

Overpopulation means that the number of a species has grown too large for the resources that support that species. There has been some concern about the overpopulation of the human race. The number of people living around the world today has grown dramatically in the last several decades but resources are still limited. The Bad News about Overpopulation Human population has been growing exponentially. In 1927, the population of the earth was only around two billion people. It has been projected that with current growth rates the human population will reach eight billion as soon as 2028. The use of resources is often ... Full Story