Recycling Common Objects

by Tori Riggs

There are many everyday objects that can be recycled, such as paper, plastic and aluminum. However, there are also many other common objects that can be recycled that most people don't know about.

1. Athletic shoes. If you have any brand of worn-out tennis shoes, Nike will recycle them through their Reuse-a-Shoe program. You can just drop off any tennis shoes at any Nike or Niketown store to recycle your shoes.




2. Old technology. When you have too many old VHS tapes and cassettes, you can just give them to GreenDisk, a company that recycles those old pieces of technology. All you have to do is mail in the technology, and GreenDisk takes care of it in an eco-friendly way.

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Recycling Everyday Items

by Tori Riggs





There are many different things you can recycle and reuse in everyday life. Some of these are:

Turn old milk cartons into bird feeders. Birds honestly don't care if they have a fancy feeder or one made of a carton. Just cut the milk cartons, hang them, and fill them with seeds for the birds to eat.

Organize with tin cans. You can wash out tin cans and cover them with different colored paper. These cans make great containers for pencils, crayons, paintbrushes, and other art supplies.

Reuse old paper. Use the reverse side of paper for kids' art projects as well as notes for later. You don't have to get rid of paper just because it has words or markings on it, so you can use it for many other things.

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Wind Energy

by Tori Riggs





Because of all of the spring wind lately, it seems like a good idea to talk about wind energy and how it works. Using wind turbines to generate energy is a fairly simple process. First, wind energy is picked up by a turbine and the turbine converts the wind's kinetic energy into mechanical energy. From there a generator turns the mechanical energy into electricity. While wind energy is relatively easy to find an change into electricity, building wind turbines can be expensive and the wind doesn't blow all the time and everywhere.








For more information on wind energy and wind turbines, please visit http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/wind_how.html

Energy Saving Architecture

by Tori Riggs Good architecture can help anyone save energy, whether they are at home, school, or work. When building any sort of structure, you want to make sure that there are no cracks in the walls or floor, to make sure that too much air doesn't flow through the structure. You also want to seal everything up tightly to prevent further cracking. This can help you save energy and start you living in a happy, green home.

Energy Saving Paint

by Tori Riggs Surprisingly, the most simple thing you can do to save energy in your home is to paint it. The right color and/or amount of paint can help heat or cool your home, saving you energy. There are a few things you need to keep in mind when choosing the right type, color and amount of paint:

• dark colors attract heat and are the best for winter or cold times


• more coats of paint can also attract heat


• light colors are ideal for summer because they don't attract too much heat

You also need to change your painting ideas if you live in a regularly hot or cold area. Obviously, if you are normally very hot, then dark colors will hinder you more than they will help you. This makes normally cold areas perfect for dark colors because the heat isn't really a problem.

One last thing you need to keep in mind is that your home may have a very specific color that makes it unique, so you don't want to change your entire house's design and style just to be more energy efficient.

Daily Energy Saving Tips

by Tori Riggs Here are some tips for saving energy in any daily life:

1. Recycle. This tip is hardly needed to say, but you have no idea how much energy it can save to recycle. It takes much less energy to recreate an aluminum can than it does to create one for the first time.


2. Take showers instead of baths. An average shower uses 20 gallons of water, and an average bath uses 37 gallons.


3. Open windows when the weather is nice. This eliminates the need for an air conditioner in the spring and fall, and can save a lot of energy and money.

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Solar Powered Pool Robot

by Tori Riggs





If you have a pool, then you probably know how exhausting and tedious it is to clean it. Luckily for you, there is a solution to your problem. The brand new Solar-Breeze is a five-hundred dollar robot floats in your pool, cleaning it all day. Along with being solar-powered, the Solar-Breeze reduces pump usage costs. So not only does it skim your pool for you, but it also saves a lot of money. The Solar-Breeze is a convenient and easy to use solar-powered, pool-cleaning robot that is definitely worth your five-hundred dollars.