Description : Is it better to compost or recycle things that can go either way?
Last Answer : Compost them, keep things as local as possible.
Description : Should we recycle bottles and jars with their caps or lids on or off?
Last Answer : I would say off, since they’re of different materials and would have to be separated at some point.
Description : Can you recycle the caps of plastic bottles?
Last Answer : You need to call your city recycling program. I know they cannot be here in Orlando.
Description : Where can I recycle heavy plastic wrap?
Last Answer : answer:The short answer is: I have no idea. However, when I come across something large like this, I try to get creative about recycling. Do you or someone else have a big paint project coming up? ... make them easier to drag to the street for municipal pick up (if you have that-) Good luck!
Description : What are six things around you right now that are as nearly perfect as they can get?
Last Answer : 1. Just pulled my tired feet from a relaxing foot bath. 2. I’m watching videos of my favorite subject, landscape photography, on Youtube. 3. My girlfriend is out, to a birthday party, thousands of miles away from me, and knowing that she’ll have a great time fills me with joy.
Description : How many more things can they make GO GREEN?
Last Answer : answer:I was in advertising many years ago, before i became a police officer. people and companys that prosper, have good adversting ideas. something that will readily sell and be accepted by the ... an advertising gimmick for someone, somewhere to make more money and thats some REAL GREEN for them.
Description : What are six things around you right now that are wrong in some way?
Last Answer : 1. My living room, as a whole, is too untidy. 2. My stomach is making noises; I have to go and make me some noodles. 3. Sorry, I’m pretty content.
Description : What are some of the things you'd be looking for in a website describing an eco-consultant's service?
Last Answer : Cool idea. I think, in this economy, emphasizing that people can save money and go green at the same time is important. Some links to case studies would be good.
Description : I heard the host of BBC World today claim that it's "radical" to say that resources of the Amazon rainforest shouldn't be exploited. Is this the kind of bile we call news?
Last Answer : If you think that's bad, wait till you hear of Fox News. Unfortunately, there are no journalism laws. There is no requirement to present the truth and only the truth-especially when the truth changes such as ... book or in a news segment. I look at the data itself and make my decision based on that.
Description : You say you want the world to be a better place, so what are you doing to make that happen?
Last Answer : answer:I'm talking to the man in the mirror and asking him to make a change. Unfortunately he's just mimicking everything I do. I'm a member of Greenpeace, take short showers, try to purchase organic foods ... water, recycle, and sold my car. Now I ride a bike and the SF trains to and from work.
Description : Speak to a living thing situated to your right, tell us what you said & how they replied?
Last Answer : I told my daughter I was on ask-public & she rolled her eyes :D
Description : If my recycling program accepts aluminum cans, will they take aluminum mini-blind slats?
Last Answer : They can be recycled, but you may need to call to see if your program accepts them.
Description : Do they really recylcle plastic grocery bags? What happens then?
Last Answer : I don't know off hand, but there is a bag recycling program at my local Loeb grocery store, so maybe I'll ask next time I'm in. I did a bit of searching and found this awesome ... , free money is good money, and they get the benefit of being a company that takes environmentally friendly actions.
Description : Why haven't the automobile companies progressed further then what they have?
Last Answer : Well Robert Zemeckis thought we were going to have flying cars by 2015, I’m looking forward to those.
Description : Why do some people leave the tap running while brushing their teeth?
Last Answer : Convenience.I don’t care about saving water enough to keep turning the faucet off, I really don’t.
Description : How do people cut their lawns without using lawn mowers in developed countries?
Last Answer : Manual grass clipper.
Description : Why should people care about penguins?
Last Answer : Because Penguins are people too? And second, much as we like to think we are intelligent, we don’t always understand how a species fits into Mother Nature’s grand plan. What happens down the road might not be apparent at first.
Description : Do people debate about littering?
Last Answer : The only debate about littering is to decide how best to kick someone’s ass who does.
Description : Do you believe people are born conservative or liberal?
Last Answer : wtf?
Description : To the people who refuse plastic bags at the grocery store: what do you put your garbage out in?
Last Answer : Garbage bags that we buy in the store. They have to be different colors anyway for recycling purposes and we have much bigger garbage cans – those small plastic bags are useless.
Description : Why do people drive SUVs?
Last Answer : My god, what are you talking about? They don’t give a shit about the environment. Few people do. (but I hear ya).
Description : What are the best websites for promoting an internship and encouraging people to apply?
Last Answer : idealist.org is a good website for posting internships like this one.
Description : Why are people still recycling?
Last Answer : I would like links to all the facts that you present. I was under the impression that recycling is essential and will continue to believe this and recycle, for that matter until I will be provided ... going on around recycling - I can hardly convince my family and work place to separate paper out.
Description : Why do people bother with hybrid cars?
Last Answer : It’s evolving technology. you just saw the first generation of hybrids. Subsequent developments are going to improve performance, weight, and power. Next year’s Prius models will get 50 MPH. Also, how is a Ford Fiesta any less harmful to dispose of?
Description : What is so bad about people trying to do the right thing?
Last Answer : answer:[at]witchhazel I think I know him. (Grin) In the case of global warming, it may not be totally his fault. Because the media (after being browbeaten by Republican administrations repeatedly) ... literally, nothing is wrong with trying to do the right thing and everything is right with it.
Description : What's it going to take for people to start recycling?
Last Answer : It would be helpful for people to be able to see the consequences of their actions immediately.
Description : One concept of culture determines the ___ of people. A. experience. B. ethics. C. education. D. wealth.
Last Answer : B. ethics.
Description : What are some "good" reasons not to be environmentally conscious, informed, and active?
Last Answer : There isn’t a “good” reason, but some of the existing, sad reasons are laziness, selfishness, and ignorance.
Description : Is there some phenomenon that would cause rainwater to smell bad?
Last Answer : Acid rain (Wikipedia Says: any form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, i.e. elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). It can have harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals, and ... causing flooding in Jersey, and the pressure system could be bringing their smell down towards you. Icky.
Description : What are some good ways to be more green?
Last Answer : Use less “convenience items” like Lunchables or other pre-packaged foods for your lunch. Maybe try making yourself a sandwich at home and pack a piece of fruit and a snack with it. How’s that for easy? :)
Description : What are some good, readily accessible peer-reviewed journals on obscure issues (particularly scientific and environmental ones)?
Last Answer : Use Lexus Nexus to search your topic several peer reviewed articles will come up. Look for the common publishers of those articles. Talk to a librarian (preferable one on a university campus) to assist you with ... They can do all this work for you in about one tenth of the time it will take you.
Description : What are some volunteer jobs that an 11 year old can do?
Last Answer : Before you find her a job, will transportation be an issue? Will someone be able to take her and pick her up?
Description : When I buy a new car, should I get all gas, a plug-in hybrid or all electric?
Last Answer : Get a gas only car. Then you won't have to worry about a spontaneous electrical fire burning down your house, much less just the car. I believe that all electric cars will have no ... which could cause an intense electrical fire with the driver (and possibly someone else) being burned alive.
Description : What is the easiest thing I can do to be more eco-friendly?
Last Answer : This is one of many sites on the Internet that will give you good tips to employ in your day-to-day life. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/06/17/climate-change-30-ways-to-make-your- ... is a lot you can do that is very simple, from reducing plastic usage to changing up cleaning products.
Description : Should my next car be electric?
Last Answer : If you do a road trip a few times a year, you could always rent a car. That's what I do (I have a regular gas car), to save wear and tear on my car. Plus if the rental breaks down, ... or someone who lives in a condo or building where the owners may not want them to put in a charging station.
Description : In the last 4 years did the US reduce its carbon output?
Last Answer : I doubt it since along with quitting the Paris Accord, there was a massive effort by the administration to deregulate industry and roll back previous environmental standards.
Description : What is the alternative to flying, if you want to heal the environment? See detail.
Last Answer : Walking.
Description : Are milk and juice containers recyclable, if so where or which brands? See detail.
Last Answer : I’m asking because the general answer seems to be you have to ask the city you live in, ...it’s case by case basis, etc.
Description : How do food stores that let you bring your reusable containers manage it? See detail.
Last Answer : I also worry that the container might not be clean, and if it touches the machines or scoops it could contaminate the product, but if you really think about it, someone's hand isn't much different. ... the wrong way, etc. Things aren't sterile in a store, but you hope they are reasonably clean.
Description : Is there something to be said for the old days regarding a “greener” earth?
Last Answer : Sure. But individual impact is nothing compared to the industrial impact that was just starting to fire up in that same time frame, including the exhaust put out to manufacture and run streetcars and crank out newspapers.
Description : If you were a shark or a whale with your human intelligence, how would you live your life in the open sea?
Last Answer : I would mate, eat, and sleep all the time.
Description : Is it Texas that uses the most renewable energy in North America or not?
Last Answer : Maybe it’s the biggest state? More square miles more solar panels. Lots of places for windmills too!
Description : What is the predominant color in the environment you're in right this minute?
Last Answer : White (RAL9010)
Description : Who is right re. Alberta and BC's pipeline vs no way to pipeline conflict?
Last Answer : Both are wrong. If I were premier of Alberta I would use the bitumen to make high end products in a refinery , that would be built for Alberta’s oil, and ship safely via normal train to shipping ports in B.C. Like plastics and what not and finished goods.
Description : Is there any viable alternative to plastic?
Last Answer : None that I am aware of, and I take interest in such things. The only hope of replacements is what there was before plastic: wood, glass, combinations of cotton or some other organic material and a biodegradable glue to hold it together.
Description : How to cool down boiled eggs without wasting any, or much water?
Last Answer : A bowl of cold water, or with ice…
Description : Do the Conservatives believe in protecting the environment at all?
Last Answer : To judge by their rhetoric, and actions. Clearly they do not.
Description : Is it possible to treat nylon (as in of an umbrella) that's defective?
Last Answer : You could spray Scotch-Gard on it.
Description : How many years until the planet earth is unable to sustain human life?
Last Answer : I have read that the planet can only sustain 10 billion people. Link We will reach that number by 2040.
Description : For those of you who drink bottled water, what do you do with the empty plastic bottles?
Last Answer : I use the same one over and over and fill it from the tap. I buy orange juice in plastic bottles which I recycle.