Page 38 | Recycling and Sustainability Tips

The Waste Wise Blog

3 Positive Ocean Impacts

3 Positive Ocean Impacts

The ocean is a huge part of our lives whether you live on the coast or in the middle of the desert. Covering roughly 70% of the Earth, the ocean absorbs 2.

5 Ways to Reuse an Outdoor Bench

5 Ways to Reuse an Outdoor Bench

Have an old outdoor bench you’ve outgrown, but would like to transform into something brand new and useful? The great thing about wooden or plastic benches is that they’re very versatile and easy to repurpose.

3 Easy Ways To Start Eco-Friendly Team Building

3 Easy Ways To Start Eco-Friendly Team Building

Team-building has long been used to strengthen personnel and boost enthusiasm among employees. Usually, team-building exercises involve games, ice-breakers, or even friendly office competitions.

7 Practical Things You Didn’t Know You Should Recycle

7 Practical Things You Didn’t Know You Should Recycle

Even today's environmentalists agree that keeping up with the many advances in recycling technology is challenging. Because of that, it's difficult to know what can and can't go in your recycling bins, at home or in the office.

Be Captain Planet at the workplace – Saying no to plastic!

Be Captain Planet at the workplace – Saying no to plastic!

You know our planet is in deep trouble when it’s predicted that our oceans will have more plastic than fish by 2050.Unilever has pledged to make all its plastic packaging reusable by 2025 while M&S plans on developing one recyclable plastic polymer for all packaging uses.

Recycling: A step toward awareness and care of water

Recycling: A step toward awareness and care of water

When we think about recycling, we usually think of post-consumer packaging that can either end up in a landfill, or be recycled back into new consumer packaging. Our actions determine the outcome, and the availability of recycling bins and centers makes the process of doing the right thing much easier.

Technologies of the Future vs. Unsustainable Farming

Technologies of the Future vs. Unsustainable Farming

The human population has spiked in the last hundred years, exceeding 7.5 billion people, and is on course to multiply and grow even more.

Food Waste Disaster Leads To On-Campus Power at Michigan State University

Food Waste Disaster Leads To On-Campus Power at Michigan State University

One man's meat is another man's poison, or so the old saying goes, but it's doubtful whether anyone could make use of 1,250 gallons of ruined mayonnaise. According to Atlas Obscura, though, that was exactly the situation at Michigan State University this past December, thanks to freezing temperatures that compromised a ridiculous amount of the condiment.

Recycling wood pulp could create a cheaper carbon fiber

Recycling wood pulp could create a cheaper carbon fiber

Seeker recently reported on a new process developed by Texas A&M University that will enable the use of an organic material that will replace plastics and synthetics. The process will recycle sustainable wood pulp and organic waste from paper and pulp processing plants to create cheap carbon fiber material.

Will Exercise Provide The Electricity of Tomorrow?

Will Exercise Provide The Electricity of Tomorrow?

There are dozens of different green energy solutions growing in the market. Solar and wind are some of the most noticeable, but hydro-electricity has been a faithful standby, and tidal energy is becoming more common as a solution.