This is the second post of the series of articles devoted the great movement ‘365 Ways to Save the Earth’ that was initiated by folks at Dumpster Rentals Cooperative (read the first article in our Dumpster Rentals Blog ). The goal of the initiative is to raise awareness of environmental problems and issues. We wanted to share with the community of North America consumers some simple proposals and tips on what each of us and all of us can do to keep our planet cleaner, protecting it from pollutants.  By following these simple, easy-to-do recommendation we can contribute to saving not-renewable resources and protecting wildlife.

Below are some tips on how we can keep our planet cleaner:

Support the requirements of the Basel Convention.

The Basel Convention standard, which came into effect in 1992, provides an effective legal framework for controlling and reducing cross-border movements of dangerous waste. It was drawn up by 152 states and, in 2002, led to the issuing of a list of 12 chemical products declared to be persistent organic pollutants (POPs), whose manufacture and use are now prohibited. Among wood treatment, the most toxic, such as arsenic, are...

Last month  I was assigned to run a research and come up with the several posts for our Dumpster Rentals Cooperative blog.  We wanted to discover the best practices in proper disposal and recycling of waste materials.  I started by searching the web and found tons of relevant materials on recycling and proper disposal of waste. It was more then enough interesting publications, statistical reports and stories but for curiosity reason I decided to visit my local library to see what I can find on shelves. At this point I was pretty skeptical, assuming that most of the printed stuff must be outdated and therefore mostly irrelevant.

My skepticism vanished as soon as I picked up from the shelf an increasable book ‘365 Ways to Save Earth’ written by Anne Jankeliowitch and Ariel Dekovic. The book consisted of 365 Philippe Bourseiller’s spectacular photographs of the natural world paired with simple proposal that presented a bit of advice for ordinary urban and suburban every day living: dispose of leftover paint properly, check your car’s exhaust, boil only as much water as you need when making tea or coffee, etc. At first, I was amazed by stunning views on the pictures but as I kept reading through I was amazed even more. I just realized how much all of us can do contributing to protection and saving our...