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More and more people are looking to make smart choices for the environment and for their wallets. We don't need to own everything we want and we don't have to go without. It makes sense to share resources. We don't all need to own a lawnmower, a wheelbarrow, a trailer, that camping gear. Impressions:119 | According to the EPA, about four billion pounds of carpet go into the waste stream every year in the USA alone - much of it is used, some is new carpet left over from building construction. A lot of that carpet (and carpet backing) is made of cheap, durable polypropylene fiber, which makes up about 80% of the sales for commercial carpet. Impressions:67 | A better way to reduce waste created by plastic bags and other packaging than by skipping the stuff altogether, which is precisely what a London grocery shop does. While some packaging is recycled, most ends up in landfill sites and some packaging is just difficult and often impossible to recycle. Impressions:94 |
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