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Contribute To The Planet By Making A Green Move

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Absolutely without question it just seems that we tend to collect a lot of us., and our lives also create a law to waste. This fact is never more obvious than when you are packing up all of your closets and cupboards and drawers getting ready for a big move. In this year alone, more than 4 million Canadians will pack up their entire households for a big move. If you’re among all of those people that are can I be transitioning this year, please consider the environment and choose as many environmentally friendly options as possible.

Moving environmentally friendly doesn’t mean that you have to get horses and wagons and wrap all of your furniture up in old dusty blankets and pack all of your boxes with old newspapers and transport everything across the country in three months camping along the way.

Environmentally green moves just mean to be an aware of your environment and choosing methods which are the least harmful to it. Environmentally friendly moves are a growing trend in the moving industry. It generally involves rethinking traditional methods for moving which have always been a big waste such as tossing away boxes made of cardboard and dumping bubblewrap and plastic that you use for moving your belongings. Green moving just means to rethink how you’re doing everything and look at your move through environmentally friendly glasses. It’s about making choices that you can rest comfortably with knowing that you did your part.

In the first place try not to accumulate so much stuff. When you really think about it less is better for the environment anyway, if you make that kind of a choice it also means that you have less stuff to move. The last things that you have to move also mean the last diesel that the moving trucks will have to burn to get your stuff there. Environmentally friendly moving can also be thought of in terms of how you’re going to live at your new home.

You probably want to consider holding a garage sale, or listing your items on craigslist or through websites such as eBay or giving away items to the neighbors and friends.

Most moving companies offer used or recycled cardboard cartons. Make sure your moving boxes are constructed of recycled materials. Take advantage of companies like ferguson moving and storage which offer environmentally friendly choices.

Slowdown on that bubble wrap. Most of the time bubble wrap is not necessary and you can use newspaper for the same items at a much lesser cost and its environmentally friendly. I’m not suggesting that you have to use newspapers, but recycled white newsprint instead. Old newspapers make everything dirty including your hands in everything you catch not a great choice when you’re trying to clean the house for the new owners or unpacking at your new home and then having dirty hands that you might touch the walls of the counters and have additional cleaning that will be required. Another choice is to also use up old sheets and towels for packing material these often make great stuffing areas for empty cavities that you have inboxes. These cavities must be filled anyway so items in the cartons will not move during transportation across Canada.

You also want to check out environmentally friendly products for cleaning when you’re moving out of your old house.

Ask your movers if they have environmentally friendly choices that you can select from. Ask if they’re moving blankets are made from 100% cotton which has been recycled and if they rent plastic packing crates.

Author Bio: Lorne W. MacInnes is a managing partner of Ferguson Moving & Storage Ltd which is one of the oldest Vancouver movers in the moving industry and is an expert in the Vancouver movers relocation sector. http://www.fergusonmoving.com

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Recycling Tips – Using World War Two to Inspire You

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Most people consider recycling to be a recent phenomenon of the green revolution, however, there is evidence of recycling taking place from as long ago as 400BC. It was around the mid 1900s though that recycling was first given real attention. During the Second World War, resources were hard to come by and Governments ran massive recycling campaigns to ensure nothing was wasted.

Here are a few examples of what was recycled and for what reason…

- Metal and tine were recycled for use weapons, tanks and aircraft.

- Rubber was collected to make new tires.

- Boiled bones were recycled to make glue for aircraft, ground up to make fertilizer or turned into glycerin for explosives.

- Left over food provided feed for chickens, pigs and goats and people would bring their scraps to communal bins.

People were also encouraged to mend belongings, such as clothes, rather than buy new. Campaigns such as ‘Make Do And Mend’ and ‘Sew And Save’ advised people on how to recycle textiles and make clothes last longer. Knitting also became very popular around this time.

Families had to plan meals carefully to ensure that food did not go to waste. With no fridges or freezers, perishable food had to be bought in small quantities and substitutes had to be found for foods that were no longer available. Meat fat was commonly saved to make pastry, and even the cream from milk was stored in a jar and shaken to make butter and buttermilk.

Everyone did what they could and came together to achieve a common goal. At first the Government’s had to tell people what to do and regularly remind them of it, but it did not take long for people to become accustomed to it, and not only recycle themselves, but also remind their friends and neighbors to do it too.

It is sad that it took people such a long time to recognize the importance of recycling, and also that it took such unfortunate circumstances to draw it to our attention. These days, we realize the importance of recycling to preserve the Earth’s resources and to reduce pollution.

Even so, we are still failing to recycle a lot of items that are recyclable. Though we know what we should be doing, and though it is not difficult for us to do it, there is still a very relaxed attitude to recycling. Too many of us simply cannot be bothered to recycle, and that is undoing the good work being done by those who do take the little time and effort required to recycle.

The uses of recyclable materials may be different now from what they were during the War, but we can still look to our grandparents and the older generations for tips and inspiration. If they could do it, then why can’t we do it too? We should all be doing what we can now, and not be waiting around for a major crisis to kick-start us into mass recycling again.

Author Bio: Ware 4 Recycling Bins Ltd have been promoting cost effective recycling bins, trolleys and waste containers for over 5 years.

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