What Are Dry Cleaners Doing to Our Environment? (Updated Edition)

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Editor’s Note: This article updates EcoStreet’s original 2013 coverage, “What Are Dry Cleaners Doing to Our Environment?” While the original piece correctly identified the health and environmental hazards of traditional dry cleaning chemicals, the regulatory and technological landscape has advanced significantly since its publication. Dry cleaning is the process of cleaning garments and textiles using …

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The Invisible Waste: How to Shrink Your Digital Carbon Footprint

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When we talk about living sustainably, our minds usually jump to canvas tote bags, recycling bins, or skipping plastic straws. We rarely think about our overflowing photo libraries, thousands of unread emails, or late-night video marathons. Because digital data lives in the “cloud,” it feels weightless. In reality, that cloud relies on massive, physical data …

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The Myth of Perfect Sustainability: Why the 1% Eco-Shift is How We Win

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If your cotton shopping bags are currently sitting forgotten under a mountain of plastic grocery bags, take a breath: you haven’t failed the planet. Somewhere along the line, sustainable living got quietly hijacked by an image of flawless perfection. Depicting a world of pristine mason jars, zero-waste trash cans, and hyper-curated minimalist kitchens. But striving …

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Happy Earth Day 2022

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Why not grow a forest for Earth Day? You can join Ecologi today and get 100 free trees to add to your forest. Ecologi has planted nearly 40 million trees on behalf of their members and by supporting worthwhile climate projects around the world, have reduced a massive 1.7million tonnes of CO2 emissions. Sign up …

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The UK’s Christmas Carbon Footprint (and how you can reduce it)

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Andy at Business Waste.trade has shared an insightful infographic with us. He says: “This year it’s expected that the average family will spend, on average, £800 on presents, food, decorations and travel. After all, it is the time of the year where we visit distant loved ones, reconnect with lost friends, and gorge ourselves silly on …

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The Road in Iceland: Environmental disaster or economic progress?

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Katie Wise and Ashley Moradipour need your help to make a documentary that tells the story of a group of dedicated Icelanders vs. a big road constuction project. Iceland is a nation well-known for its breathtaking natural landscapes and formations, which Icelanders hold dear to their hearts. This is why a recent road construction project …

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Green Energy Affected by Labour Party Price Freezes

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Green or renewable energy firms remain up in arms about the prospect of a fuel price freeze for consumers if people elect Labour the next general election. Reports are emerging that large investments in renewable energy are likely to suffer and that is not going to help the UK meet its carbon reduction targets of …

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Infographic: Energy Harvesting – The Future Smart City

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Sagentia shows us a glimpse of the future with this Energy Harvesting infographic. Take a look and see how the use of the latest technology in products and monitoring leads to energy efficiency and the ability for us to generate energy from our own day to day activities… Source: Sagentia