Tetra Pak Containers: Do They Really Deserve a Green Halo?
March 30, 2011
With its complex make-up, is the European-born packaging more trouble than it’s worth?
Elizah Leigh is an eco-inspired wordsmith capable of captivating readers in just the right manner to facilitate subliminal greenlightenment. If it hasn’t yet happened to you, dear reader, don’t worry... it soon will. She believes that walking on the green side of life isn’t so much about random actions like recycling household materials and eschewing bottled water as it really should be about committing to long-term lifestyle changes that naturally become effortless the more frequently they are practiced — and believe it or not, if you’re looking at the world through green-colored glasses, it’s never a chore.
Working as an eco-journalist for a number of online venues, including Ecorazzi, WebEcoist, WebUrbanist and Causecast, this self-confessed eager greenie and knowledge hound has become deeply entrenched in the world of green living and makes a conscious effort at all times to practice exactly what she preaches. Elizah feels that no one is an "expert" in this field as long as they continue to keep an open mind by acquiring new eco-feathers in their cap — something that she aspires to do with each new article that she authors.
Extremely passionate about greening perspectives as well as lifestyles one carefully selected word at a time, this eco-writer feels privileged to add the 1-800-RECYCLING audience to her increasingly expanding network of green-minded readers. When she’s not tweeting her ever-lovin’ greenie heart out or adding new eco-themed articles to her portfolio, she can be found frolicking outside or shooting the breeze with her menagerie of impossibly needy geriatric felines.
As for what Elizah hopes to bring to 1-800-RECYCLING? Believe it or not, she is convinced that we are all capable of carving out individual and collective legacies in which caring enough about what we do while we walk this earth ensures that future generations enjoy the same basic privileges that we currently do. Can collections of carefully crafted environmentally themed words help facilitate this lofty plan for eco-friendly ah-ha! inspiration? Stranger things have been done to honor Mother Nature. For now, that’s her eager greenie goal, and she’s definitely sticking to it.
March 30, 2011
With its complex make-up, is the European-born packaging more trouble than it’s worth?
March 30, 2011
With landfill space filled with old egg cartons, reuse possibilities abound.
March 25, 2011
With eco-materials to reuse options galore, you can kiss paper towels goodbye forever.
March 25, 2011
Latex gloves, whether natural or synthetic, can only last so long. Lengthen their lifespan with some creative reuse techniques.
March 22, 2011
While many municipal recycling programs don’t accept plastic bread tags, you certainly don’t need to toss them in the trash.
March 18, 2011
Most municipal programs accept plastics #1 and #2. But plastics 3 through 7? It gets much more tricky.
March 17, 2011
Through its creation and restructuring, plastic has evolved time and time again. But, in this evolution, it has become more difficult to recycle.
March 16, 2011
Artist Josh Blackwell mixes creativity and reuse together in the name of sparing landfills.
March 15, 2011
If you’re tossing the original iPad in favor of the iPad 2 model, take note: There are several different reuse options.
March 10, 2011
These programs improve quality of life on the second most populated continent while practicing reuse and recycling.